Converge, a prominent provider of Data Center, Cloud, Security, and Automation solutions, has proudly announced its participation in the Red Hat Partner Practice Accelerator. This initiative is a unique growth opportunity designed for select partners with proven capabilities in professional services delivery, making Converge the first partner from West Africa to join. By engaging in this program, Converge reinforces its dedication to utilizing Red Hat technologies to offer expert consulting, maintenance, and support services, ultimately enhancing outcomes for commercial clients across Africa.
With a team of skilled professionals and over ten years of collaboration with Red Hat, Converge has successfully delivered innovative solutions to esteemed clients such as CBN, Zenith Bank, MTN, Dangote Group, Access Bank, NIBSS, and Interswitch. The company is deeply committed to customer satisfaction and continuously adapts to meet the evolving demands and challenges faced by its clients.
The Red Hat Partner Practice Accelerator serves as a strategic growth pathway that empowers partners with established professional services expertise to excel at every stage of the customer journey, delivering significant results through industry-leading solutions like Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat OpenShift. Red Hat evaluates each partner’s capacity to provide critical services and solutions in areas such as automation and application modernization, ensuring they can effectively design, implement, and tailor solutions for commercial clients.
Akan Jacobs, Managing Director of Converge, remarked, “The Red Hat Partner Practice Accelerator stands out in many respects, as it considers a comprehensive understanding of technology, customer maturity levels, and the influence of these technologies on enhancing service delivery for customers. This validation for Converge reflects the genuine transformative impact of these technologies within organizations throughout the delivery lifecycle.”
The Red Hat Partner Practice Accelerator is an integral part of the company’s evolving strategy for partner engagement, aimed at establishing a standardized and globally cohesive approach to collaboration. Partners involved in this initiative can take advantage of streamlined pathways to co-create, innovate, and deliver solutions and services that assist customers on their hybrid cloud journeys. Alongside the Red Hat Partner Practice Accelerator, the company intends to unveil additional avenues to help partners cultivate specialized skills, enabling them to better serve clients in various hybrid cloud settings. By focusing on the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Converge is poised to assist organizations in optimizing their IT environments, minimizing operational complexities, and accelerating innovation
Laurie Fontaine, Senior Director of the Global Commercial Partner Ecosystem at Red Hat, stated, “As we continue to enhance the partner experience, our commitment lies in empowering partners to develop essential skills and services that drive tangible business results for customers. We are excited to work with Converge as part of the Red Hat Partner Practice Accelerator, guiding commercial segment customers in shaping and achieving their digital transformation objectives through industry-leading open-source solutions and validated services.”
Kachi Nnamdi, Chief Operating Officer at Converge, remarked, “Being the first partner to qualify for the Red Hat Partner Practice Accelerator, with a focus on automation in the West African region, marks a significant milestone in our ambition to become the leading provider of Information Technology solutions in Africa. We eagerly anticipate further collaboration with Red Hat to stimulate business growth and redefine service delivery standards across various organizational levels.”
