MANCHESTER, England, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

NORTH-WEST of England-based network and data management solutions provider LIMA Networks has been recognised for the excellence of its work and products, by being named the top industry partner for all manner of businesses at a prestigious awards ceremony.

LIMA's directors went to the Royal Horticultural Halls in London on Thursday April 25 for the annual partner awards ceremony and were presented with the highly sought after NetApp Gold Partner of the Year 2013 Award. NetApp create innovative storage systems and software that help customers around the world store, manage, protect, and retain one of their most precious corporate assets: their data. LIMA has been in successful partnership with NetApp for more than four years, already being awarded Silver Partner Of The year 2011 and shortlisted for MSE Partner 2012.

The award of 'Gold Partner of the Year' to LIMA Networks comes in recognition of the company's excellent sales performance and year-on-year growth, as well as of the excellent standards of products and services which LIMA Networks is judged to offer its clients.

As a result of this success, LIMA Networks has also been chosen to compete against the best companies in its field throughout all of Europe, the Middle East and Asia at the NetApp EMEA Partner Performance and Innovation Awards..

There, it will have the chance to showcase its products to an audience including representatives from the fastest-growing economies in the world.

"We are delighted to have won this award as it recognises the hard work the LIMA team has put into promoting and delivering NetApp technology," said LIMA Networks Director, Lisa Thornton.

"This will reinforce our position in the storage industry as a quality systems integrator, and mark us out in this highly competitive field for customers looking to work with an accredited partner."

Pete Rawden, Partner Sales Director, UK & Ireland for NetApp said: "LIMA continually impress with their focus on helping their customers grow their businesses. As ever, this year's awards are an excellent demonstration of this commitment and we're proud to support and work with such a broad range of knowledgeable partners as they build market-leading solution portfolios on NetApp."

More details of the ways in which LIMA Networks helps businesses of all types and sizes with their IT needs can be found by visiting the company's website.

About LIMA Networks: LIMA Networks Ltd is an independent IT solutions and support specialist with offices in Leeds and Manchester. The company who celebrated 15 years in business in Dec 2012 provides scalable solutions that allow businesses to grow, increase productivity and reduce downtime, and represent value for money. LIMA Networks Ltd has Investors in People status and is ISO 9001, ISO14001 and ISO18001 accredited.

SOURCE LIMA Networks