REDMOND, Wash. — June 16, 2008 — Recognizing partners that delivered exemplary solutions to customers, Microsoft Corp. today announced the winners and finalists of its 2008 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards. The awards honor Microsoft Registered, Microsoft Certified and Microsoft Gold Certified partners that delivered exemplary solutions for their customers during the past year. Award winners and finalists were chosen from among nominations from around the world. Winners and finalists will be recognized at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008, the company’s premier annual event for industry partners, being held July 7–10 in Houston.
More than 2,000 entries were submitted by partners worldwide. The award finalists and winners were selected from a group of nominations based on their dedicated use of Microsoft technologies to provide solutions for their customers’ needs.
“The Partner of the Year Awards recognize the incredible innovation and value that Microsoft partners are delivering to our customers,” said Allison L. Watson, corporate vice president of the Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft. “The winners and finalists announced today have helped raise the standard for delivery of customer solutions and support. It is a privilege to recognize their work in designing and deploying exemplary customer solutions built on Microsoft technologies.”
Categories, winners and finalists appear below. A complete list including category descriptions is available at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/wwpc/docs/POTY08FS.doc.
Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Active Directory Partner of the Year
Winner: Oxford Computer Group, United Kingdom
Finalist: NetPro Computing, United States
Finalist: Quest Software, United States
Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Exchange Migration and Deployment Partner of the Year
Winner: Compugen, Canada
Finalist: BrightPlanIT, United States
Finalist: Janalent, United States
Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Hosting Solutions Partner of the Year
Winner: groupSPARK, United States
Finalist: WebCentral, Australia
Finalist: 7global, United Kingdom
Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Storage Solutions Partner of the Year
Winner: Compellent Technologies, United States
Finalist: HP, United States
Finalist: NetApp, United States
Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Systems Management Partner of the Year
Winner: Dimension Data, Australia
Finalist: CDW, United States
Finalist: Getronics, United States
Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Windows Desktop Deployment Partner of the Year
Winner: Getronics, Netherlands
Finalist: Sogeti, France
Finalist: 1E, United Kingdom
Business Process and Integration Solutions Partner of the Year
Winner: EMC, United States
Finalist: Frends Technology, Finland
Finalist: Solidsoft, United Kingdom
Citizenship Partner of the Year
Winner: Citrix Systems, United States
Finalist: Travi@ta, Belgium
Finalist: PointBridge, United States
Custom Development Solutions, Application Infrastructure Development Partner of the Year
Winner: imason, Canada
Finalist: T-Systems Enterprise Services, Germany
Finalist: AVIcode, United States
Custom Development Solutions, Smart Client Development Partner of the Year
Winner: InterKnowlogy, United States
Finalist: Charteris, United Kingdom
Finalist: SourceCode – K2.net Workflow, United States
Custom Development Solutions, Web Development Partner of the Year
Winner: Vertigo Software, United States
Finalist: TI-M Monterrey, Mexico
Finalist: Infusion Development, United States
Data Management Solutions, Business Intelligence Partner of the Year
Winner: Information Management Group (IM Group) Ltd., United Kingdom
Finalist: evidanza, Germany
Finalist: Satyam Computer Services, India
Data Management Solutions, Database Management Partner of the Year
Winner: Integrated Services, United States
Finalist: Orion Technology, Canada
Finalist: Idera (BBS Technologies), United States
Distribution Partner of the Year
Winner: Tech Data Brasil, Brazil
Finalist: Express Data, Australia
Finalist: Ingram Micro, United States
Enterprise Alliance Partner of the Year
Winner: Accenture and Avanade, United States
Finalist: EDS, United States
Finalist: HP, United States
Global ISV Consumer Partner of the Year Special Recognition Award
Winner: Sonic Solutions, United States
Finalist: Cewe Color, Germany
Finalist: Pinnacle Systems, United States
Global ISV Infrastructure Partner of the Year Special Recognition Award
Winner: Citrix Systems, United States
Finalist: CA Inc., United States
Finalist: Quest Software, United States
Global ISV Line of Business Partner of the Year Special Recognition Award
Winner: Fiserv Inc., United States
Finalist: Epicor Software Corp., United States
Finalist: Open Text, Canada
Global ISV Technology Innovation Partner of the Year Special Recognition Award
Winner: Dassault Systemes, France
