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Computacenter interim results announcementComputacenter plc, the European IT infrastructure services provide, today announces unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June 2010
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Outstanding growth nets Computacenter an award hat trick Computacenter has landed a trio of awards from Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) in recognition of its thriving partnership with the storage vendor helping organisations simplify their information management.
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Computacenter receives ‘Daimler Supplier Award 2009’ At this year’s Daimler Key supplier meeting, held 18 March in the Mercedes-Benz branch office in Stuttgart, Computacenter was presented with the coveted ‘Daimler Supplier Award 2009’ in the ‘IT, General Goods & Services’ category. The award was given in recognition of Computacenter’s outstanding performance in providing a vast array of IT services.
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Eversheds signs groundbreaking deal to pilot Apple iPads for lawyersInternational law firm Eversheds has announced that it has signed a new deal which could eventually see all of the firms lawyers move on to Apple iPads. In a collaboration with IT partners Computacenter and Citrix, the firm intends to explore how the introduction of iPads in to the business can help its lawyers to work more flexibly.
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Computacenter triumphs at F5’s ‘Success 2010’ EMEA partner conferenceComputacenter, Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services and solutions, announced today that it has been recognised as ‘Partner of the Year’ for EMEA by F5 Networks, the global leader in Application Delivery Networking.
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Computacenter delivers support to BASF IT Services in 17 countriesBASF IT Services and Computacenter have signed a three year contract for the supply and support over 50,000 IT workstations in 17 countries throughout the BASF Group.
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Simon Khan wins BMW PGA ChampionshipCongratulations to England’s Simon Khan, the World Number 471 and not even in the event until Monday, who was in dreamland at Wentworth Club when he came from seven behind to win the BMW PGA Championship.
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Computacenter Wins Cisco Enterprise Partner of the Year Award at 2010 Cisco Partner SummitComputacenter announced today that it is the recipient of a Cisco Partner Summit regional award for Enterprise Partner of the Year. Cisco unveiled the winners at its recent annual channel partner conference in San Francisco.
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PRO-CURE awards new video-conferencing contract to help NHS trusts communicate more effectively and reduce costs.NHS commercial agency PRO-CURE has awarded Computacenter a new contract for the supply of videoconferencing solutions for more than 75 trusts across the South of England.
The agreement, which is worth up to £1 million, provides fast and efficient access to video-conferencing technologies for NHS trusts that are members of three collaborative procurement organisations: PROCURE, East of England and South East Coast NHS procurement hubs.
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May 2010
Outsourcing customers give Computacenter vote of confidence in independent survey
Computacenter is more likely to be recommended by its outsourcing customers than other major service providers.
According to research by EquaTerra Research, Computacenter has the highest recommendation rating for the 24 providers evaluated in the survey. Computacenter also received a high customer satisfaction rating from its UK customers, taking third place in the EquaTerra outsourcing league table with a score of 78%.
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April 2010
Computacenter helps public
sector organisations maximise
value for money as part of new IT
framework agreement
Public sector organisations will be able to access IT solutions and services faster and more cost-effectively via the new Commoditised IT Hardware and Software framework agreement, which features Computacenter as an approved supplier.
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23 April 2010
Computacenter Deploys Its First Virtual Computing Environment ‘Vblock 2’ In The UK And EMEA
Computacenter announces it has deployed its first Vblock™ infrastructure package in the UK and EMEA to leverage for customer demonstrations. The solution, which is delivered by the Virtual Computing Environment coalition formed by Cisco and EMC, together with VMware, is an integrated, tested and validated datacenter infrastructure offering that supports a broad range of operating systems and applications that enable customers to accelerate broad-scale datacenter virtualisation.
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19 March 2010
Computacenter achieves ‘gold star’ distinction for customer satisfaction
Computacenter’s commitment to customer service and satisfaction has been honoured by the Cisco Channel Partner Programme. The award for Customer Satisfaction Excellence is the highest distinction a Cisco partner can achieve. It is awarded based on price competitiveness and customer satisfaction scores over a six-month period.
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17 March 2010
Computacenter Research Reveals Network Neglect Risks Business Success
Computacenter today launches research that reveals network neglect is risking business success, with 74% of respondents claiming the network is central to their IT strategy, but 33% not actually considering it before making a technology purchase, risking network downtime, poor performance and inefficient security.
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11 March 2010Computacenter 2009 Results Announced
Computacenter plc, the European IT infrastructure services provider, today announces preliminary results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2009.
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26 February 2010
Severn Trent Water to cut costs and boost efficiency with flexible working initiative
Severn Trent Water has embarked on a ground-breaking IT project that will enable it to adopt flexible working practices – increasing staff productivity and reducing costs. The project is part of the company’s business transformation programme, which is designed to turn it into the best water company in the UK with the lowest charges, highest standards and great people.
