Editor’s note – June 22, 2011 – The press release below was updated following publication to correct an error in the section naming the finalists in the Application Integration Partner of the Year category.
REDMOND, Wash. — June 22, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the winners and finalists of the 2011 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards. The annual awards honor Microsoft partners for delivering innovative solutions during the past year that directly address customer challenges. Award winners and finalists, chosen from nominations from around the world, will be recognized at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2011, the company’s premier annual event for industry partners, July 10–14 in Los Angeles.
More than 3,000 entries were submitted by partners from more than 100 countries; the award finalists and winners were selected from a group of nominations based on their commitment to customers and exemplary use of Microsoft technologies.
“Congratulations to all the 2011 Partner Award winners and finalists. Each of these partners has demonstrated a unique approach and exceptional dedication in addressing the technology and business challenges of its customers,” said Jon Roskill, corporate vice president of Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft. “The efforts and expertise of these outstanding partners continue to bring incredible value to the companies they serve and the marketplace as a whole. We are honored to recognize their success.”
Categories, winners and finalists appear below. A complete list including Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award winners is available at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/wpc.
Alliance ISV Industry Partner of the Year
Winner: Invensys, United States
Finalist: Retalix Ltd., Israel
Finalist: Temenos, United Kingdom
Alliance Partner of the Year — Advanced Infrastructure
Alliance Partner of the Year — Application Platform
Alliance Partner of the Year — Innovation
Application Integration Partner of the Year
Winner: Solidsoft, United Kingdom
Finalist: MPS Partners, United States
Finalist: QLogitek, Canada
Application Lifecycle Management Partner of the Year
Winner: Imaginet, Canada
Finalist: Centare Group Ltd., United States
Finalist: CEI, United States
Authorized Distributor Partner of the Year
Winner: Ingram Micro India Ltd., India
Finalist: ASBIS, Russia
Finalist: M:Portal Ltd., Kazakhstan
BizSpark Partner of the Year
Winner: StorSimple, United States
Finalist: Artesian Solutions Ltd., United Kingdom
Finalist: GreenButton, New Zealand
Business Intelligence Partner of the Year
Winner: Nagnoi Inc., Puerto Rico
Finalist: GNet Group, United States
Finalist: Slalom Consulting, United States
Communications Sector Partner of the Year
Winner: Tech Mahindra Ltd., United States
Finalist: Decentrix Inc., United States
Finalist: Extended Results Inc., United States
Content Management Partner of the Year
Winner: KnowledgeLake, United States
Finalist: Content and Code, United Kingdom
Finalist: Knowledgetech Consulting Inc., Canada
Data Platform Partner of the Year
Winner: HP, United States
Finalist: Fujitsu Ltd., Japan
Finalist: Scalability Experts, United States
Desktop Partner of the Year
Winner: Accenture/Avanade, United States
Finalist: CDW, United States
Finalist: Insight, United States
Digital Marketing Partner of the Year
Winner: Catapult Systems, United States
Finalist: RDA Corp., United States
Finalist: Slalom Consulting, United States
Exceptional Sales Management Partner of the Year
Winner: BlueGranite, United States
Finalist: Quadrasystems.net (I) P Ltd., India
Finalist: Quest Software, Canada
Hosting Partner of the Year
Winner: Rise, United Kingdom
Finalist: Mamut, Norway
Finalist: Nervogrid, Finland
Identify and Security Partner of the Year
Winner: Omada, Denmark
Finalist: Edgile Inc., United States
Finalist: Oxford Computer Group, United Kingdom
Innovative Customer Advocacy Partner of the Year
Winner: PERIFEL, Mexico
Finalist: Mimecast, United Kingdom
