Anglia is named "Channel Company of the Year" at Channel
Network Awards
Anglia
celebrates 3rd successful year at the awards and also collects award for
best Enterprise Mobility Solution
Anglia Business Solutions has enjoyed its best ever and
3rd successful year in a row at this years UK IT industry Channel Network
Awards. The glittering ceremony was held on 13th October in front of a large
and distinguished audience at the Grove Hotel Rickmansworth. The awards
recognise real world ICT solutions across the whole of the IT, telephony,
voice/data convergence and Internet industries.
Anglia collected the first prize for UK Enterprise Mobility Solution 2005.
This award recognises Mobility Solutions that enable people to access their
business applications from wherever they are located. The judges were
particularly looking for innovative and scalable solutions where the
reseller has understood the specific needs of the client and produced a
tailored solution. The winning system, a business management solution with
remote access and mobile vehicle tracking, was created for Inchcape
Automotive, a subsidiary of Inchcape plc the International Automotive
Services Group. The solution included Microsoft Navision, Microsoft
MapPoint® Location Server, Microsoft MapPoint Web Service, Microsoft Windows
Mobile™ 2003 software for Pocket PCs, Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000 and the
Microsoft .NET Framework. This mobile solution utilising the MapPoint
Location Server technology is the first of its kind in the UK.
Peter Wilson, Group IS Director at Inchcape plc, congratulated Anglia on the
award, commenting: "We were delighted to once again work with Anglia on a
successful project, which achieved high levels of service and satisfaction
for our customers, and demonstrated innovation and cutting edge technology."
Anglia was also awarded UK Channel Company of the Year 2005. This
award was given at the discretion of the judges and was for the company they
feel from information included in the entries, had shown exceptional skill,
endeavour and customer care.
Photo: David Hurley, Anglia’s Managing Director,
receives the award for Best Enterprise Mobility Solution from (Left) Paul
Burn, Head of Indirect Sales for Rocom and (Right) Sandi Toksvig,
Comedienne, Actress, Writer & TV/Radio Celebrity
Following the award, David Hurley, Anglia’s Managing Director, said “In
speaking with the judges, they made clear that the competition for these
prestigious national awards was stronger than ever this year. The
competitive solutions entered were of the highest standard from well known
national organisations. It was gratifying to have the efforts of our people
recognised by succeeding in such elevated company. Winning the UK Channel
Company of the Year award against 40 finalists of this calibre was a
tremendous achievement and a fitting tribute to the exceptional skills and
customer care ethos of our personnel“.
Commenting on the award, Karl Noakes, Head of the Partner Development Group
at Microsoft, said: “Congratulations to everyone at Anglia on this
achievement. Our partners are at the heart of everything we do here at
Microsoft and to see one thriving and growing like this demonstrates the
success of our partner programme over the years."
Anglia’s world-class solutions have also previously been recognised at the
Channel Network Awards in both 2003 and 2004. In 2003 the company won Best
SME Internet Solution, and Best SME Mobility Solution in 2004.
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