BT Ireland has scooped the ‘Irish Partner of the Year’ award at the annual EMC Partner Awards which took place on Thursday 21st March at the Dylan Hotel in Dublin.

Jason Ward, Country Manager for EMC Ireland said ‘We wish to congratulate BT on its success at this year’s EMC Partner Awards. The EMC Partner Awards are designed to recognise and reward achievement and success within our partner community, through our partner program. EMC has developed the EMC partner program which plays a crucial role in delivering for our Irish customers.

Through the program, EMC works with partners to ensure they are fully equipped with the necessary skills, tools, training and support to gain market share, increase profitability and advance their business. The program requires dedication, commitment and an in-depth knowledge of EMC’s storage hardware, software and services. Equally, it requires our partners to meet the demand of new disruptive technologies such as cloud, big data and IT security. BT has met and exceeded these challenges and has demonstrated great success, leadership and achievement. We congratulate BT on its achievement at this year’s awards and look forward to our continued success working together”.

Commenting on the award Shay Walsh, Managing Director for Business, BT Ireland said “Having grown our EMC revenues by 100% last year, we are particularly delighted to be recognised as its ‘Irish Partner of the Year’ for 2012. This accolade is a testament to our highly skilled team of ICT specialists who are dedicated to the design of complex ICT solutions for mid-market, enterprise and public sector customers, both national and international. It is by working closely with partners such as EMC that we are increasing our business footprint in Ireland, growing our revenue and firmly establishing our position as a leader in networked IT solutions. We look forward to building on these important relationships in 2013 and beyond”.  

This is the second award in recent times for BT Ireland, who also picked up Avaya’s Partner of the Year award in December 2012. For more information visit www.btireland.ie

EndsFor further information, please contact:Gina Kelly, PR & Corporate Relations Manager, BT IrelandTel: 00 353 86 410 1009, Email: gina.kelly@bt.com

Notes to editor:

About BTBT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications services and solutions, serving customers in more than 170 countries.  Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to its customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services.  BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, BT Retail, BT Wholesale and Openreach.

In the year ended 31 March 2012, BT Group’s revenue was £18,897m with profit before taxation of £2,445m.

British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group.  BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. 

For more information, visit www.btplc.com

About EMCEMC Corporation, the IT multinational that employs over 3,000 people in Ireland, is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyse their most valuable asset - information - in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way.

Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com