Dublin, Ireland (PRWEB) April 01, 2014 -- Origina CEO Tomás O’Leary, a founding member of Free ICT Europe said “Our goal is to ensure that all users of enterprise ICT have the freedom to choose their service provider, with fair and reasonable availability of parts, patches, diagnostics and license information as well as open and free transferability (buying and selling) of hardware and licenses without unreasonable restrictions”.
As a leading independent provider of enterprise software maintenance, Origina saw first-hand the frustrations of clients and other providers in the industry. “In the emerging independent enterprise software maintenance market (worth $60bn globally), we have taken a leadership role in getting this group off the ground. We are delighted that it is now in existence”, says Tomas O’Leary. Lobbying on behalf of end-users, Origina are actively encouraging other organisations to join the alliance. “We urge all those organisations who want to ensure that choice remains a key part of their decision process, both by whom and how their ICT assets are maintained, to also join this group”, says Origina CEO, Tomas O’Leary.
Free ICT Europe has been founded on the principle of freedom of choice for buyers of enterprise ICT. Tomas O’Leary states; “By creating this group, representing businesses from every European country, we expect to have a body that can raise any issues concerning the free provision of service and ensure that customer choice continues to be on the agenda of the European ICT marketplace. Without this, the potential cost to the public and businesses across Europe is upwards of €20bn per annum in additional fees and costs”.
About Origina: Origina are a leading independent maintainer of IBM technology and a significant player in the fast emerging, third party software maintenance marketplace. We deliver savings of between 50% and 90% per annum to clients dependent on legacy IBM technology and our clients include organisations from the Public Sector, the FTSE100 or Fortune500 lists such as the Revenue Commissioners, CSC, First Data, and Pepsi Co. We pride ourselves on the quality of service we provide in maintaining these traditionally expensive technology systems and ensuring our clients choose how they run them. Through this approach, we extend the lifecycle of assets - and all at a cost that is highly competitive.
Our team is highly skilled in not only technology, but in providing common sense and excellent levels of customer service and support. As founding members of the recently launched Free ICT Europe Foundation we are experts at what is possible for clients considering third party maintenance of software and hardware. Come and see how much you could save at http://www.origina.com/calculate-your-savings.
About Free ICT Europe
The FREE ICT EUROPE FOUNDATION aims to bring together the independent Enterprise ICT aftermarket operators under the banner of “Freedom to Support, Repair and Resell”. The foundation is the initiative of CBE Computer Brokers Exchange and a group of independent European IT services operators. FREE ICT EUROPE invites Third Party Maintainers, Software Support Organisations, ICT Brokerage Resellers, Spare Parts Suppliers and Rental & Leasing Companies to join.
The time has come to get the recognition of our common values that unite all of us to become stronger, to defend the rights & interests of our customers, our businesses and Europe as a whole. YOUR voice counts and as a UNITED voice we can have a powerful effect on creating positive changes.
For more information write to: contact(at)free-ict-europe(dot)eu
Stichting Free ICT Europe Foundation
Chamber of Commerce Utrecht, reg.nr. 60202661
Marc Evans, Origina, http://www.origina.com, +353 12942300, [email protected]
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