Emergent's Quint Van Deman Recognized by Red Hat as the 2011 Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year

VIENNA, Va., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Emergent, LLC, an award winning small business and IT solutions provider, today announced that Quint Van Deman, Director of Open Source Consulting at Emergent, and a Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA®), has been named the 2011 Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year.  With more than 600 submissions from Red Hat certification credential holders, Van Deman was selected as Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year, and will be recognized in front of his peers at a special reception this Wednesday, May 4, during the Red Hat Summit and JBoss World in Boston. Red Hat certifications are earned by passing rigorous practical exams in which candidates must show how they have used their skills to innovate and drive results at their organizations. The annual Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year award recognizes and honors the hard work, skills and creativity of those holding Red Hat certifications.

"The number of Red Hat certified professionals continues to increase as more enterprises across the globe turn to open source solutions to help their companies and customers with successful IT deployments and migrations," said Randy Russell, Director of Certification for Red Hat. "We once again had a very competitive program for Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year and we're pleased to recognize Quint Van Deman for his achievements."

In his role at Emergent, Van Deman's uses his combination of experience and certified skills to help clients move from a last-generation, proprietary IT infrastructure to a next-generation architecture that embraces the synergy of open source, open standards and cloud-based solutions.  Being a RHCA® has enhanced Van Deman's knowledge of many of the enterprise solutions that solve common IT-related business challenges.  From using Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for on-premise server and datacenter consolidation, to using Red Hat technologies as the foundations of an identity management solution, Van Deman is able to show how open source solves critical business challenges.  His RHCA status also gives Van Deman instant credibility with Emergent's customers as a trusted IT advisor with knowledge based on practical experience and certified expertise.

"The skills I've acquired during my progression through the RHCE and RHCA certifications have enabled me to deliver results to Emergent's customers by helping them harness the innovative power of open source solutions," said Van Deman.  "They have also enabled Emergent to accelerate its business growth into the open source market.  I'm honored to receive Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year for 2011 and to have achieved a level of professional certification that's so highly regarded across the industry."

For more information on your migration to an Open Source infrastructure, please visit Emergent at www.emergent360.com or http://emergent360.com/opensource.

About Emergent

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

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