Founded in 1983, Dimension Data is a specialist ICT services and solutions provider that helps clients plan, build, support, manage, improve and innovate their IT infrastructures.

It applies its expertise in networking, security, operating environments, storage and contact centre technologies, as well as its unique skills in consulting, integration and managed services to create customised client solutions. Its rich history in networking has placed it at the forefront in helping clients simplify and consolidate their IT infrastructures through IP convergence.

Dimension Data's solutions for unified communications integrate skills and expertise from various technology disciplines and focus areas. It partners with leading technology vendors to deliver solutions that integrate multiple channels into a single interface, independent of device or location. The end result is improved employee productivity, increased customer satisfaction and reduced communications costs.

Bytes People Solutions, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions and recipient of the Microsoft Learning Solutions Partner of the year award for both 2006 and 2007 is committed to the delivery of effective training solutions in the Microsoft space.

Its Learning Solutions offering is built around the assessment of skills and the delivery of training in key areas including:

• Messaging and Collaboration (Exchange, MOSS)

• Security

• Infrastructure and Back-Office servers (Windows 2008, Vista, MOM)
  

• SQL, including Business Intelligence

• .NET Development including Team Foundation Server and AJAX, as well as MOSS

• Dynamics (CRM/NAV/AX and GP)

• Office including Office 2007.

Galdon Data prides itself on the highly skilled team of Microsoft solution and technical specialists that focus on assisting customers understand the various Microsoft technologies and advise them which technologies best suit their business requirements.

These services range from Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimisation Workshops, Consulting around Business Requirements and Business Analysis. These areas of customer engagement are key in helping Galdon Data understand its customers better. Its expertise in Microsoft Solution Design, Development and Implementation allows it to tailor solutions around individual customer environments.

With certified competencies in Information Worker, Unified Communication and Collaboration, and Data Management and the highly skilled resources it employs to fulfil these product offerings, Galdon Data is surely the right partner to engage with, when looking for solutions based on the above mentioned competencies. What makes it different from competitors is the large number of years experience with various platform integrations, regardless of current technology within your organisation.

The i5 Group provides businesses with technology solutions that enable collaboration and communication with internal and external customers. Its technology solutions allow businesses to engage customers, partners and employees in a personalised information exchange, gathering more accurate and timely knowledge to help empower people and businesses to make intelligent decisions and communication. Among all the different Microsoft accolades, the company has a variety of nominations and awards illustrating its competency, including:

Business Solutions Competency Award – Microsoft Partner Summit 2006
Information Worker Solutions Competency Award – Microsoft Partner Summit 2006

Microsoft Winning Customer Award – Microsoft Partner Summit 2006
Two Nominations as Finalists – Microsoft Worldwide Awards 2006

The ISV Solutions Competency Award - Microsoft Partner Summit 2007
Five Nominations as Finalists - Microsoft Partner Summit 2007

A strong focus on return on investment fuels the success of customers and contributes to the measurement on how the i5 Group addresses business pain points through customised, integrated solutions, making it the solution provider of choice.

Intervate is a specialist provider of Microsoft .NET solutions focused on knowledge management and productivity. Areas of expertise include documents and records management, workflow and process automation and intranets and portals.

Intervate has extensive experience in developing and deploying Microsoft SharePoint intranet and portal solutions, key components and versatile platforms for the delivery of information and knowledge management systems.

As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with Information Worker Competency and Custom Development Competency, Intervate has expert Microsoft skills and provides a range of add-on products and solutions for the platform.

IiSolve Business Solutions - Microsoft Partner of the year 2007 in Custom Development Solutions and Data Management Solutions.

iSolve is one of South Africa's leading providers of enterprise-wide offering and services. Our highly skilled staff contingent and Microsoft expertise allow us to provide customized solutions and services tailored to offer critical return on investment and drive down Total cost of Ownership.

iSolve specializes in various aspects of Microsoft Architecture including Windows, SQL Server, ASP.NET, C#, Exchange, Sharepoint and BizTalk Server.

iSolve were named as finalist in all nominated categories at Partner Summit 2007, namely Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Custom Development Solutions, Data Management Solutions, Customer Initiative Award, Information Worker Solutions and Learning Solutions.

