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PRESS RELEASE Origina Wins Top Honors at Sainsbury’s Tech Supplier Day

Prestigious award recognizes Origina’s unwavering focus on enabling organizations to invest IT budgets where they matter most

LONDON – October 26, 2022 — Origina, the global leader in independent IBM, HCL, VMware and SAP independent software maintenance, was named the overall winner in the “Save to Invest” category at Sainsbury’s Tech Supplier Day 2022. Sainsbury’s is the U.K.’s second largest retailer, with over 1,400 stores and huge digital presence. This award highlights more than five years of strategic partnership between the companies.

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The “Save to Invest” award recognizes Origina’s dedication to providing independent, expert-level support to keep IBM and HCL software well maintained, secure, and operating efficiently within an organization’s environment, while also providing an unmatched level of service. Origina takes care of interoperability, licensing, and security through its global workforce of independent IBM and HCL experts, so customers can dedicate time, resources, and budget to moving their tech initiatives forward. These savings and support empower Sainsbury’s to invest and achieve its strategic priorities that help their customers live well for less.

Tomás O’Leary, Co-founder and CEO at Origina, said, “I’m so thrilled to have received the ‘Save to Invest’ category overall winner award at the Sainsbury’s Tech Supplier Day. What a result for the whole Origina team who work tirelessly every day to deliver a top-notch service with a concierge mindset! Thank you to the Sainsbury’s team for recognizing our dedicated partnership in this manner.

Sainsbury’s Tech Supplier Awards highlights achievements by select companies who support the technology team’s initiatives each year. In addition to the “Save to Invest” category, Sainsbury’s Tech Supplier Awards are handed out for “Innovation,” “Plan for Better,” and “Love to Work” categories, amongst others.

What a great achievement for the entire Origina team,” said Brendan Walsh, Chief Revenue Officer at Origina. “Sainsbury’s is a long-standing customer and has benefitted from significant savings with Origina as their choice of IBM and HCL software support partner. We are very proud to have Sainsbury’s as a customer, and we value our strong partnership.


About Origina

Origina has been recognized by Gartner every year since 2019 as an independent software maintenance partner supporting business-critical systems for over 300 of the world’s largest enterprises. Origina was founded to challenge the traditional software model and shift control back to the customer. Origina.com

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