Ricoh Europe Achieves Pinnacle Tier Partner Status in the Broadcom Advantage Partner Programme

Ricoh Europe to Help Customers in Europe Navigate Their Digital Transformation Journeys While Maximising the Value of Their VMware Software Investments

London, UK, 15 July 2026 – Ricoh Europe has announced it has achieved Pinnacle tier status in the Broadcom Advantage Partner Programme for Europe. Pinnacle status recognises partners with the highest levels of technical expertise, customer success, and commitment to delivering Broadcom’s VMware software portfolio.

Ricoh has more than 15 years of experience delivering VMware solutions and has become a trusted advisor in supporting organisations across Europe navigate critical cloud, cyber and infrastructure decisions. Additionally, Ricoh has achieved Expert Advantage Partner status in the Broadcom Advantage Partner Programme.

“As organisations reassess how they manage, secure and modernise their private cloud environments, this milestone reflects our continued investment in skills, capabilities and customer success,” said Henri Taheri, EMEA Strategic Alliances Director at Ricoh Europe. 

Henri Continued, “Achieving Pinnacle status strengthens our ability to guide customers with confidence, helping them maximise the value of their VMware software investments while building secure, resilient and future-ready platforms.”  

As a Pinnacle Partner, Ricoh guides organisations to modernise their infrastructure and operate secure, resilient private cloud platforms using VMware Cloud Foundation and the broader Broadcom software portfolio. The company provides strategic guidance, solution architecture, and deployment expertise to help customers simplify complexity, reduce risk, and improve cost predictability. 

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is the platform for the modern private cloud, supporting both virtual machine (VM) and container-based applications on a single unified infrastructure with consistent operations, governance, and controls. With VCF, customers are empowered with a consistent cloud operating model spanning data centres, edge, and managed cloud infrastructure from VCSP partners.  VCF combines the agility and scalability of public cloud with the security, performance, architectural control and total cost of ownership (TCO) benefits of an on-premises environment.

Through its Pinnacle partnership, Ricoh delivers expertise across VMware Cloud Foundation and related solutions, empowering customers to design, migrate, optimise and manage private cloud environments that support compliance, data sovereignty and hybrid cloud strategies.

“We're proud to announce that Ricoh UK has achieved VMware Pinnacle Partner status, the highest level of recognition within Broadcom's VMware partner ecosystem. This milestone reflects our strong technical capabilities, ongoing investment in cloud, infrastructure and managed services, and our focus on delivering meaningful business outcomes for our customers. As a Pinnacle Partner, we are well positioned to help organisations modernise their IT environments, unlock greater value from their VMware investments, and navigate their transformation journeys with confidence.” Said Jeremy Isaacs, Practice Director, Cloud & Cyber, Ricoh UK

“Pinnacle partners play a critical role in helping customers modernise their infrastructure and unlock the full value of the VMware software platform,” said Laura Falko, Head of Global Partner programmes, Marketing and Experience at Broadcom.