REDMOND, Wash. — June 24, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the winners and finalists of its 2009 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards. The annual awards honor Microsoft Registered, Certified and Gold Certified partners for delivering exemplary solutions for their customers during the past year. Award winners and finalists were chosen from nominations from around the world. Winners and finalists will be recognized at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2009, the company’s premier annual event for industry partners, being held July 13–16 in New Orleans. Nearly 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. “Partners are the key to igniting business innovation through great technology as well as helping customers drive down costs,” said Allison L. Watson, corporate vice president of the Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft. “Congratulations to the 2009 Partner Award winners, who have demonstrated a superior level of expertise as well as a focus on delivering customer value. We look forward to seeing these partners fulfill their limitless potential as they continue to provide customers with world-class Microsoft solutions.” Categories, winners and finalists appear below. A complete list including category descriptions is available at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/wwpc/default.aspx. Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Active Directory Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Quest Software, United States | | • | Finalist: Centrify, United States | | • | Finalist: Likewise Software, United States |
Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Storage Solutions Partner of the Year | • | Winner: NetApp, United States | | • | Finalist: CommVault, United States | | • | Finalist: Compellent, United States |
Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Systems Management Partner of the Year | • | Winner: CDW, United States | | • | Finalist: Dimension Data, Australia | | • | Finalist: Accenture and Avanade, United States |
Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Windows Desktop Deployment Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Compugen, Canada | | • | Finalist: Dimension Data, Australia | | • | Finalist: SIVECO Romania, Romania |
Business Intelligence Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Solver, United States | | • | Finalist: BlueGranite, United States | | • | Finalist: Information Management Group Ltd., United Kingdom |
Citizenship Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Koenig Solutions, India | | • | Finalist: Focal Technology Solutions, United States | | • | Finalist: FullArmor, United States |
Communications Sector Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Comcast, United States | | • | Finalist: Equilibrium, United States | | • | Finalist: MetraTech, United States |
Custom Development Solutions, Application Infrastructure Development Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Kiandra System Solutions, Australia | | • | Finalist: Programmer’s, Brazil | | • | Finalist: EMC, United States |
Custom Development Solutions, Smart Client Development Partner of the Year | • | Winner: L3, Brazil | | • | Finalist: Iconexa, Chile | | • | Finalist: E Smart Systems, Serbia |
Custom Development Solutions, Web Development Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Catapult Systems, United States | | • | Finalist: Altius Consulting, United Kingdom | | • | Finalist: Schematic, United States |
Data Management Solutions Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Orion Technology, Canada | | • | Finalist: Agilysys, United States | | • | Finalist: Idera, United States |
Digital Agencies Partner of the Year | • | Winner: AKQA, United Kingdom | | • | Finalist: EMC, United Kingdom | | • | Finalist: 2nd Factory, Japan |
Distribution Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Workgroup, South Africa | | • | Finalist: Tech Data, Belgium | | • | Finalist: Esprinet, Italy |
Enterprise Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Accenture and Avanade, United States | | • | Finalist: HP, United States | | • | Finalist: Dell, United States |
Global ISV Consumer Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Corel, Canada | | • | Finalist: Nuance Communications, United States | | • | Finalist: Cakewalk, United States |
Global ISV Industry Partner of the Year | • | Winner: OSIsoft, United States | | • | Finalist: Epicor Software Corp., United States | | • | Finalist: SunGard, United States |
Global ISV Infrastructure Partner of the Year | • | Winner: CA Inc., United States | | • | Finalist: Quest Software, United States | | • | Finalist: Citrix Systems, United States |
