Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Dimension Data Named Polycom Partner Of The Year For Third Consecutive Year

Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in open standards-based unified collaboration, has named Dimension Data as its Global Systems Integrator of the Year.  In addition, the Group received Polycom’s System Integrator of the Year for the EMEA theatre, and Partner of the Year: Benelux awards.
Polycom honoured partners during TEAM Polycom 2014, the company’s annual partner conference, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from 11 – 13 February 2014.  Partners recognised honourees based on execution, performance, customer success, business results, and overall commitment to co-developing innovative solutions.

"In an ever-changing and rapidly evolving market place, it’s critical to have partners like Dimension Data who can help us meet our customer’s complete business needs with transformative solutions,” said Mike Conlon, Vice President of Worldwide Channels, Polycom. We congratulate Dimension Data and look forward to supporting their continued success.”

Adam Foster, Dimension Data’s Group Executive, Communications said, “The System Integrator of the Year award recognises partners who exhibit expertise in consulting, integrating managed and advanced services, as well as developing innovations around Cloud.  We are extremely proud that Polycom has recognised us for the third year in a row for our excellence in execution.

“Dimension Data has invested heavily to grow its global reach and ensure that Polycom solutions are delivered globally.  In addition, we placed a strong focus on growing our sales accreditations and technical capabilities. Today, we deliver a complete Microsoft and Polycom Lync solution which includes all hardware and software, on-premise or via the Cloud.  These, combined with other strategic initiatives paid off, and as a result, the Group doubled its revenues for the second consecutive year.

“From a client perspective, we’re seeing more organisations demanding integrated unified communications solutions: from the network design, ROI assessment, management of the stack, to ongoing adoption services.  Dimension Data delivers all this on a single invoice to all geographies around the world,” said Foster.

Dimension Data is part of the Polycom Partner Network. The nearly 7,000 members embrace and extend Polycom's open standards-based video collaboration solutions to deliver comprehensive UC&C solutions for the enterprise, as well as applications to support a growing number of use cases across vertical industries such as healthcare, education, government, manufacturing, financial services, media and entertainment. As part of the Polycom Partner Network, technology providers, ISVs, solution advisors, integrators, service providers, and other companies can work with Polycom and each other to deliver tailored solutions for the multi-faceted needs of today’s organisations.

About Dimension Data
Founded in 1983, Dimension Data plc is an ICT services and solutions provider that uses its technology expertise, global service delivery capability, and entrepreneurial spirit to accelerate the business ambitions of its clients. Dimension Data is a member of the NTT Group. www.dimensiondata.com

About Polycom
Polycom helps organizations unleash the power of human collaboration. More than 400,000 companies and institutions worldwide defy distance with secure video, voice and content solutions from Polycom to increase productivity, speed time to market, provide better customer service, expand education and save lives. Polycom and its global partner ecosystem provide flexible collaboration solutions for any environment that deliver the best user experience, the broadest multi-vendor interoperability and unmatched investment protection.  Visit www.polycom.com