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TD SYNNEX receives honours from Lenovo
TD SYNNEX has been named Distribution Partner of the Year 2024 for the UK and been presented with the Lenovo 360 Circle Global Partner Award in recognition of the work it has done with the vendor on driving the sustainability agenda with partners. The Lenovo Distributor Partner of the Year award is presented to the partner that has shown sustained business growth, quarter on quarter, through an innovative and proactive approach, as well as increased engagement and results. TD SYNNEX is the only distributor that brings together all solutions from Lenovo’s infrastructure – servers, storage and TruScale hybrid solutions, notebooks and PCs and mobile products – presenting partners with the opportunity to benefit from the growing strength of the Lenovo brand. Its teams have worked
driven by sustainability to turn them into new business opportunities. It has become a core element of the wider Lenovo 360 initiative, which aims to align partners, programmes, tools and people to unlock the full breadth and depth of Lenovo’s portfolio for its channel partners. TD SYNNEX and Lenovo have a shared vision of an IT ecosystem in which partners cooperate with a common purpose to tackle sustainability challenges. Both companies are committed to the Science Based Targets initiative and have conducted various joint activities, including a special Sustainability Roundtable. TD SYNNEX has participated in working groups with Lenovo on energy efficiency, device lifecycle management, product sustainability attributes, learning and development, social council and sustainable materials. The organisations have shared best practices with each other and with partners, and
James Reed managing director – Endpoint Solutions, UK and Ireland
closely with Lenovo across all these key areas, supporting partner business development in the data centre and managed services markets through TD SYNNEX Advanced Solutions, working to maximise client device sales – with particular focus on the SMB sector – through TD SYNNEX
through active engagement and collaboration, driven visibility of sustainability issues. They have also collaborated on an initial joint training module for partners, called Sustainability Essentials. Simon Bennett, managing
Endpoint Solutions, and raising awareness and driving sales of Lenovo’s smart meeting solutions through its specialist audiovisual business unit, TD SYNNEX Maverick. James Reed, managing director – Endpoint Solutions, UK and Ireland, TD SYNNEX, said: “We see this award as recognition of the strong commitments we’ve made to supporting Lenovo partners, the excellent collaboration between our organisations, and the positive results we’ve delivered.” Lenovo 360 Circle is a partner community that brings partners together to align on ESG objectives and leverage new market trends
director – Advanced Solutions, UK and Ireland at TD SYNNEX, added: “This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our incredible team and the strong partnership we have built with Lenovo. Sustainability is a major focus for customers and Lenovo 360 Circle puts the focus firmly on ESG – for us and our mutual channel partners. Working together, we have been able to combine all the elements and make a positive impact. This is a great example of cross industry collaboration that sets a benchmark for sustainability partnerships in the channel.”
Simon Bennett managing director, Advanced Solutions, UK and Ireland
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