Hitachi Consulting UK received three awards at 2010/2011 UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG) Partner Awards event in London, including UKOUG Managed Services (Outsourcing and Operations) Partner of the Year Award, UKOUG Services Transport & Logistics Partner of the Year Award, and UKOUG Business Intelligence Partner of the Year Award.

As the UKOUG’s most prestigious award ceremony, the winners are selected by Oracle users and provide recognition to Oracle Partners for their contributions made through delivering services to users of Oracle technology. By voting for their preferred Partners, the awards recognise and reward experiential, efficient and engaged Oracle Partners in the UK.

“We’re delighted to be recognised and honoured for our work by users in three of our strongest areas of expertise – Outsourcing, Business Intelligence and Transport & Logistics,” said David Kilpatrick, Managing Vice President for Hitachi Consulting UK. “These awards are a testament to the strength of our commitment to our alliance with Oracle, and look forward to continuing our successful relationship and our commitment for delivering excellence in strategy, people, process and technology solutions.”

Source:http://rfpconnect.com/news/2010/10/14/hitachi-consulting-uk-honoured-at-uk-oracle-ug-awards

Patni Computer Systems, a leading global IT and BPO services provider, today announced appointment of Alison Fry as its new Human Resources Director for the EMEA region.

Alison has more than 20 years of industry experience and will be responsible for the entire HR function within Patni’s EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa) business.

Alison joins Patni from Real HR Consulting, where she provided HR outsourcing consultancy to organisations in the financial and technology sectors. Prior to joining Patni, she worked in senior HR roles within companies such as TCS, SHL, Sony UK, Steria and Hitachi Data Systems.

“We are delighted to welcome Alison to the leadership team at Patni EMEA. Her experience and understanding of the HR function within businesses such as Patni will be invaluable as we grow the team in the EMEA region,” said Derek Kemp, President, EMEA at Patni.

“Joining the EMEA team at Patni at such an important time in its growth and development is a fantastic opportunity. The team is made up of some of the industry’s most talented individuals and I’m looking forward to helping them reach their full potential,” said Alison Fry.

Alison will be based at Patni’s EMEA headquarters in the Patni Building near Heathrow.

At Bombay Stock Exchange the shares of Patni were trading at Rs 542.85 down 2.44 per cent at 12:33 pm from its previous close.

Source:http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/patni-appoints-alison-fry-as-new-hr-director-for-emea-region/89798/on

Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT) and the only provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions today announced Gold Partnership with CMC Ltd., a leading IT solutions company and a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS Ltd.), one of the world’s leading information technology consulting, services and business process outsourcing organisations. This partnership will help enterprise customers avail vertical specific storage solutions platforms along with delivery of integrated approaches that meet high quality and reliability.

Mr. Vivekanand Venugopal, Vice President & General Manager, India, Hitachi Data Systems said, “This alliance with CMC will help both organizations design, develop and successfully deploy complex storage Infrastructure solutions in the Government and Defense sectors. CMC’s enviable track record, end to end solution capability, extensive domain knowledge and technological competencies provide synergies to leverage HDS Innovative Storage Technologies. These synergies will translate into significant cost and operational savings for our customers”.

Mr. Prabhat Mittra, Global Alliances Head, CMC said, “We are excited to be a Gold Partner and will invest in Hitachi’s certification and training. Their technology coupled with CMC’s strong market presence, system integration skills and high technical competence will help address the customer requirements with specific application and technology based storage solutions”.

Hitachi Data Systems’ ‘Gold Partner’ league is for solution providers with specified product, technologies or solutions. These partners have vertical specific/ platform specific approach to selling storage with key specialization in areas like healthcare, rich media, finance/ banking, government etc.

Under this program, partners have the right to use the Hitachi TrueNorth Channel Partner Program along with access to marketing and sales support, packaged solutions campaigns and lead generation programs. They can also avail Hitachi Data Systems’ Executive Briefing Center for prospect and customer briefings.

Hitachi’s TrueNorth Channel Partner Program has been awarded 2009’s Five-Star Partner Program Guide Certification by Everything Channel, a US based company specializing in accessing, enabling, managing and accelerating technology sales channels. The award acknowledges Hitachi Data System’s’ commitment and strength for its reseller partner programs which include IT integrators, technology solution providers, and consultants.

Recognized as a best-practice, industry-wide, this program offers rich incentives, tools, and resources and has been instrumental in increasing partner profitability and driving Hitachi Data Systems revenue since its launch in 2004.

Source:http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/computer-electronics/2010021143381.htm