Finalist: Epicor Software Corp., United States
Finalist: Pitney Bowes Inc., United States
Information Worker Solutions, Data Visualization Partner of the Year
Winner: Idea Integration, United States
Finalist: Sogeti USA, United States
Finalist: Visimation, United States
Information Worker Solutions, Enterprise Content Management and Forms Partner of the Year
Winner: LegendCorp, Canada
Finalist: Dataract, Australia
Finalist: Concept Interactive, Canada
Information Worker Solutions, Enterprise Project Management Partner of the Year
Winner: EPM Live, United States
Finalist: AccTech Systems, South Africa
Finalist: LMR Solutions, United States
Information Worker Solutions, Office Deployment Partner of the Year
Winner: Dimension Data, Australia
Finalist: Atos Origin, Netherlands
Finalist: Citrix Systems, United States
Information Worker Solutions, Office Solutions Development Partner of the Year
Winner: Goodsen Technology, South Korea
Finalist: Fujitsu Consulting, Canada & Navantis, Canada
Finalist: triomis, Germany
Information Worker Solutions, Performance Management Partner of the Year
Winner: Mariner, United States
Finalist: TGO Consulting, Canada
Finalist: Information Systems Partners, South Africa
Information Worker Solutions, Portals and Collaboration Partner of the Year
Winner: Ascentium, United States
Finalist: Datatel, United States
Finalist: IMPACT Management, United States
Information Worker Solutions, Search Partner of the Year
Winner: Tam Tam, Netherlands
Finalist: Beyond IT, Argentina
Finalist: Getronics (Australia), Australia
Information Worker Solutions, Unified Communications Partner of the Year
Winner: MTS Allstream, Canada
Finalist: Ensyst, Australia
Finalist: Siemens IT Solutions and Services International, United States
ISV/Software Solutions Partner of the Year
Winner: ICONICS, United States
Finalist: Integrated Solutions, Hong Kong
Finalist: Mimosa Systems, United States
ISV/Software Solutions, Innovation Partner of the Year
Winner: Verdiem Corp., United States
Finalist: ImageTag, United States
Finalist: NewsGator Technologies, United States
Learning Solutions Partner of the Year
Winner: iSolve Business Solutions, South Africa
Finalist: Koenig Solutions, India
Finalist: QuickStart Intelligence (Irvine), United States
Licensing Solutions, License Delivery Partner of the Year
Winner: Bytes Technology Group, United Kingdom
Finalist: DAQUAS, Czech Republic
Finalist: Softcat, United Kingdom
Licensing Solutions, Software Asset Management Partner of the Year
Winner: DATALOG Software, Germany
Finalist: Specialist Computer Centres, United Kingdom
Finalist: Dell, United States
Microsoft Dynamics AX Partner of the Year
Winner: Fullscope, United States
Finalist: XAPT Hungary, Hungary
Finalist: Hitachi Consulting, United States
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Partner of the Year
Winner: i5, South Africa
Finalist: Ascentium, United States
Finalist: Sonoma Partners, United States
Microsoft Dynamics GP Partner of the Year
Winner: InterDyn – Socius, United States
Finalist: BDO Dunwoody, Canada
Finalist: Touchstone Group, United Kingdom
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Partner of the Year
Winner: Eclipse Computing Australia, Australia
Finalist: Tectura, Germany
Finalist: tegos, Germany
Microsoft Dynamics Point of Sale Solutions Partner of the Year
Winner: Elypsis, United States
Finalist: Davidson-Richards, United Kingdom
Finalist: POSitive Technology, United States
Microsoft Dynamics SL Partner of the Year
Winner: Synergy Business Solutions, United States
Finalist: Strategic Information Solutions, United States
Finalist: Tribridge, United States
Mobility Solutions Partner of the Year
Winner: CDC, Russia
Finalist: Tibco Mobile, France
Finalist: Trust Digital, United States
Networking Infrastructure Solutions Partner of the Year
Winner: Quadrasystems.net, India
Finalist: IT Matters, Canada
Finalist: LPI Level Platforms, Canada
OEM Hardware Solutions, Device Manufacturing Partner of the Year
Winner: Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Germany
Finalist: GN Netcom, United States
Finalist: Quintum Technologies, United States
OEM Hardware Solutions, System Building Partner of the Year
Winner: Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Germany
Finalist: THIRD WAVE, Japan
Finalist: UNIT.COM, Japan
Security Solutions, Identity and Secure Access Partner of the Year
Winner: Omada, Denmark
Finalist: Oxford Computer Group, United Kingdom
Finalist: Certified Security Solutions, United States
Security Solutions, Infrastructure Security Partner of the Year
Winner: Eurodata Systems, United Kingdom
Finalist: Sentry Metrics, Canada
Finalist: Quadrasystems.net, India
Small Business Specialist Partner of the Year
Winner: Quadrasystems.net, India
Finalist: ITnorth.ca Network & Consulting Service, Canada
Finalist: Kinetics Group Ltd., New Zealand
International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners Partner of the Year
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