CSC named VMware Global Systems Integrator of the Year
News Article -- February 22, 2011
CSC has received the Global Systems Integrator of the Year Award at VMware Partner Exchange 2011, VMware's annual virtualisation event , held in acknowledgement of VMware's global ecosystem of partners for outstanding achievements and performances during 2010.
“Congratulations to CSC on winning the Global Systems Integrator of the Year for 2010, at VMware’s recent Partner Exchange 2011. CSC is a key partner for VMware in the ANZ region, and we share many strategic goals and objectives in our approach to the marketplace. I am delighted to see CSC being recognised on this competitive global stage,” said Paul Harapin, Managing Director, VMware Australia and New Zealand.
In 2010, CSC was awarded the Asia Pacific Systems Integrator of the Year Award at VMware Partner Exchange.
"CSC in Australia and Asia has won the VMware SI partner of the year award two years running. Our relationship with VMware is broadening in 2011. CSC is the first IT Services firm to announce both public clouds (CloudCompute) and private clouds (Bizcloud) that are vCloud Datacenter Services (VDS) compatible - preserving organisations investment in VMware software as they gradually move workloads to cloud environments. CSC is committed to working with VMware's vFabric platform services to help clients modernise their applications portfolio for the cloud," said Bob Hayward, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer at CSC.
This year marked the first time that VMware partners were able to directly participate in the awards consideration process, with VMware receiving more than 500 applications from partners in 32 countries for awards in 15 categories. Each applicant was also required to submit customer wins and references that correlated to the category in which they applied.
About VMware Partner Exchange 2011
VMware Partner Exchange 2011 is the premier global event for vitalisation and cloud partners, offering more than 150 sessions and an extensive exhibitor pavilion to demonstrate how partners can transform their virtualisation businesses to deliver enterprise hybrid cloud solutions to customers. Partner attendees also receive a preview into the next generation of programs and products coming from VMware.