ThunderCat Technology Recognized as Federal Partner of the Year By Riverbed

SDVOSB Integrator Receives Award at Riverbed Accelerate Performance Summit

Reston, VA.  June 16, 2010 – ThunderCat Technology today announced that it is a recipient of the Riverbed Technology Regional Partner of the Year Award for Federal. The awards were presented at the Riverbed Accelerate Performance Summit 2010, the company’s annual user and partner conference, on May 19th in Las Vegas, NV. The Riverbed® Partner Awards recognize partners that demonstrate success in the areas of customer wins, revenue growth and relationship investment.

Riverbed WAN optimization solutions enable organizations of all sizes to overcome a wide range of IT infrastructure performance bottlenecks, including poor application performance, slow database backups and insufficient bandwidth at remote sites. Over 7,800 customers have selected Riverbed WAN optimization solutions for superior application performance, easy deployment and management, broad support for application acceleration and scalability without compromise. Riverbed customers also experience exceptional customer support and product quality.

ThunderCat Technology CEO, Tom Deierlein, commented on the relationship; “ThunderCat Technology has been working with Riverbed since our inception in late 2007. They truly help us to live up to our motto ‘Complexity Minimized. Performance Optimized’. As an objective and independent systems integrator we get to choose the companies we work with. We are proud to represent Riverbed. When we outline, explain, and demonstrate Riverbed WAN Optimization solutions to our Federal Agency clients we always get a positive reaction.  They are true leaders and it easy for government agencies to see the value their solutions provide.”

“This is an exciting time for our partners as enterprises recognize WAN optimization as an enabling technology to achieve their IT priorities, including virtualization, IT consolidation and cloud computing. ThunderCat Technology has been successful because of its ability to be a trusted business advisor and technology integration expert,” said Dave Peranich, senior vice president of sales at Riverbed. “This award acknowledges ThunderCat’s performance and accomplishments as a Riverbed partner.  We congratulate the ThunderCat Technology team on their success in 2009.”

Riverbed Partner Awards 2010 categories include Partner of the Year, Fastest Growing Partner, Regional Partner of the Year, Service Provider Partner of the Year, Systems Integrator Partner of the Year, Fastest Growing Service Provider Partner, Fastest Growing Service Partner and Fastest Growing Systems Integrator Partner.

About ThunderCat Technology

ThunderCat Technology is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business that delivers technology services and solutions to the federal government and fortune 500 companies. Specifically, ThunderCat is a systems integrator that brings an innovative approach to solving customer problems in and around the datacenter by providing strategies for Data Storage, Networking, and Applications. ThunderCat represents, distributes, integrates, and provides technologies from best of breed manufacturers. Clients include DHS, USACE, HHS, DLA, DFAS, NIH, Navy, Army, VA, and TSA. www.thundercattech.com