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A Burnely IT\u00a0specialist has secured recognition from one of the world’s leading tech outfits – in Japan<\/p>\n

\"0\"Bosses at Holker IT are celebrating after being named Fujitsu small or medium-sized business partner of the year, thanks to managing director, Matthew Metcalfe, and his team tripling their revenues on the Japanese giant’s products over this year.<\/p>\n

Matthew said: “The award is a real team effort. Full credit to all the staff here because it\u2019s their collective hard work that has helped achieve this recognition.\u00a0We pride ourselves on our partnership with Fujitsu and I can only see our relationship going from strength to strength.”<\/p>\n

Holker IT is in its tenth year of business and the two companies celebrated their partnership with a special focus day at the Holker IT head office.<\/p>\n

Nicola El Shebasi, partner development manager for Fujitsu, said: \u201cHolker\u2019s first year with us has been fantastic and we have developed a strong partnership together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew concluded: “Fujitsu offer some of the best products and services on the market and we see this very much as a long-term partnership. The team at Holker has secured some huge contracts this year, in particular providing servers and all flash storage systems, so the award is fully-deserved. We now look forward to our partnership with Holker delivering yet more success for both firms.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Burnely IT\u00a0specialist has secured recognition from one of the world’s leading tech outfits – in Japan Bosses at Holker IT are celebrating after being named Fujitsu small or medium-sized business partner of the year, thanks to managing director, Matthew Metcalfe, and his team tripling their revenues on the Japanese giant’s products over this year. 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