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Sycomp Receives Canalys 2024 Candefero Innovation Partner of the Year Award

October 30, 2024 Joanne

Sycomp Receives Canalys 2024 Candefero Innovation Partner of the Year Award

October 30, 2024

FOSTER CITY, Calif., October 30, 2024 — Sycomp A Technology Company, Inc., was recognized for its technology expertise and presented with the Innovation Partner of the Year Award at Canalys’ North America Forum held in Miami on October 23-24. Canalys is an independent analyst company and recognized global leader in market intelligence, research analysis, and consulting services, and hosts channel forums for partners, distributors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

“Sycomp won the Candefero Innovation Partner of the Year award for their internally developed storage solution, which it has patented and optimizes data performance, costs, and efficiency across cloud and on-prem environments,” said Lisa Lawson, Senior Analyst, Canalys. “This has enabled it to reduce workload scaling from days to minutes.”

Sycomp’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Neal Callahan received the award on stage at the Canalys North America Forum on October 24.

“We are honored and thrilled to be recognized for our technology and innovation, especially this year as we celebrate our 30^th anniversary helping our customers solve complex IT challenges,” said Callahan. “I am very proud of our talented team of engineers who developed this unique storage solution that is being used to run some of the largest AI and HPC workloads in the cloud or on-prem environments.”

Sycomp participated in a sustainability panel discussion at the Forum, having won the Canalys North America Candefero Sustainability Partner of the Year Award in 2023.

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CRN Honors Allen Shahdadi as a 2024 Inclusive Channel Leader

July 10, 2024 Joanne

CRN Honors Allen Shahdadi as a 2024 Inclusive Channel Leader

July 10, 2024

FOSTER CITY, Calif., July 10, 2024 — Sycomp A Technology Company, Inc., announced today that CRN^®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Allen Shahdadi, Vice President, Global Sales, as a 2024 Inclusive Channel Leader. In its second year, the list recognizes executives from vendor, distributor and solution provider organizations who are dedicated to making a positive impact across the IT channel through inclusive leadership.

The CRN 2024 Inclusive Channel Leaders honorees are passionate about advancing equity and diversity within their organizations, the channel and across the greater technology industry. With this recognition, CRN highlights these executives for their desire to foster inclusion and belonging.

“I am thrilled and honored for the recognition and grateful I work for a global company that embraces diversity and inclusion across the board,” said Shahdadi, who also received CRN’s Inclusive Channel Leader recognition in 2023. “Sycomp is a woman- and minority-owned business that continues to grow organically for the last 30 years, and we will continue to play an active role in driving inclusive leadership with our customers, partners and the IT channel.”

Mr. Shahdadi has been in the IT channel for more than 25 years, and he has held various leadership roles in channel management, sales and distribution. He has been with Sycomp for 14 years, where he has built and led a global sales organization through inclusive hiring practices, fostering a diverse culture and creating new services based upon the skills and strengths of the team. He was instrumental in Sycomp’s active participation in the summer intern program with Salesforce and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Sycomp recently published its 2023 Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, and it highlights the company’s diverse workforce with its annual global staffing at 42 percent women with an ethnic diversity of 76 percent, and 58 percent men with an ethnic diversity of 64 percent.

“We are proud to recognize this year’s honorees for their commitment to inclusivity across the channel. With their transparent leadership, they help create welcoming environments where employees can bring their best selves to work to help their business succeed,” said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content, and Executive Editor, CRN, The Channel Company. “Congratulations to these leaders for their deep dedication to bringing greater equity to the channel. We look forward to learning from their inclusive leadership and seeing what they achieve next.”

The 2024 Inclusive Channel Leaders list will be featured in the August issue of CRN Magazine, with online coverage starting July 8 at www.CRN.com/Inclusive-Leaders.

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Sycomp Recaps ESG Progress in 2023 Report

July 9, 2024 Joanne

Sycomp Recaps ESG Progress in 2023 Report

July 9, 2024

Sets New Sustainability Goals for 2023-2030

FOSTER CITY, Calif., July 9, 2024 — Sycomp A Technology Company, Inc., released its 2023 Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Report underscoring the company’s commitment to a sustainable supply chain and a diverse and global business operation. The company is celebrating 30 years in business and continues to operate as a woman and minority-owned business entity nationally certified by the Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council.