Global ISV Line of Business Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Epicor Software Corp., United States | | • | Finalist: Environmental Systems Research Institute, United States | | • | Finalist: Open Text, Canada |
Global ISV Technology Innovation Partner of the Year | • | Winner: FullArmor, United States | | • | Finalist: Schlumberger, United States | | • | Finalist: iSoft, Australia |
Hosting Solutions Partner of the Year | • | Winner: MaximumASP, United States | | • | Finalist: Hostbasket, Belgium | | • | Finalist: 7global, United Kingdom |
IAMCP Partner of the Year Information Worker Solutions, Data Visualization Partner of the Year | • | Winner: ProModel, United States | | • | Finalist: Oculus Info, Canada | | • | Finalist: Shoothill, United Kingdom |
Information Worker Solutions, Enterprise Content Management and Forms Development Partner of the Year | • | Winner: KnowledgeLake, United States | | • | Finalist: Concept Interactive, Canada | | • | Finalist: Open Text, Canada |
Information Worker Solutions, Enterprise Project Management Partner of the Year | • | Winner: EPM Live, United States | | • | Finalist: Siemens, Germany | | • | Finalist: Pcubed, United States |
Information Worker Solutions, Office Deployment Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Dimension Data, Australia | | • | Finalist: AccTech Systems, South Africa | | • | Finalist: Citrix Systems, United States |
Information Worker Solutions, Office Solutions Development Partner of the Year | • | Winner: CDC Software Corporation, Canada | | • | Finalist: MacroView Business Technology, Australia | | • | Finalist: Bitscape IT Solutions, India |
Information Worker Solutions, Portals and Collaboration Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Content and Code, United Kingdom | | • | Finalist: MTS Allstream, Canada | | • | Finalist: Accenture and Avanade, United States |
Information Worker Solutions, Search Partner of the Year | • | Winner: GESFOR OSMOS, Peru | | • | Finalist: Concept Interactive, Canada | | • | Finalist: Caturano and Company, United States |
ISV/Software Solutions Innovation Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Zap, Australia | | • | Finalist: Mamut, Norway | | • | Finalist: Upside Software, Canada |
ISV/Software Solutions Partner of the Year | • | Winner: KnowledgeLake, United States | | • | Finalist: Acctech Systems, South Africa | | • | Finalist: OSIsoft, United States |
Large Account Reseller Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Dimension Data, Australia | | • | Finalist: CDW, United States | | • | Finalist: Softchoice, Canada |
Learning Solutions Impact Partner of the Year | • | Winner: QA, United Kingdom | | • | Finalist: CompuEducación, Mexico | | • | Finalist: Solartech, United States |
Learning Solutions Innovative Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Netcampus, South Africa | | • | Finalist: Benchmark/New Horizons Learning, United States | | • | Finalist: NIIT, India |
Licensing Solutions, License Delivery Partner of the Year Licensing Solutions, Software Asset Management Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Dimension Data, Australia | | • | Finalist: Phoenix Software, United Kingdom | | • | Finalist: IPR-Insights, Hungary |
Microsoft Dynamics Distribution Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Young & Partners, Belgium | | • | Finalist: Columbus IT, Denmark | | • | Finalist: Lanham Associates, United States |
Microsoft Dynamics Financial Services Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Customer Effective, United States | | • | Finalist: E-consulting, Ukraine | | • | Finalist: IMGROUP, United Kingdom |
Microsoft Dynamics Manufacturing Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Fullscope, United States | | • | Finalist: Columbus IT, Denmark | | • | Finalist: Tectura, Germany |
Microsoft Dynamics Professional Services Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Client Profiles, United States | | • | Finalist: CGS Redmond Technologies, United States | | • | Finalist: Synergy Business Solutions, United States |
Microsoft Dynamics Public Sector Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Infoma Software Consulting, Germany | | • | Finalist: LINK Development, Egypt | | • | Finalist: GMCS, Russia |
Microsoft Dynamics Retail Partner of the Year Winner: Columbus IT, Denmark Finalist: PositiveTechnology.com, United States Finalist: K3 Business Technology Group, United Kingdom Microsoft Dynamics AX Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Hitachi Consulting, United States | | • | Finalist: Fullscope, United States | | • | Finalist: Eclipse Computing, Australia |
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Ascentium, United States | | • | Finalist: Infinity Info Systems, United States | | • | Finalist: CIBER UK, United Kingdom |
Microsoft Dynamics GP Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Cogsdale, Canada | | • | Finalist: Interdyn-Socius, United States | | • | Finalist: ITQAN Al-Bawardi Computers, United Arab Emirates |
