Datacentrix honoured by HP and Microsoft with global award

From the left: Andrew Morlidge,Senior Director Business Development, Partners, Microsoft; Stephen Boyle, Sales Leader, Enterprise Partner Group, Microsoft; Laubscher Calitz, Technical Manager, Microsoft Business Unit, Datacentrix; Tony de Sousa, Business Unit Manager, Enterprise Division, Datacentrix; Sue Barsamian, WW Indirect Sales, Enterprise Partner Group, HP; Stuart Kalman, HP/Microsoft Frontline Partnership, HP Alliance Channels Manager, HP

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Datacentrix, a provider of high-performing and secure ICT solutions, has received the "HP and Microsoft Outstanding Frontline Partner (FLP) award for 2014 in Unified Communications and Collaboration Globally for the EMEA region" at a ceremony in Washington, US.

For the past 30 years, the alliance between HP and Microsoft, known as the Frontline Partnership, has ensured solutions from the organisations have been designed and engineered to work together and are supported by both companies. Partners are also provided specific access to joint marketing assets, training and demand generation event support.

As an HP Platinum and Gold Partner, as well as a Microsoft Managed Partner with a number of Gold and Silver competencies, Datacentrix has enjoyed a long-standing partnership with both vendors, rolling out a number of successful HP and Microsoft implementations over the years.

"Our recognition as an 'HP and Microsoft Outstanding Frontline Partner for 2014 in Unified Communications and Collaboration' honours the work done by Datacentrix over the past year, specifically at PPC, one of our local customers," explains Ahmed Mahomed, Datacentrix' chief executive officer. "This particular project included the design and installation of a complete unified communications solution, incorporating Microsoft Lync and HP Telephony equipment, which was implemented across the company to all remote sites locally and beyond the country's borders. Furthermore, PPC is the first HP 'software defined networking' customer in South Africa undergoing final testing."

Commenting on the award, Mahomed says: "To be recognised by two key partners at a global level is a real tribute to Datacentrix' hard work and innovation, and a testament to the excellent teams that we have in place - we could not be more proud."

"Congratulations to Tony de Sousa , Datacentrix' enterprise business unit manager, and his team at Datacentrix for receiving an Outstanding Frontline Partner Award," says Stuart Kalman, director, Microsoft Alliance Global Channel, HP. "Datacentrix has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to driving business value for its customers through its implementation of our solutions and its participation in our Frontline Partnership Channel Programme."

Andrew Morlidge, Senior Director Business Development, Partners, Microsoft, stated: "Datacentrix is an outstanding HP and Microsoft partner, winning the Unified Communications award based on feedback from clients. The company's expertise with HP and Microsoft products allows Datacentrix to bring the full range of our functionality when addressing customer requirements."