Highlights of Sycomp’s 2023 ESG report and practice include:

Sycomp remains carbon neutral for all of Scope 1, Scope 2 and most of its Scope 3 tCO2 emissions. Sycomp leverages Salesforce NetZero Cloud to compile and track its progress.
Sycomp advanced to EcoVadis silver medal standing, the global standard for business sustainability ratings, placing Sycomp in the 89^th percentile of all participating companies.
Sycomp received the 2023 Canalys North America Candefero Sustainability Partner of the Year Award.
Sycomp opened its newest Integration and Logistics Center in Dublin, Ireland, and this location will be included in 2024 reporting.
Sycomp continues to focus on a diverse workforce with its annual global staffing at 42 percent women, with an ethnic diversity of 76 percent, and 58 percent men with an ethnic diversity of 64 percent. Sycomp’s Black and Latinx representation improved in 2023.
Sycomp procured $5.3 million in products and services from diverse suppliers, and the company continues to add initiatives to globally leverage diverse suppliers.

“We appreciate the progress Sycomp has been making across all its ESG initiatives, including its ability to track performance with Net Zero Cloud, expanding Scope 3 reporting, and the company’s active participation in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) internship program,” said Madison Gunter, Vice President, Procurement Programs, Salesforce. “More importantly, we are thrilled that Sycomp shares a common mission of building a sustainable and diverse supply chain while increasing stakeholder value around the globe.”

Sycomp initiated and formalized its ESG practices in 2021 and has now published two reports to update its stakeholders on progress and performance. Sycomp’s ESG reports can be found by visiting www.sycomp.com/csr.

“As we celebrate our 30^th year in business, I am very proud of our talented and diverse team of employees who are committed to customer success and sustainable business practices across our 45+ global entities,” said Michael Symons, CEO of Sycomp. “Based upon our progress and achievement, we have set new sustainability goals for 2023-2030 including reducing our overall carbon emissions by 38 percent by 2030, reducing our global Integration and Warehouse non-recyclable waste by 30 percent and increasing our engagement in e-waste programs by 25 percent.”

To support engagement in e-waste, Sycomp offers programs for its customers including Trade-in Made Easy (TIME) with Apple and Cisco products, as well as IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) services to help organizations manage the secure and environmentally friendly disposal of retired and outdated IT assets.

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Sycomp Scores Spot on CRN’s 2024 Solution Provider 500 List

May 29, 2024 Joanne

Sycomp Scores Spot on CRN’s 2024 Solution Provider 500 List

May 29, 2024

FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 29, 2024 — Sycomp A Technology Company, Inc., announced today that CRN^®, a brand of The Channel Company, has ranked Sycomp on its 2024 Solution Provider 500 list.

CRN’s annual Solution Provider 500 recognizes North America’s largest solution providers by revenue and serves as a prominent benchmark of many of the channel’s most successful companies. This year’s list of companies represents combined revenue of more than $501.2 billion, and the honorees are among the top influencers driving momentum in the IT industry and the global technology supply chain.

“Sycomp has grown its global business organically over the last 30 years helping our customers navigate all the complexities of business and global procurement with building and deploying advanced technology solutions,” said Michael Symons, CEO of Sycomp. “We take great pride in being agile, flexible and easy to do business with, and we appreciate the recognition by CRN as one of the top solution providers in the industry.”

Sycomp is celebrating its 30^th anniversary this year, has more than 45 locations around the world and recently opened its new Integration and Logistics Center in Dublin, Ireland. The company continues to invest in global expansion and new service capabilities, while leveraging partnerships with the leading OEMs and cloud platform providers.

“Ranking on CRN’s 2024 Solution Provider 500 recognizes the service innovations and market responsiveness of the list’s leading technology integrators, managed service providers, and IT consulting firms,” said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content, and Executive Editor, CRN, The Channel Company. “These companies have shown an unflagging commitment to business agility, continued growth, and future success through a period of rapid IT channel change, including the expansion of Everything as a Service and GenAI disruption. Our congratulations go to each company named to this year’s Solution Provider 500!”

CRN’s 2024 Solution Provider 500 list is available online at www.CRN.com/SP500, and a sampling of the list will be featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine.

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CRN Recognizes Sycomp Channel Leaders on the 2024 Women of the Channel List

May 14, 2024 Joanne

CRN Recognizes Sycomp Channel Leaders on the 2024 Women of the Channel List

May 14, 2024

Foster City, CA, May 14, 2024 – Sycomp A Technology Company, Inc., announced today that CRN^®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Dawn McCale, Global Director of Sales for Sycomp, as a 2024 Women of the Channel Power 100 Solution Provider—an elite subset of prominent leaders selected from the CRN^® 2024 Women of the Channel list. McCale is an accomplished sales executive, helping global organizations tackle business and technology solutions and working with the leading partners in systems, storage, networking and cloud.

