Carahsoft Wins 2017 Gold Stevie Award for Government Sales Team of the Year

Company is Recognized in the Sales and Customer Service Category for Fifth Year
 

RESTON, Va.—February 24, 2017— Carahsoft TechnologyCorp., the trusted government IT solutions provider, announced today that it has received the 2017 GoldStevie Award for Government Sales Team of the Year. The awards were presented to honorees during a gala banquet on Friday, February 24 at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are the world’s top sales awards, business development awards, contact center awards, and customer service awards. This is the fifth year that Carahsoft has earned a Gold Stevie Award. In 2015, 2014 and 2013, Carahsoft received the Gold Stevie award in Government Sales Team of the Year, and in 2012 received the Gold Stevie award for Sales Department of the Year: Computer Services.

“It’s an honor to once again earn the top award in the Government Sales and Service category,” said Craig P. Abod, President of Carahsoft. “This recognition is due to the continuous dedication of our team members providing excellent customer service and support to our ecosystem of partners, resellers and government customers.”

More than 2,300 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were evaluated in this year’s competition, an increase of 10 percent over 2016. Finalists were determined by the average scores of 77 professionals worldwide, acting as preliminary judges.

Carahsoft was founded in 2004. It posted more than $3.5 billion in annual bookings and added more than 130 employees to its team in 2016. The company serves as the largest government partner for many of the industry’s leading software manufacturers including VMware, Adobe, Symantec, Red Hat, HPE Software, SAP, Dell EMC, Salesforce, Google Cloud and F5 Networks among others.

“The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service continues to be among the most competitive and fastest-growing of our awards programs,” said Michael Gallagher, Founder and President of the Stevie Awards. “The growth of the program illustrates the importance of the functions highlighted – sales, business development and customer service – to successful enterprises of all types, and how integral recognition in these domains are to building and maintaining corporate reputations.”

About The Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 10,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 60 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.

About Carahsoft

Carahsoft Technology Corp. is the trusted Government IT solutions provider. As a top-performing GSA Schedule and SEWP contract holder, Carahsoft serves as the master government aggregator for many of its best-of-breed technology vendors, supporting an extensive ecosystem of manufacturers, value-added resellers, system integrators, and consulting partners committed to helping government agencies select and implement the best solution at the best possible value.

The company's dedicated Solutions Divisions proactively market, sell and deliver VMware, Symantec, Veritas, Dell EMC, Adobe, F5 Networks, Google Cloud, ServiceNow, Open Source, HPE Software, SAP, Salesforce, and Innovative and Intelligence products and services, among others. Carahsoft is consistently recognized by its partners as a top revenue producer, and is listed annually among the industry's fastest growing and largest firms by CRN, Inc., Forbes, Washington Technology, The Washington Post, Washington Business Journal, and SmartCEO. Visit us at www.carahsoft.com.