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On March 25, 2009, representatives of the 7 founding IT service providers – KPN Getronics, 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 Gartner Inc. in the Magic Quadrant for Desktop Outsourcing Europe; and in 2011, as a Strong Performer by Forrester Research, 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.
From Wikipedia’s article on Global Workspace Alliance, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3