In addition, CRN recognized the following Sycomp channel leaders on the Women of the Channel list for 2024:

Lauren Ridzon, Director, Cloud Solutions, who was the 2023 Women of the Channel Power 100 Solution Provider recipient for Sycomp
Lori Lemos, Director, Global Service Delivery
Yunjin (Kelly) Lee, Sales Executive in Sycomp’s Asia Pacific Region
Leilani Boduch, Director, Global Sales – Strategic Accounts
Danielle Pearce, Global Account Executive
Amy Shuck, Global Account Manager
Manisha Yarla, Director, Global Program Management Office (PMO)

“We are honored and thrilled to see our leaders be recognized for their strategic roles shaping our industry, their unwavering commitment to customer success, and paving the way for future leaders,” said Michael Symons, CEO of Sycomp. “We are very proud of each of their accomplishments and congratulate them for this well-deserved recognition.”

Every year, CRN highlights women from vendor, distributor, and solution provider organizations whose vision and leadership have a beneficial influence on the technology industry. The annual Power 100 Solution Provider list honors the most influential women in leadership at some of the country’s most prominent IT integrators, managed service providers and value-added resellers for their channel advocacy and dedication to helping their customers and technology partners thrive.

“It is a great privilege to honor the remarkable achievements of these women leaders in the IT channel,” said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content and Executive Editor, CRN, at The Channel Company. “Each woman on the list has demonstrated a deep commitment to innovation and leadership that advances their organizations and drives transformation and success across the IT channel.”

The 2024 Women of the Channel list will be featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine, or online at www.CRN.com/WOTC.

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Sycomp Celebrates 30th Anniversary and Opens New Integration Center in Ireland

April 1, 2024 Joanne

Sycomp Celebrates 30th Anniversary and Opens New Integration Center in Ireland

April 1, 2024

Sycomp Celebrates 30th Anniversary and Opens New Integration Center in Ireland

FOSTER CITY, Calif., April 2, 2024 — Sycomp A Technology Company, Inc., announced today that the company is celebrating its 30^th anniversary and expanding its global IT services and logistics operation with the opening of its new European warehouse and Integration Center (IC) in Dublin, Ireland. Sycomp started as a local value-added reseller (VAR) in 1994 and has since grown into a global solutions provider helping customers deliver complex IT projects in more than 150 countries.

“We are very proud and honored to say we’ve been in business for 30 years, having grown organically in a very competitive technology marketplace and staying true to our mission of helping our customers solve many challenging projects,” said Michael Symons, CEO of Sycomp. “Our European expansion underscores our achievements, builds our service and support for our multi-national customers, and extends our growth trajectory.”

Sycomp’s new Ireland location includes a state-of-the-art Integration Center, logistics and warehousing facilities, customer and partner meeting space, and it will serve as a European hub for the company. In addition to the new Ireland location, Sycomp has Integration Centers in Burlingame, Calif., Miami, Brazil, China, Singapore, Philippines, and India. Each center enables Sycomp’s certified engineers to configure, integrate and test customers’ systems before shipping, removing complexities and providing a seamless customer implementation.

“We greatly appreciate and thank our employees, customers and partners around the world who have made our 30-year milestone an amazing journey,” said Symons. “Looking ahead, we are well positioned to continue outstanding customer service and support, deepening our services capabilities, and being a great place to work.”

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Video: How Sycomp Teams with Orca Security to Assess Customers’ Security Posture on the Cloud

March 7, 2024 Joanne

Video: How Sycomp Teams with Orca Security to Assess Customers' Security Posture on the Cloud

Sycomp’s Senior Cloud Architect Bob Dussault talks to AWS Partner Network TV about the benefits of teaming with Orca Security to help companies assess their security posture on the cloud quickly and efficiently.

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Sycomp Recognized on CRN’s MSP 500 in the Elite 150 Category

February 13, 2024 Joanne

Sycomp Recognized on CRN’s MSP 500 in the Elite 150 Category

February 13, 2024

Sycomp Recognized on CRN’s MSP 500 in the Elite 150 Category

FOSTER CITY, Calif., February 12, 2024 — Sycomp A Technology Company, Inc., announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Sycomp to its Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Elite 150 category for 2024. The MSP 500 list compiled by CRN serves as a comprehensive guide to identifying and recognizing the top Managed Service Providers (MSPs) in North America. The MSP Elite 150 recognizes large, data center-focused MSPs with a strong mix of on- and off-premises services.