Finalist: Quadrasystems.net (I) P Ltd., India
ISV/Software Industry Partner of the Year
Winner: Global 360, United States
Finalist: MOTEX Inc., Japan
Finalist: proMX GmbH, Germany
ISV/Software Line of Business Partner of the Year
Winner: Tagetik, Italy
Finalist: NewsGator, United States
Finalist: OpenText Corp., Canada
Learning Competency Innovation Partner of the Year
Winner: Buffa Sistemas, Argentina
Finalist: Everonn Education Ltd., India
Finalist: Sela, Israel
Learning Competency Marketing Acceleration Partner of the Year
Winner: Global Knowledge, United States
Finalist: QuickStart Intelligence, United States
Finalist: the campus GmbH, Germany
Microsoft Dynamics Cloud Business Excellence Partner of the Year
Winner: Zero2Ten Inc., United States
Finalist: Pareto Platform Inc., United States
Finalist: Rose Business Solutions/RoseASP Inc., United States
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Solution of the Year
Winner: proMX GmbH, Germany
Finalist: ClickDimensions, United States
Finalist: CWR Mobility, Netherlands
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Partner of the Year
Winner: Hitachi Consulting, United States
Finalist: Accenture/Avanade, United States
Finalist: Outsourcery, United Kingdom
Microsoft Dynamics Distribution Partner of the Year
Winner: Accenture/Avanade, United States
Finalist: Columbus, Denmark
Finalist: KORUS Consulting, Russia
Microsoft Dynamics ERP ISV Solution of the Year
Winner: Schouw Informatisering BV, Netherlands
Finalist: NovaVision Software, Denmark
Finalist: To-Increase, Netherlands
Microsoft Dynamics ERP Partner of the Year
Winner: XAPT, United States
Finalist: InterDyn AKA, United States
Finalist: KCS.net Holding AG, Switzerland
Microsoft Dynamics Financial Services Partner of the Year
Winner: VeriPark, Turkey
Finalist: NAVAX Consulting GmbH, Austria
Finalist: TRAVIATA, Belgium
Microsoft Dynamics Manufacturing Partner of the Year
Winner: Scalable Data Systems Pty Ltd., Australia
Finalist: KCS.net Holding AG, Switzerland
Finalist: TDCI Inc., United States
Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace Solution Excellence Partner of the Year
Winner: InsideView, United States
Finalist: proMX GmbH, Germany
Finalist: Sonoma Partners, United States
Microsoft Dynamics Professional Services Partner of the Year
Winner: Client Profiles, United States
Finalist: Singhammer IT Consulting AG, Germany
Finalist: To-Increase, Netherlands
Microsoft Dynamics Public Sector Partner of the Year
Winner: Rock Solid Technologies Inc., Puerto Rico
Finalist: Hitachi Consulting, United Kingdom
Finalist: Tribridge, United States
Microsoft Dynamics Retail Partner of the Year
Winner: IGNIFY, United States
Finalist: Ideaca Knowledge Services, Canada
Finalist: New West Technologies Inc., United States
Mid-Market Solution Provider Partner of the Year
Winner: Conzultek, Costa Rica
Finalist: Hyland Software, United States
Finalist: NCI Technologies, United Kingdom
Mobility Business-to-Business Application Partner of the Year
Winner: CWR Mobility, Netherlands
Finalist: PreEmptive Solutions LLC, United States
Finalist: Resco, Slovakia
Mobility Business-to-Consumer Application Partner of the Year
Winner: Neudesic, United States
Finalist: Blue Dot Solutions, United States
Mobility Partner of the Year
Winner: iLink Systems, United States
Finalist: CWR Mobility, Netherlands
Finalist: Telerik Corp., United Sates
OEM Hardware Reseller Partner of the Year
Winner: NCI Technologies, United Kingdom
Finalist: CARTIMEX S.A., Ecuador
Finalist: Motion Computing, United States
OEM Hardware System Building Partner of the Year
Winner: THIRDWAVE CORP., Japan
Finalist: Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH, Germany
Finalist: MouseComputer Co. Ltd., Japan
Online Services Commercial Partner of the Year
Winner: Kyoritsu Computer & Communication Co. Ltd., Japan
Finalist: CDW, United States
Finalist: InfinIT Consulting Inc., United States
Online Services Solution Partner of the Year
Winner: Slalom Consulting, United States
