CBTS has been named Lenovo’s 2026 Climbing Partner of the Year, reflecting growth in the partnership and the outcomes delivered to customers.
The award honors partners that demonstrate exceptional year-over-year growth, strong collaboration, and the ability to expand within strategic customer accounts through differentiated capabilities and execution. For CBTS clients, that translates to a partner with engineering expertise, tighter coordination across the delivery lifecycle, and a track record of executing complex infrastructure projects at scale.
“This recognition reflects the impact our teams deliver daily for clients,” said Greg Samuels, VP of Business Alliances at CBTS. “With organizations relying on robust technology foundations for AI and cloud workloads, our Lenovo partnership is vital to delivering those outcomes.”
Built to deliver at scale
A key component of CBTS’s growth has been its ability to support complex deployments end to end, including integration and staging services, logistics and supply chain coordination, multi-site deployment planning, and lifecycle and support services. These capabilities have enabled CBTS to execute large-scale projects while reducing complexity and accelerating time-to-value for customers.
In one example, a large Retail organization with over 100 locations worked with CBTS and Lenovo to execute a coordinated infrastructure rollout. Through joint planning, pre-integration, and structured deployment, the customer reduced deployment time across sites and established a repeatable model for future savings and expansion.
A track record built on technical depth
C BTS holds more than 2,500 technical certifications across the industry’s leading technology vendors, including a growing portfolio of AI-specific partnerships and specializations. The Climbing Partner designation from Lenovo adds to a track record of partner recognition, including being named to the CRN Tech Elite 250 for the seventh consecutive year — a list that highlights solution providers with top-tier certifications across AI, infrastructure, cloud, and security.
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