VIENNA, Va., Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Emergent, LLC, an award-winning small business and IT solutions provider, today announced its acceptance of the Red Hat Public Sector Partner of the Year award. Red Hat, the worlds leading provider of open source solutions, presented Emergent with the award at this year's North America Red Hat Partner Conference in Miami, Florida.

The second annual Partner Conference, held October 25 - 27, 2011, provided Red Hat partners the opportunity to collaborate with one another, partake in discussions with the Red Hat executive team and develop successful business strategies. The Partner Conference recognizes partners who have invested in Red Hat and demonstrated expertise and success in key solution areas and growth markets.

"We're extremely proud and honored to receive this recognition. Open Source is a core focus in our business strategy and it is very important to the team that we showcase the best Red Hat solutions available to solve the unique challenges of our Public Sector customers," said Greg Christensen, President of Emergent. "The Emergent team's commitment to continuous Red Hat improvement has created a championship culture and fuels our ability to deliver the right people, technologies and integrated solutions that are driving our sustained success."

"The Emergent team has put in a lot of hard work which has led them to achieve successful results in supporting Red Hat products and services.  Our Red Hat Public Sector Partner of the Year honorees have shown a high level of dedication to becoming experts in Red Hat solutions and adding value to our joint customers," says Paul Smith, General Manager and Vice President, Government Operations, Red Hat. "On behalf of Red Hat, I'd like to congratulate Emergent and thank them for their investment in Red Hat."

About Emergent

Emergent is an award winning Value Added Reseller (VAR) and GSA Schedule Holder (GS-35F-0119W) providing comprehensive IT solutions including solution architecture, product acquisition, consulting and training services. Emergent offers complimentary technology solutions including, Adobe, Red Hat, Symantec, Google, Cisco, Serena and VeriSign, among others within the government, commercial, education and healthcare sectors.  For more information, visit http://www.emergent360.com or http://emergent360.com/opensource.

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