Getronics Workspace Alliance

Global Workspace Alliance
Alliance
Industry Information Technology & Communication
Founded 2009
Headquarters Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Number of locations

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,

United States
Products Workspace ICT Services
Number of employees
 35,500 (July 2012)
Website

The Global Workspace Alliance (GWA ), headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is the world´s first alliance of IT service providers. It was founded in 2009[1] by Getronics, KPN, CompuCom Systems, Getronics Middle East, NTT Data Getronics, ServiceOne Getronics and Tecnocom. In May 2012, after KPN divested Getronics,[2] KPN, Getronics and Getronics Latin America became three separate partners of the Alliance, maintaining their relationship as partners.

History

On March 25, 2009, representatives of the 7 founding IT service providers – KPN Getronics, CompuCom, Getronics Middle East, NTT Data Getronics, ServiceOne Getronics and Tecnocom- met in The Netherlands to announce the founding of the Alliance (formerly known as Getronics Workspace Alliance).[1] Upon formation, the Getronics Workspace Alliance served 6.1 million client IT assets worldwide.

In 2010, the GWA was recognized as a visionary by Gartner Inc. in the Magic Quadrant for Desktop Outsourcing Europe;[3] and in 2011, as a Strong Performer by Forrester Research, Inc. in the Forrester WaveTM on Global IT infrastructure Outsourcing[4]

As of September 2011, the Getronics Workspace Alliance is still composed by the same founding members, with direct offices in 30 countries and a total workforce of 32,000.[5] In addition, they partner with non-member service partners for broader coverage.

References

  1. 1 2 "Getronics and partners launch global workspace alliance". Telecompaper. 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  2. ↑ "Getronics Unveils International Strategy Following AURELIUS Acquisition". Yahoo. 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  3. ↑ "Gartner positions Getronics and its Global Workspace Alliance as…". Nieuwsbank. 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  4. ↑ "Getronics Workspace Alliance named strong performer". Telecompaper. 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  5. ↑ "Getronics Workspace Alliance Fact sheet 2011" (PDF). Getronics Workspace Alliance. Retrieved 2011-11-30.

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