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RIVERBED PARTNER SUMMIT — Riverbed Technology this week recognized its top-performing channel and service-provider partners during its Partner Summit 2016 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

The Riverbed Partner Awards recognize companies for “excellence in delivering on evolving customer needs and driving business results.” Nine companies were honored for their achievements in 2015, across various partner categories both globally and regionally.

“We are thrilled to recognize and honor top-performing partners who excel at meeting the needs of our joint customers,” said Karl Meulema, Riverbed’s senior vice president of global channels. “It is currently a transformational time in the IT industry, and we are focused on bringing stronger value to our partners by expanding our current portfolio of programs and services, and delivering new tools and sales enablement resources for greater investment in our partners in the coming year.”

The Riverbed channel ecosystem includes technology resellers, vendors, VARs, value added distributors, system integrators and outsourcers, and service providers.{ad}

Awards include:

Riverbed President’s Choice Award winner: BT Cloud Connect

Riverbed Global Partner Award winners:

Riverbed Americas Partner Award winners:

Riverbed EMEA Partner Award winners:

Riverbed APJ Partner Award winners: