NEWS
Datacentrix
advances
Lenovo
certification
with Authorised
Service Partner
accreditation
Obsidian Systems toasts 25
years in the market
Datacentrix, a high performing and
secure ICT solutions provider, has
extended its partnership with hardware
technology company, Lenovo, adding the
title of Authorised Service Partner (ASP) to its
existing Tier 1 Platinum Partner certifications
for Lenovo’s PC Group (PCG) and Datacentre
Group (DCG).
The company is now one of only two South
African Tier 1 Platinum Partners to also be
named as an ASP.
“Datacentrix has enjoyed a close working
relationship with Lenovo in South Africa for
many years, and it was a natural next step
for us to add the ASP certification to our
existing qualifications,” said Shawn Marx,
Datacentrix Business Unit Manager for
Converged Solutions.
“The new accreditation allows us to deepen
client interactions, providing local businesses
with an end-to-end Lenovo offering – from
presales right through to break/fix services.”
Datacentrix has used the lockdown period
constructively to bolster its skills base,
completing more than 630 vendor-related
certifications since the end of March to mid-
May, including the Lenovo ASP accreditation.
“Datacentrix’s excellent service delivery is
already in place, and by using this time to
upskill within lockdown, we have completed
the requisite training to position ourselves
as trusted advisors and create Lenovo
customers for life,” Marx added.
The management at Obsidian Systems,
a leading open technology solutions
provider, has toasted 25 years in the
market, cementing the company’s
position as the oldest open source
business in Africa.
Muggie van Staden, MD of Obsidian
Systems, recalls the first Linux installation
at then client Nandos. He said it’s
remarkable how far the company has
progressed and how it has steadily
evolved into an enterprise-facing open
solutions specialist services provider.
At the core of the company’s value
proposition is the desire to affect
positive change in business, through the
advantage of ubiquitous technology for
companies that want to be open and
want to share within an ecosystem.
“We are vendor agnostic,” said van
Staden. “We want to show the market
how things work, what works best or is
the best fit for the job, from a technology
point of view. Our passion is for solutions
that are designed to provide the best,
whenever and wherever required.”
Obsidian says it has the technical
expertise, the market experience, the
resources and intellectual capital to
help clients with teams, code, data and
managed services across all levels, as well
as hybrid cloud.
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