NetApp Appoints Empired as Authorised Professional Services Partner for Australia
Sydney, Australia - 20 July,
2009 - NetApp today announced the appointment of Empired
Ltd as an Authorised Professional Service Partner for the
Australian market. Empired, a NetApp Platinum-level partner in the
NetApp Partner Program, joins a select group of NetApp Authorised
Professional Service Partners who have undertaken an intensive,
specialised NetApp training program to gain this authorisation.
The NetApp Authorised Professional Service
Partner Program allows partners to sell and deliver their own brand
of professional services for NetApp® solutions by utilising
NetApp best practices, tools and methodologies, comprehensive
training, and implementation support. As part of the program,
participating NetApp partners receive exclusive, specialised access
to the same solution-based service delivery tools, templates, and
methodologies used by NetApp's Global Services professional service
teams.
Brendon Jarvis, general manager, Strategic
Growth, Empired, said, "Our decision to undertake certification to
become a NetApp Authorised Professional Service Partner was based
on our desire to strengthen relationships with our customers and
the ability to provide them with a true value-add in the form of
professional services. The benefits of this certification are
twofold. First, it allows us to offer customers a new skill set,
which can help transform their data centres. Second, it increases
revenue opportunities for our business by driving up productivity
efficiencies and the ability to leverage NetApp's tools and
methodologies."
Scott Morris, director of Partner Sales for
NetApp Australia and New Zealand, said, "Our objective is to
provide solution-focused partners such as Empired with
opportunities to become more engaged with customers. NetApp's
Authorised Professional Service Partner Program gives partners the
opportunity to go deeper into NetApp customer accounts. The ability
to sell professional services alongside a NetApp solution
strengthens Empired's role as a trusted advisor to customers by
allowing Empired to deliver a complete solution set and maximum
value for enterprise data centres. We congratulate Empired on this
achievement."
About Empired
Empired Ltd (ASX: EPD) is an ASX listed national IT Services
Provider with a broad range of capabilities and experience ranging
from business consulting to Infrastructure and Applications systems
development and support.
Empired focuses on providing IT Outsourcing Services complemented
by Project and Consulting engagements in its areas of
specialisation.
They are a nimble, flexible company, driven to delivering
innovative services in today's ever changing business
environments.
Website: www.empired.com
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