Provider of high performing and secure ICT solutions, Datacentrix, has been announced as HP's South African Services Partner of the Year. The company was also named as runner-up in the Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa (MEMA) award category.

According to Agashnee Pillay, HP TS channel manager, one of the reasons that Datacentrix garnered the local award was its achievement of the highest total support value for HP in South Africa.

"Following a decade-long partnership, Datacentrix is HP's largest services and most certified partner in South Africa, and is a company that is highly focused on delivering strategic customer engagements. We believe that this distinguishes them from other local players, Pillay adds. "In addition, HP has an implicit trust in Datacentrix to develop and deliver more compelling service offerings for its customers, and this is another differentiating factor.

"It is for these reasons that Datacentrix has been named as local HP Services Partner of the Year, as well as for demonstrating effective HP branded services growth. The company's close collaboration and value proposition to the market gained it the MEMA HP Services Partner Runner-Up award and we believe that Datacentrix is in a strong position to take the number one spot for MEMA in the 2012 financial year.

Certified as both an HP Authorised Services Partner (ASP) and a Professional Services Partner (PSP), Datacentrix is authorised to perform warranty and contract support on the HP branded products. "Our dedication to our partners, and our investment in skills has played a key role in Datacentrix's migration from being mainly a transactional commodity player to a solution- and service-focused provider, explains Ahmed Mahomed, Datacentrix CEO. "We are pleased to see our focus on HP as a key strategic partner be recognised by these awards and look forward to strengthening our relationship further in the years to come.