Kenya’s Seven Seas Technologies has scooped this year’s VMware Africa Channel Partner of the Year award in recognition of the firm’s cloud computing market development efforts in the East Africa region.

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Speaking after receiving a communiqué confirming the award, Seven Seas Technologies (SST) founder and CEO Mr. Michael Macharia said the award was a welcome affirmation for the firms growing excellence in the continent.

“This award puts Kenya at a very high pedestal in the cloud computing scene in Africa and the world at large as Seven Seas Technologies competes against global names in this market.”

Alongside SST, hardware vendor Dell South Africa received the highest revenue contributor of the year award for 2010 while HP was crowned original equipment manufacturer partner of the year

Secure ICT solutions provider, Datacentrix South Africa was named the OEM reseller of the year.

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