World Wide Technology Recipient of Global Award for Solution Innovation Partner of the Year at Cisco Partner Summit Spring 2016

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT), a market-leading technology integrator announced today that it has received a Cisco® Partner Summit Global award and six Theater and Area honors. Cisco revealed the winners at a Global Awards reception during its annual partner conference taking place this week in San Diego, California. WWT's awards included:

Solution Innovation Partner of the Year – Global

Outstanding Solutions Partner – Americas (U.S.) Theater – Central

U.S. National Technical Excellence Partner of the Year – Americas (U.S.) Theater – Nationals

Federal Partner of the Year – Americas (U.S.) Theater, Public Sector

Public Sector Architectural Excellence – Data Center – Americas (U.S.) Theater, Public Sector

Federal Defense Partner of the Year – Americas (U.S.) Theater – West

Meraki Elevate Partner of the Year – Americas (U.S.) Theater - West

Awarded to exemplary channel partners, the Cisco Partner Summit Global awards are designed to recognize best-in-class business practices and serve as a model to the industry. Areas of consideration include innovative practices, architecture-led approach successes, strategic business outcome-focused programs, seizing new opportunities and sales approaches.

"It gives me great pleasure to recognize the bold and innovative accomplishments of our partners who have demonstrated the power of capturing market trends to provide even greater value to our customers," said Wendy Bahr, senior vice president, Global Partner Organization, Cisco. "I am honored to present the Solution Innovation Partner of the Year award to WWT in recognition of its outstanding achievement in leading customers to discover how making technology a business differentiator leads to the ultimate benefits."

"To be recognized by Cisco across such an array of sectors and focus areas speaks to WWT's commitment to innovation and success in developing customized solutions for a diverse customer base," said Jim Kavanaugh, chief executive officer and co-founder of WWT. "We are honored to receive these awards and continue to deepen our Cisco expertise and strengthen our longstanding partnership."

Cisco Partner Summit Global awards reflect the top-performing partners within specific technology markets across all geographical regions. All award recipients are selected by a group of Cisco Global Partner Organization and regional executives.

About World Wide Technology

World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) is a leading technology integrator with over $7 billion in annual revenue that provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions to large public and private organizations. Through its culture of innovation, WWT inspires, builds and delivers business results, from idea to outcome. Based in St. Louis, WWT works closely with industry leaders including Boeing BA; Dell DELL; Cisco CSCO; EMC EMC; HP HPQ; AT&T Inc., ATT; VMware; NetApp, Inc. NTAP; Microsoft MSFT and the U.S. Air Force. WWT employs more than 3,000 people and operates over 2 million square feet of warehousing, distribution and integration space in more than 20 facilities throughout the world. For more information about World Wide Technology, visit www.wwt.com.

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