Riverbed has recognized 22 channel partners during Riverbed Partner Summit 2018, held April 30 – May 1 in California.
The Riverbed Partner Awards recognize companies for excellence in delivering on evolving customer needs and driving business results.
Global winners
Orange Business Services : Global Customer Acquisition Partner of the Year and Global Solutions Partner of the Year
Dimension Data : Global Account Penetration Partner of the Year
BT Global Services : Global Solutions Partner of the Year Award
Global Customer Acquisition Partner: Orange Business Services
Americas Customer Acquisition Partner: Presidio
EMEA Customer Acquisition Partner: Fujitsu UK
APJ Customer Acquisition Partner: Telstra Corporation
Global Account Penetration Partner: Dimension Data
Americas Account Penetration Partner: CDW
EMEA Account Penetration Partner: Telonic GmbH
APJ Account Penetration Partner: Datacom Systems New Zealand
Global Solutions Partner: BT Global Services
Americas Solutions Partner: BlueAlly
EMEA Solutions Partner: Teneo UK
APJ Solutions Partner: TM ONE
Global RASP Partner: Orange Business Services
Americas RASP Partner: Teneo
EMEA RASP Partner: Rantek A/S
APJ RASP Partner: Optus Business
Best Marketing Campaign
Americas Best Marketing Campaign: Teneo
EMEA Best Marketing Campaign: Insight Direct (UK)
APJ Best Marketing Campaign: Arrow ECS Australia
Distributor of the Year Award Winners
Americas Distributor: Tech Data
EMEA Distributor: Arrow ECS EMEA
APJ Distributor: Arrow ECS Australia
LATAM Partner: Servix Brasil
Federal Partner: Red River
Best Integrated Demand Generation Initiative: IBM
“We have an extraordinary opportunity in front of us, with the new Riverbed Rise program, for Riverbed and partners to lead businesses forward as they modernize their IT architecture to take full advantage of cloud and mobile technologies and accelerate their digital strategies,” said Bridget Bisnette, vice president, Global Channels and Commercial Sales at Riverbed.
Riverbed Technology also announced the appointment of Andy Elder to chief sales officer, succeeding Paul Mountford, who was recently named Riverbed’s CEO.
Andy Elder joined Riverbed in March 2017 as SVP EMEA Sales. He transformed the EMEA organization achieving significant growth in the region last year.
Andy Elder earlier worked with Intel Security, Intellectual Ventures, Rovi, and Cisco. At Cisco, he spent 13 years in many roles, including vice president of Global Sales for the Sports and Entertainment division. Riverbed has already started the search for a new EMEA sales leader.
