Computacenter News and Press Releases

Computacenter Opens Gibraltar Office to Support eGaming Companies

New location established with Operations team offering Professional Services and 4-hour SLAs to accelerate IT solutions installation and problem resolution.

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Computacenter and Eversheds renew IT services contract

Computacenter and international law firm Eversheds has renewed its ground-breaking IT services contract, which was first signed in 2007.

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Computacenter Recognised as Cisco Telepresence Video Master Authorized Technology Provider Partner in UK

Computacenter announced today that it has achieved TelePresence Video Master Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) status from Cisco.
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Computacenter interim results announcement

Computacenter plc, the European IT infrastructure services provide, today announces unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June 2011
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Storage industry and end users give Computacenter thumbs up at annual awards

Computacenter's commitment to helping organisations optimise their storage environments has been recognised at Storage Magazine's annual Storage Awards.

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Computacenter commissions additional space in the UK's only Tier IV datacenter to meet continued demand for secure, reliable hosting services

Europe's leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services Computacenter today announces that it has commissioned an additional hall of space in its Tier IV datacenter, offering more server space and superior availability and security to companies.

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Computacenter Wins Cisco Enterprise Partner of the Year Award at Cisco Partner Summit 2011

Computacenter announced today that it is the recipient of a Cisco Partner Summit regional award for Enterprise Partner of the Year for the second year running. Cisco unveiled the winners earlier this month at its annual channel partner conference in New Orleans.

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Computacenter wins double accolade at Oracle UK Partner Awards

Computacenter has been awarded Oracle Hardware Partner of the Year and Oracle Technology Channel Partner of the Year at the annual Oracle PartnerNetwork Specialised UK Partner Awards.

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Computacenter employee embarks on Polar challenge for charity

A Computacenter account manager will swap his desk for skis and snowboots next month when he embarks on a 30-day race to the North Pole. Arctic adventurer Rob MacAlister is taking part in The Polar Race to raise funds for MacMillan Cancer Support.

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Computacenter 2010 Results Announced

Computacenter plc, the European IT infrastructure services provider, today announces final results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2010.

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Computacenter adds Oracle Exalogic to its product portfolio

Europe's leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, Computacenter, today announces it has added Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud to its portfolio of Oracle solutions in the UK.

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Computacenter's partnership first with Panduit boosts cabling services

Computacenter has become the first IT services and solutions provider in the UK to achieve Gold EMEA Partner with connectivity solutions provider Panduit.

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Computacenter scores partnership double

Computacenter has started 2011 by landing two high-profile partnership awards from IT vendors Symantec and Lenovo. The IT services and solutions provider was named Symantec UK Partner of the Year 2011 and Lenovo 2010 International Reseller of the Year in the same week.
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Computacenter launches cloud offering to reduce risk of cloud service adoption

First product, C³Mail to provide enterprise-class email, onsite or offsite.
Computacenter, Europe's leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services and solutions, today announces Computacenter cloud computing (C³) to offer organisations the ability to adopt the cloud at the right pace, using an optimal blend of onsite and offsite IT delivery models.
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New framework agreement simplifies procurement of IT managed services for public sector organisations

Public sector organisations will be able to maximise the value of their IT outsourcing and out-tasking contracts thanks to the launch of a new managed services framework, which features Computacenter as an approved supplier.
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National recycling award for market leading IT recycler, RDC Witham

Computer reuse and recycling specialist RDC has been awarded a prestigious Award for Environmental Excellence from the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM). The award is for Recycling Performance of the Year by an SME (Small Medium Enterprise, an organisation with less than 250 employees).
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Corning cements strategic partnership with Computacenter with Pretium Partner Award

Computacenter has been awarded Pretium Partner status by Corning, in recognition of its ability to deliver high quality datacenter and Local Area Network (LAN) cabling solutions.
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Computacenter achieves another Cisco 'gold star' distinction for customer satisfaction

For the second time this year, Computacenter's commitment to customer service and satisfaction has been honoured by the Cisco Partner Programme.
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FirstGroup agrees £14 million desktop managed services deal with Computacenter

Leading transport operator FirstGroup has partnered with Computacenter to provide a range of desktop services that will support business growth, minimise costs and enhance the end user experience.
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Organisations to cut print costs by up to 30 per cent with Computacenter Managed Print service

Computacenter has partnered with Xerox to deliver a new managed print service that will enable organisations to reduce printing costs by up to 30 per cent.
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Computacenter tops customer satisfaction league table for end-user managed services

Computacenter has achieved the highest customer satisfaction score for end-user management in a recent European outsourcing study.
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Computacenter interim results announcement

Computacenter 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 lawyers

International 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 conference

Computacenter, 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 countries

BASF 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 Championship

Congratulations 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 Summit

Computacenter 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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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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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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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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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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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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Computacenter 2009 Results Announced

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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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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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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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Computacenter receives IBM Certification for Dynamic Infrastructure Skills

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