Intelligent CIO North America Issue 44 | Page 10

NEWS

Infinidat takes Gartner award for second consecutive year

Infinidat has been named a 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Customers ’ Choice in the Gartner Peer Insights “ Voice of the Customer ,” Region Segment : North America .

This is the second consecutive year that Infinidat has been recognized for the award . Overall , Infinidat has been named a Gartner Peer Insights Customers ’ Choice for Primary Storage four times – 2023 , 2021 , 2020 , and 2019 .
have made storage significantly easier to manage with autonomous automation , while substantially lowering CAPEX and OPEX .”
According to the report : “ Vendors placed in the upper-right quadrant of the segment quadrants are recognized through the Customers ’ Choice Segment Distinction . The recognized vendors meet or exceed both the average Overall Experience and the average User Interest and Adoption for the segment .”
Based on customer reviews and ratings , this special recognition is the sixth time that Infinidat has been identified as a Gartner Peer Insights Customers ’ Choice in either a regional segment or overall distinction for enterprise storage .
“ We are delighted with Infinidat being recognized as a Gartner Peer Insights North America Customers ’ Choice for two years in a row and four times overall . “ We believe that it highlights that enterprises trust Infinidat to advance the capabilities and capacity of their data infrastructure with our enterprise leading-edge , cyber resilient storage solutions ,” said Phil Bullinger , CEO , Infinidat .
“ We think that the compelling customer feedback we receive continuously on the Gartner Peer Insights reviews site showcases how we deliver an exceptional customer experience and how we

Spinnaker sees double digit growth as enterprises take control of vendor support investments

Spinnaker has posted double digit growth across North America in 2023 and signed a raft of new customers in the US and Canada .

JD Edwards and Salesforce vendor support part of the business has also seen growth this year .
Spinnaker sees such growth as down to demand amongst enterprises looking for alternative options to maintenance support and current customers expanding their IT support and managed services requirements .
In the last 12 months , Spinnaker has signed multiple customers in the US and Canada including Indigo , Archer-Daniels , and ETS , saving them an average of 50 % off their annual software support costs or managed services .
Rich Hussey , Vice President , Sales , Americas said : “ The investments we are making in Marketing , our partner channel and the expansion of our go-to-market teams have and continue to make a positive impact .
The company is poised for further growth across its managed services division too .
Recently , Spinnaker announced a significant update to its services portfolio in response to growing customer demand , aiming to offer enterprises greater control over their software support and managed services strategies .
“ Our customers continue to evaluate third-party support solutions that deliver premium services that are cost effective and lower risk are always preferred .
“ Looking ahead , we believe our SAP expertise will create additional growth opportunities – SAP is a sleeping giant in the US and we are in a great position to capitalize on this .”
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