We are pleased to share that last night, Red Hat’s cloud channel received the "Partner Program of the Year" in the inaugural Channelnomics Innovation Awards. Per Channelnomics, the awards "recognize and reward the achievement of those firms that make the U.S. IT channel what it is today."

We were honored for our Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Provider (CCSP) partner program, which we created to offer flexibility and consistency to help service providers better meet customer needs for cloud & managed services-based Red Hat technologies. The CCSP program offers Cloud and Managed Service Providers the ability to build, host, and resell Red Hat’s portfolio of technologies through a "pay-as-you-go" model. CCSP has become a fast growing route to market for Red Hat, and now features hundreds of leading partners certified to deliver Red Hat solutions across the global marketplace.

The Channelnomics Innovation Award is the latest recognition for Red Hat’s channel sales and alliances team. Red Hat executives have also been named to CRN’s Women of the Channel list and recognized as Channel Chiefs.

We are thrilled to have received a Channelnomics Innovation Award, and look forward to continue innovating with our Certified Cloud and Service Provider partners around the world.