alliance industry information technology & communication founded 2009 headquarters amsterdam the netherlands number of locations argentina belgium brazil canada china colombia france germany hong kong hungary india ireland japan luxembourg malaysia mexico netherlands portugal puerto rico saudi arabia singapore south korea spain switzerland united arab emirates united kingdom united states products workspace ict services number of employees 35 500 july 2012 website 1 the global workspace alliance gwa headquartered in amsterdam the netherlands is the world s first alliance of it service providers . it was founded in 2009 1 by getronics kpn compucom systems getronics middle east ntt data getronics serviceone getronics and tecnocom . in may 2012 after kpn divested getronics 2 kpn getronics and getronics latin america became three separate partners of the alliance maintaining their relationship as partners . history edit 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 . 1 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 ; 3 and in 2011 as a strong performer by forrester research inc. in the forrester wavetm on global it infrastructure outsourcing 4 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 . 5 in addition they partner with non member service partners for broader coverage . references edit a b getronics and partners launch global workspace alliance . telecompaper . 2009 03 26 . retrieved 2008 08 20 . getronics unveils international strategy following aurelius acquisition . yahoo . 2012 05 02 . retrieved 2008 08 20 . gartner positions getronics and its global workspace alliance as . nieuwsbank . 2010 08 17 . retrieved 2011 11 30 . getronics workspace alliance named strong performer . telecompaper . 2011 03 21 . retrieved 2011 11 30 . getronics workspace alliance fact sheet 2011 pdf . getronics workspace alliance . retrieved 2011 11 30 . external links edit official gwa website official getronics international website alliance experts retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title getronics workspace alliance & oldid 697136820 categories computer related organizations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 december 2015 at 14 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view