Finalist: Accenture/Avanade, United States
Finalist: ProActive, Denmark
Outstanding Sales Operations Partner of the Year
Winner: Eurodata Systems plc, United Kingdom
Finalist: Quadrasystems.net (I) P Ltd., India
Finalist: Trustmarque Solutions, United Kingdom
Portals and Collaboration Partner of the Year
Winner: Unique World, Australia
Finalist: e-office, Netherlands
Finalist: Synteractive, United States
Private Cloud Partner of the Year
Winner: Convergent Computing (CCO), United States
Finalist: Dell Services, United States
Finalist: NetApp, United States
Project and Portfolio Management Partner of the Year
Winner: PTC, United States
Finalist: SharkPro Software Corp., United States
Finalist: TPG The Project Group, Germany
Public Sector, Education Partner of the Year
Winner: Desire2Learn, Canada
Finalist: Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, Germany
Finalist: Janison, Australia
Public Sector, Government Partner of the Year
Public Sector, Health Partner of the Year
Winner: Orangutech Inc., Canada
Finalist: Ascribe, United Kingdom
Finalist: PointBridge, United States
Public Sector, Public Safety and National Security Partner of the Year
Winner: GreenLine Systems Inc., United States
Finalist: Modularis, United States
Finalist: TITUS Inc., Canada
Sales Specialist of the Year
Winner: Prashanth Subramanian — Quadrasystems.net (I) P Ltd., India
Finalist: PERIFEL, Mexico
Finalist: Trustmarque Solutions, United Kingdom
Search Partner of the Year
Winner: Comperio, Norway
Finalist: Hitachi Consulting, United States
Finalist: RDA Corp., United States
Server Platform Partner of the Year
Winner: CommVault, United States
Finalist: Advanced 365 Ltd., United Kingdom
Finalist: ITQAN Al-Bawardi Computers, United Arab Emirates
Small Business Specialist Partner of the Year
Software Asset Management Innovation Partner of the Year
Winner: Civica, United Kingdom
Finalist: iQuate, Ireland
Finalist: Provance, Canada
Software Asset Management Marketing Acceleration Partner of the Year
Winner: Softline Trade, Russia
Finalist: IQ GmbH, Germany
Finalist: SoftwareONE, Switzerland
Software Development Partner of the Year
Winner: Wipro Technologies, India
Finalist: NetDirect s.r.o., Czech Republic
Finalist: Sogeti, United States
Sustainability Partner of the Year
Winner: OSIsoft LLC, United States
Finalist: Alstom & Infosys, France & India
Finalist: Johnson Controls, United States
Systems Management Partner of the Year
Winner: Dimension Data, South Africa
Finalist: Data#3 Ltd., Australia
Finalist: Hitachi Consulting, United States
Technical and High Performance Computing Innovation Partner of the Year
Winner: Milliman MG-ALFA, United States
Finalist: GreenButton, New Zealand
Finalist: Symscape, United States
Unified Communication Innovation Partner of the Year
Winner: Polycom Inc., United States
Finalist: Jasco, Australia
Finalist: ProtonMedia Inc., United States
Unified Communications Market Acceleration Partner of the Year
Winner: infoWAN Datenkommunikation GmbH, Germany
Finalist: CDW, United States
Finalist: Dimension Data, South Africa
Virtualization Partner of the Year
Winner: M7 Global Partners, United States
Finalist: Bechtle AG, Germany
Finalist: Citrix Systems Inc., United States
Visio Partner of the Year
Winner: Global 360, United States
Finalist: ProModel Corp., United States
Finalist: X-Visual Technologies GmbH, Germany
Volume Licensing Partner of the Year
Winner: CDW, United States
Finalist: Insight, United Kingdom
Finalist: SoftwareONE Comércio e Serviços de Informática LTDA, Brazil
Web Development Partner of the Year
Winner: Infusion, Canada
Finalist: Extend Solutions, Mexico
Finalist: NV Interactive, New Zealand
Windows Azure Platform ISV Partner of the Year
Winner: GreenButton, New Zealand
Finalist: SOFT ONE TECHNOLOGIES S.A., Greece
Finalist: T-Systems Multimedia Solutions, Germany
Windows Azure Platform SI Partner of the Year
Winner: Logica Business Consulting, France
Finalist: Cumulux, United States
Finalist: INFOSYS LTD., United States
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