Partner Solutions

Add Value to Your Business with a Microsoft Enterprise Search Partner

Microsoft’s enterprise search partners develop and deliver innovative search solutions that can help you meet your unique business challenges.

These partners expand our reach into market segments and geographies and possess deep expertise in the enterprise search business. They offer a broad range of proficiency in areas such as infrastructure, networking, office automation, e-Commerce, collaboration, business intelligence, and other leading-edge disciplines.

Our enterprise search partners possess certified levels of competency within the comprehensive set of Enterprise Search from Microsoft product offerings. They can align your needs with the most effective search technology – from entry-level search to infrastructure search to the advanced capabilities of best-in-breed FAST search – and develop innovative search solutions that drive revenue and solid results for your business.

There are two groups of partners within the Microsoft enterprise search partner category that can address your needs on either side of the firewall: Internet Business partners and Business Productivity partners. Both groups include partners around the world that are certified to develop and deliver enterprise search solutions using the FAST technology.

All of our partners have worked hard to earn their Microsoft partner status. Choose a Microsoft enterprise search partner with confidence knowing that they can support your team by providing:

Proven competency having achieved Microsoft Certified or Gold Certified Partner status
Verified customer references – a prerequisite for being certified
Access to Microsoft support 24x7 through their Microsoft Partner Program membership
A wealth of experience specific to your enterprise search and market needs

Partner Spotlights

FASTforward’09 Enterprise Search Innovation Awards
The Microsoft Enterprise Search Channel Champion Program

Partner Spotlight: FASTforward’09 Enterprise Search Innovation Awards

The annual FASTforward Enterprise Search Innovation Awards recognize organizations that go “beyond the search box” to empower users, enhance productivity and business results, embrace new digital revenue streams, encourage collaboration, and/or enable social computing.

The following Partner Award recipients were announced at a special awards luncheon at FASTforward’09:

Digital Market Solution Award: Comperio

“Today’s market offers so many ways to access information digitally, it can be challenging for customers to fully utilize all the different channels,” said Jared Spataro, director of enterprise search, Microsoft. “The winner of the 2009 Digital Market Solution Award, Comperio, has helped our customers make the most of enterprise search technologies and break free of traditional business models.”

User Experience Solution Award: EMC Consulting

“The information on the company network is extremely valuable, and that value is realized when workers are able to find what they need to make good business decisions,” said Jared Spataro, director of enterprise search, Microsoft. “We are happy to announce that EMC Consulting has won the 2009 User Experience Solution Award for the work they’ve done with customers to provide solutions that empower end users to maximize the enterprise search technologies their organizations have invested in.”

Partner of the Year Award: Hitachi Consulting

“Our partner ecosystem offers customers a variety of ways to make the most of their investments in Microsoft products,” said Jared Spataro, director of enterprise search, Microsoft. “Hitachi Consulting is blazing trails and working closely with us to develop the best business solutions for our enterprise search customers, earning them the prestigious 2009 Partner of the Year Award.”

Social Computing Solution Award: NewsGator

“In today’s global workplace, collaboration is key to ensuring all organizations succeed in their ability to deliver on their goals,” said Jared Spataro, director of enterprise search, Microsoft. “NewsGator has won the 2009 Social Computing Solution Award due to their commitment of working closely with customers to expand the social computing tools within their organizations.”

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Partner Spotlight: The Microsoft Enterprise Search Channel Champion Program

The collaborative efforts of Office SharePoint Server and FAST search partners help us enhance the search experience and deliver innovative enterprise search solutions to our collective customers. Our Channel Champion series features companies whose vision, experience, and “outside-of-the-search-box” thinking exemplify the differentiating qualities of an enterprise search partner. Read about our Channel Champions and their solutions and learn how they might be able to help you.

Find the Right Microsoft Enterprise Search Partner for Your Business Needs

Internet Business Partners are strategic partners who develop and implement customer-facing solutions for businesses based on search-driven revenue streams. Our Internet Business partners can help you create new customer-facing user experiences and grow revenue by offering solutions that attract new consumers, retain them, and monetize their site visit.

Business Productivity Partners provide search-based services and solutions within the firewall that provide intuitive, reliable ways to organize, browse, and search for data. Our Business Productivity partners can help you create solutions that boost employee productivity, unlock business value, and create unique user experiences that empower your users to find information and expertise when they need it, anywhere in the organization, and enable them to put those connections to work to turn information into outcomes.

What Our Partner Levels Mean

Certified Partners have demonstrated a high degree of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies.

Gold Certified Partners represent the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies, and have the closest working relationship with Microsoft.