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16 February 2010
Computacenter and CompuCom named as Global Reseller Partners in BP Cost Reduction Programme
BP, one of the world’s largest energy companies, aims to reduce the costs of IT by consolidating hardware and software procurement via a newly established Global Reseller Programme.
The five-year programme is part of BP’s overall supplier consolidation and simplification agenda, and is aligned with BP’s strategic goals of maintaining operational excellence and sustainable cost reduction.
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08 February 2010
Computacenter Research Reveals Virtualisation Falling Flat For UK Organisations
Less than 10% achieve full ROI from server virtualisation projects.
Research findings launched today by Computacenter reveal that organisations are missing out on the significant benefits of virtualisation deployments, with only 6% fully achieving ROI from server projects and 4% from virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Poor planning seems partly to blame, as 39% of IT decision makers have no virtualisation strategy in place, even though 90% consider it important to help improve IT cost effectiveness.
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22 January 2010
Computacenter receives IBM Certification for Dynamic Infrastructure Skills
Helping clients to manage challenges presented by today’s globally integrated planet.
Computacenter has gained certification in IBM’s Dynamic Infrastructure Specialty Programme in the solution areas of Business Resilience, Energy Efficiency and Virtualisation & Consolidation. It is the first UK-based IBM Business Partner to achieve accreditation in more than one solution area.
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30 November 2009
Acquisition extends Computacenter's service offerings and client base
Computacenter will strengthen its range of mainframe and datacentre services, following the acquisition of Thesaurus Computer Services (TCS).
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25 November 2009
Eversheds transforms traditional approach to IT supplier relationships with partner appointment
International law firm Eversheds expects to increase service quality and contain costs by appointing a representative of a key IT partner to its internal IT leadership team.
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24 November 2009
NHS Oldham signs outsourcing deal with Computacenter
More efficient IT will help NHS Oldham continue to improve quality and deliver productivity gains.
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05 November 2009
Computacenter opens Tier IV datacentre for managed services
Organisations will have access to a certified Tier IV datacentre in Europe for the first time. Tier IV is the highest level of datacentre classification awarded by the Uptime Institute – the body for datacentre certification – and signifies fault-tolerant design topology.
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Computacenter Interim Results Announcement
27 August 2009
Computacenter plc, the European IT infrastructure services provider, today announces unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June 2009.
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New facility enhances IT recycling capabilities at RDC
07 August 2009
Computacenter’s specialist IT recycling arm, RDC, has officially opened its Recycling Services Centre. The new facility enables RDC to process a larger volume of unwanted IT equipment and in a manner that minimises environmental impact.
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Computacenter puts FIA Formula Two Championship drivers in pole position
09 July 2009
FIA Formula Two Championship racing drivers will be able to rev up their results with better access to performance data at the track-side. As part of a deal between the championship organisers and Computacenter, drivers will have access to a track-side laptop to share and store a vast amount of critical information such as lap times, wheel speed, engine rpm, turbo boost, throttle position, brake-line pressure and steering angle plus imagery from on-board car cameras.
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RDC proves its green credentials under the Microscope
06 July 2009
Computacenter’s specialist IT recycling subsidiary RDC has been named Environmental Company of the Year at the Microscope Awards for Channel Excellence (ACEs).
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Rok reduces server estate by 75 per cent with virtualisation project and transformational outsourcing
03 July 2009
Property repair and maintenance specialist Rok has cut its server estate by 75 per cent following a datacentre virtualisation project carried out in partnership with Computacenter.
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IT recycling company receives royal recognition for sustainability
07 May 2009
Computacenter’s specialist IT recycling arm RDC has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development.
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Parity reduces IT spend by a further 10 per cent with IT services contract extension
31 March 2009
Parity, the business and IT solutions company, has agreed an early extension to its five-year managed services contract with Computacenter, which will enable the company to reduce IT support costs by a further 10 per cent while maintaining quality of service. This is in addition to the original 50 per cent cost reduction achieved when Parity first partnered with Computacenter three years ago.
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Unipart pioneers new kind of outsourcing deal with Computacenter
17 March 2009
Unipart Logistics, the logistics arm of the Unipart Group, has agreed a five-year IT managed services deal with Computacenter that will enable it to provide a higher level of service to its customers and save money.
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Computacenter 2008 Results Announced
10 March 2009
Computacenter plc, the European IT infrastructure services provider, today announces preliminary results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2008.
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Computacenter retires Digica sub-brand for seamless service
02 March 2009
Computacenter announces that from today, March 2 2009, it will no longer be marketing its mid-market managed services under the ‘Digica’ name. We believe this benefits our customers, to whom we will be able to present a seamless end-to-end range of services and solutions under the Computacenter core brand.
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Marks & Spencer extends IT managed services contract with Computacenter
16 January 2009
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has expanded its IT managed services agreement with Computacenter to help improve time-to-market for new IT systems.
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