Awards and Accolades
Azzurri is very proud to be regularly recognised as a industry leader across many different areas of our business. Below are some of our recent awards and accolades:
WINNER: ENTERPRISE HOSTED SOLUTION OF THE YEAR
Comms National Awards 2011
Why did we win? Azzurri successfully consolidated facilities management firm OCS’s numerous services from multiple network connectivity providers into a single managed service contract for their 30,000 employees. Azzurri then took over the fixed line telephony and broadband provision, and added a hosted VoIP service. All delivered on time, on budget. The new contract provides OCS with year on year savings of over 30%.
MEDALLIST: PUBLIC SECTOR IT PROJECT OF THE YEAR
BCS & Computing UK IT Industry Awards 2011
Why did we win? The managed service provided by Azzurri allowed University College London Hospital to experience a successful upgrade and unification of all data, voice and mobile telecommunications infrastructure without requiring any capital expenditure.
As well as being a pioneering contract, the solution encompassed two major sector firsts: the first private mobile network in the NHS and the first full Blackberry integration in a hospital (for voice and data).
Winner: BEST MANAGED SERVICE
European IT Excellence Awards 2011
Why did we win? The managed service provided by Azzurri allowed University College London Hospital to experience a successful upgrade and unification of all data, voice and mobile telecommunications infrastructure without requiring any capital expenditure.
As well as being a pioneering contract, the solution encompassed two major sector firsts: the first private mobile network in the NHS and the first full Blackberry integration in a hospital (for voice and data).
Winner: CHANNEL COMPANY OF THE YEAR 2010
Comms National Awards 2010
Why did we win? This prestigious award was a special award made by the judges to the company they felt had made the outstanding contribution to the ICT industry over the previous year. They described Azzurri’s customer work as ‘awesome’.
As well as winning this special award, and picking up the Enterprise UC award, Azzurri was also a finalist in the Best Vertical Solution, Best Managed Service and Best Enterprise Mobility Solution.
Winner: ENTERPRISE UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTION OF THE YEAR
Comms National Awards 2010
Why did we win? The managed service provided by Azzurri allowed University College London Hospital to experience a successful upgrade and unification of all data, voice and mobile telecommunications infrastructure without requiring any capital expenditure.
As well as being a pioneering contract, the solution encompassed two major sector firsts: the first private mobile network in the NHS and the first full Blackberry integration in a hospital (for voice and data).
Global Business Excellence Awards 2010
Why did we win? Azzurri converged Reed Specialist Recruitment’s data networks, telephony maintenance, wholesale line rental and voice minutes within one managed service.
The change not only delivered outstanding costs savings but also helped Reed grow internationally, improve its environmental performance and experience extraordinary service levels, literally unlike anything they had experienced before.
Highly Commended: B2B SERVICE DESK OF THE YEAR
Contact Centre Association Awards 2010
Why were we commended? The single Azzurri ‘virtual’ service desk team was gradually brought together following the merger of 16 different companies, and is now a unified and high performance function.
The transformation over the last year has been dramatic, with customer experience improved across all key measures, customer satisfaction enhanced and customer loyalty significantly improved.
The Sunday Times Top Track 250 2011
Azzurri made an inaugural appearance in the annual Top Track 250 league table supplement, published in The Sunday Times in October 2010.
The league table ranks the UK’s 250 biggest private companies (below the Top Track 100), provided either sales or operating profits increased in their latest available accounts. Sales ranged from £138m to £590m.
Azzurri was noted for providing ‘IT solutions and managed services such as voice, data, consultancy, networking, print and mobile’ and for serving 25% of FTSE100 companies.