“We are honored and thrilled to be recognized by CRN, especially in 2024, as we celebrate our 30^th anniversary growing from a regional reseller to a global IT solutions provider,” said Allen Shahdadi, Vice President, Global Sales, Sycomp. “Looking ahead, we will continue to invest and grow our managed service practice helping our global customers implement cloud and endpoint lifecycle management solutions with efficiency and simplicity.”

“Managed services provide a route for businesses of all sizes to maintain efficiency and adaptability throughout their growth journey,” said Jennifer Follett, VP of US Content and executive Editor CRN, The Channel Company. “The solution providers featured in our 2024 MSP 500 list are introducing cutting-edge managed services portfolios to the market, enabling their clients to achieve success by optimizing their IT budgets. This allows businesses to allocate resources strategically, concentrating on mission-critical tasks that drive future success.”

Sycomp’s Managed Cloud Services are supported by global resources, infrastructure, tools and processes to help organizations design, deploy, manage and monitor cloud environments. Sycomp provides its global customers with endpoint lifecycle management services to source, provision, secure, manage, recycle and dispose devices for their workforce. Sycomp also offers Professional Services and Global Integration and Logistics to remove complexity from challenging IT and procurement projects.

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Sycomp Receives Canalys North America Candefero Sustainability Partner of the Year Award

December 7, 2023 Joanne

Sycomp Receives Canalys North America Candefero Sustainability Partner of the Year Award

December 7, 2023

Sycomp Receives Canalys North America Candefero Sustainability Partner of the Year Award

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Dec. 7, 2023 — Sycomp A Technology Company, Inc., was recognized for its environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices and presented with Canalys’ Candefero Sustainability Partner of the Year Award at Canalys’ inaugural North America Forum held in Palm Springs, California in November. Canalys is an independent analyst company and recognized global leader in market intelligence, research analysis, and consulting services, and hosts channel forums for partners, distributors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

“Sycomp supports customers’ sustainability initiatives through lifecycle managed services and its commitment to ESG goals. Its Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) validation underscores the company’s strides in sustainable operations,” said Rachel Brindley, Senior Director of Channels at Canalys. “Moreover, as a minority, woman-owned business, Sycomp champions diversity, with a 40 percent female workforce and active involvement in the Salesforce Historically Black Colleges and Universities Procurement Internship Program.”

Sycomp’s Chief Operating Officer, Neal Callahan, received the award on behalf of Sycomp and led a panel discussion focused on sustainability at the event.

“We are thrilled and honored to receive the Canalys Sustainability Partner of the Year award,” said Callahan. “Sycomp is celebrating our 30th year helping customers, and the cornerstone of our global business is our diverse and talented team who are committed to sustainable practices and providing a carbon neutral environment across our supply chain.”

As part of Sycomp’s commitment to ESG, Sycomp completes a thorough assessment of its business sustainability practices every year through EcoVadis, the global standard for business sustainability ratings. The EcoVadis assessment includes 21 sustainability criteria across four core themes: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement. In their latest rating, which was completed in May 2023, Sycomp earned a Silver Medal and scored a 66, which places Sycomp in the top 89 percent globally.

Sycomp received a number of awards and recognition throughout 2023, demonstrating the company’s channel leadership and commitment to 30 years of customer success. Among the company accolades, Sycomp received CRN’s 2023 Fast Growth 150, CRN’s 2023 Solution Provider 500, CRN’s 2023 Tech Elite 500, CRN’s 2023 Triple Crown, CRN’s 2023 Inclusive Channel Leaders, and CRN’s 2023 Women in the Channel recognition.

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Sycomp Experts Discuss HPC, AI and Storage with theCUBE

December 1, 2023 Joanne

Sycomp Experts Discuss HPC, AI and Storage with theCUBE

The Sycomp HPC team made waves at SC23, which took place in Denver, CO, from November 12-17. Sycomp showcased our patented solution, Sycomp Storage fueled by IBM Storage Scale, across Azure, Google Cloud, and the forthcoming IBM Cloud integration. Catch Sycomp and other industry cloud leaders share their insights and advice on HPC, storage, AI and cloud computing on theCUBE.

Scott Fadden, Sr. Solutions Architect, HPC & Storage, Sycomp and John Zawistowski (JZ), Global Systems Solutions Executive, Sycomp, join theCUBE host Rebecca Knight in this segment of SC23.

John Zawistowski (JZ), Global Systems Solutions Executive, Sycomp; Leon Platts, Vice President – IBM Cloud High-Performance Computing; and Hugo Saleh, Head of HPC, Director of Product, Google Cloud in The Cube’s live coverage at SC23.