The Global Workspace Alliance (GWA), headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is the world´s first

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of IT service providers. Formerly known as the Getronics Workspace Alliance, it was founded in 2009 by

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and 6 other service partners. In 2015, the GWA went through a transformation, and was re-launched with Getronics and CompuCom in the lead as the Global Workspace Alliance. Other partners include Tecnocom, SPIE ICS, S&T, Centric, Infocare, NSC, AGCN, Eire Systems and TopNew Info.

History

On March 25, 2009, representatives of the 7 founding IT service providers –

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, CompuCom, Getronics Middle East, NTT Data Getronics, ServiceOne Getronics and Tecnocom- met in The Netherlands to announce the founding of the Alliance (formerly known as Getronics Workspace Alliance). Upon formation, the Getronics Workspace Alliance served 6.1 million client IT assets worldwide. In 2010, the GWA was recognized as a visionary by

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Inc. in the

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for Desktop Outsourcing Europe; and in 2011, as a Strong Performer by

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, Inc. in the Forrester WaveTM on Global IT infrastructure Outsourcing. As of September 2011, the Getronics Workspace Alliance is still composed by the same founding members, with direct offices in 30 countries and a total workforce of 32,000. In addition, they partner with non-member service partners for broader coverage. In September 2015, Getronics and CompuCom launch together Global Workspace Alliance 2.0, expanding the Alliance coverage to over 40 countries with new partners in the Netherlands (Centric), the Nordics (Infocare), Japan (EIRE Systems), Italy (NSC) and Eastern Europe (S&T). In July 2016, TopNew Info, a China-based company joins the GWA to provide on-site support in China and Hong Kong. In December 2017, the Global Workspace Alliance was named 'Most Revolutionary Ecosystem' by Outsource Magazine.

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External links

Official GWA Website

Official Getronics International Website

Alliance Experts
Information technology organisations based in the Netherlands