The company, whose headquarters is in Burton-on-Trent and has regional offices in London and Guildford, won the Avaya UK Enterprise Business Partners of the Year and EMEA Business Partner of the Year. They are the only UK Company to be awarded the Avaya UK Enterprise Business Partner of the Year for the third year in succession and the first UK Company to win both awards together.
Mark Mitchell, Vice-president EMEA Channels for Avaya said ‘As Avaya becomes a channel-centric company; partners such as Central will become critical to our success. We are 100% committed to increasing our Business Partner’s growth and by extension Avaya’s and we know that a vibrant channel ecosystem is the way to achieve this.’
Receiving the award, Central's Managing Director, Andrew McDougall said: ‘Gaining the title of EMEA Business Partner 2008 cements our place as a leading Avaya Platinum Partner and is an indication of our increasing penetration into European markets. We are very pleased to have been recognised by Avaya for the third consecutive year as UK Business of the Year 2008 and these two awards reflect our exceptional technical ability in providing leading edge innovative solutions and applications that serve the unique needs of our customers.’