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Sistemas de Gestión, Spain | | • | Finalist: Serenic Software, United States | | • | Finalist: Pleasant Valley Business Solutions, United States |
Microsoft Dynamics Point of Sale Partner of the Year | • | Winner: POSitive Technology, United States | | • | Finalist: Retail Technology Experts, United States | | • | Finalist: New West Technologies Southeast, United States |
Microsoft Dynamics SL Partner of the Year | • | Winner: SIS Software, United States | | • | Finalist: Synergy Business Solutions, United States | | • | Finalist: Queue Associates, United States |
Mobility Solutions Business Application Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Client Strategy Group, United States | | • | Finalist: Antenna Software, United States | | • | Finalist: Blink Systems, Brazil |
Mobility Solutions Integration Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Ensyst, Australia | | • | Finalist: JL Mobile Systems, United States | | • | Finalist: Logotec Engineering, Poland |
Mobility Solutions Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Spring Wireless, United States | | • | Finalist: Rayonnance Technologies, France | | • | Finalist: ALK Technologies, United Kingdom |
Networking Infrastructure Solutions Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Know Technology, United States | | • | Finalist: Kolari, Botswana | | • | Finalist: SecurElement, United States |
Newly Recruited Partner of the Year | • | Winner: AccTech Systems, South Africa | | • | Finalist: 2E2, United Kingdom | | • | Finalist: Infobox, Russia |
Notes Transition Partner of the Year | • | Winner: EMC, United States | | • | Finalist: Quest Software, United States | | • | Finalist: CASAHL Technology, United States |
OEM Hardware Solutions, Device Manufacturing Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Plantronics, United States | | • | Finalist: Fujitsu, Germany |
OEM Hardware Solutions, System Building Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Third Wave Corp., Japan | | • | Finalist: Casper Bilgisayar Sistemleri, Turkey | | • | Finalist: Olidata, Italy |
Office Business Application Partner of the Year | • | Winner: OSIsoft, United States | | • | Finalist: triomis, Germany | | • | Finalist: Diamante, Italy |
Online Services Partner of the Year | • | Winner: PointBridge, United States | | • | Finalist: Business Engineering, United States | | • | Finalist: Wortell, Netherlands |
Public Sector, Education Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Datatel, United States | | • | Finalist: RM, United Kingdom | | • | Finalist: Synetrix, United Kingdom |
Public Sector, Government Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Spenta Consulting, Spain | | • | Finalist: Environmental Systems Research Institute, United States | | • | Finalist: Information Strategies, United States |
Public Sector, Health Partner of the Year | • | Winner: iLink Systems, United States | | • | Finalist: Egton Medical Information Systems, United Kingdom | | • | Finalist: CareWorks, United Kingdom |
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: Data#3, Australia | | • | Finalist: CMS Consulting, Canada | | • | Finalist: Sapphire Technologies, United Kingdom |
Small Business Specialist Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Evolve IT, Australia | | • | Finalist: Bulletproof InfoTech, Canada | | • | Finalist: Quadrasystems.net, India |
SOA and Business Process Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Hitachi Consulting UK, formerly known as Edenbrook, UK | | • | Finalist: Xterprise, United States | | • | Finalist: PNMsoft, United Kingdom |
Software-plus-Services Development Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Mamut, Norway | | • | Finalist: ExactTarget, United States | | • | Finalist: Hyland Software, United States |
Software-plus-Services Integration Partner of the Year | • | Winner: IDE, Sweden | | • | Finalist: Accelare, United States | | • | Finalist: IT Solution Partners, Netherlands |
Unified Communications Solutions, IM/Presence Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Enabling Technologies, United States | | • | Finalist: Eurodata Systems, United Kingdom | | • | Finalist: Preferred One Stop Technologies, United Kingdom |
Unified Communications Solutions, Messaging Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Janalent, United States | | • | Finalist: Enabling Technologies, United States | | • | Finalist: Apptix, United States |
Unified Communications Solutions, Voice Partner of the Year | • | Winner: Intrinsic Technologies, United States | | • | Finalist: Dimension Data Network Services, United Kingdom | | • | Finalist: Gold Systems, United States |
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