IS Partners focuses on implementation, customisation, integration as well as core application development on the Microsoft platform for Business Intelligence, Customer Relationship Management and Corporate Performance Management solutions. It addresses the shift in business perspective that is demanding well-priced solutions that deliver information directly to where it counts.

Its PERFORMANCE! methodology, unique to IS Partners, brings together its solutions and skills in Microsoft CRM, Microsoft BI and Performance Management, and ensures that the business need is always met. Implementation success is achieved through a proven track record, industry-specific experience, a focus on its chosen market sectors and world-class technology. IS Partners PERFORMANCE! solution sets are underpinned by the best product components and its own multi award-winning expertise in each field.

IS Partners is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner for BI and was the first Microsoft CRM Certified Partner in South Africa. Its extensive domain knowledge and experience in financial business intelligence, further ensures a complete solution for all key areas of CPM, including business modelling and optimisation, compliance and external reporting, analysis and data mining, budgeting and forecasting, strategic planning, scorecards and benchmarking.

Originally founded in 1986, Kathea Communication first entered the ICT market in 1998. Dedicated to deliver global technological expertise to Southern Africa, Kathea Communications is committed to enabling customers to embrace and implement highly effective ICT solutions.

Through our considerable network of accredited partners and resellers, Kathea focuses on representing technologies that encompasses the Unified Collaborative Communications including video and voice conferencing, call centre and hospitality sector.

Kathea Communications represents world leading brands including Polycom, Codian, Jabra, Telematrix, Teledex and TeleAdapt.

Kathea Communications has successfully developed a considerable network of accredited partners and resellers to ensure a customer-centric focus on technologies that encompass the Unified Collaborative Communications (video and voice conferencing), call centre and hospitality sectors.

Kathea's business values for the ICT industry remain core to its service methodology, which are to operate off a platform of sound business fundamentals; to be energetic, dependable and committed. Kathea has made a promise to the ICT community and its partners to perform every task to the best of its ability and to ensure every engagement is undertaken through honesty, pride, communication and care for others.

Kathea is backed by extensive local industry expertise, strong market partnerships and a successful team, Kathea Communications is committed to creating value for its customers.

Leaf International Communications is a global convergence technology company that offers end-to-end mobile solutions. Our expertise spans from platform design, integration and implementation through to smart product selection, enterprise application building and pocket media development.

Leaf, based in South Africa, was established in 1999 and has originated and hosted solutions, including a number of unique product developments for some of South Africa's most respected organisations.

Leaf is also the custodian of numerous world class products in Sub-Saharan Africa, including HTC's range of Windows Mobile powered devices and Navigon's range of award winning navigation products.

Whatever your lifestyle, wherever your workstyle, Leaf's award-winning products keep you in touch.

'nVisionIT, an award winning Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, has several years experience in delivering industrial strength solutions based upon complex business requirements for both the public and private sectors.

This business acumen, in conjunction with its FIVE Microsoft Gold Partner Competencies, allows nVisionIT to create end-to-end collaboration and communication solutions combining the Microsoft Office Communication Server and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server technology stack.

The nVisionIT stand will be showcasing a 'Leave Collaboration' solution that utilises Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows Workflow, InfoPath Forms Services, the OCS platform, BDC and BOT technology components. The objective is to get you thinking about the endless possibilities offered by the technology stack and to provide IT Professionals, Developers and Technical Decision Makers with ideas and information to take back to their organisations.

nVisionIT prides itself on the ability to meet and exceed expectations through a business model that ensures consistent, proactive interaction with customers and an absolute focus on enabling solutions to generate effective returns.

RedLinX Telecoms Systems – Specialises in the consulting and provision of infrastructure, equipment, software, and solutions for Next Generation Networks (NGN), VoIP, Video, Multimedia and related NGN telecommunications solutions. RedLinX is the AudioCodes Microsoft Unified Communications' gateway partner. RedLinX has three additional divisions namely: Embedded Systems, High-Performance Systems and Engineering.

AudioCodes Ltd. enables the new voice infrastructure by providing innovative, reliable and cost-effective Voice over Packet technology and Voice Network products to OEMs, network equipment providers and system integrators. AudioCodes provides its customers and partners with a diverse range of flexible, comprehensive media gateway, server and processing technologies, based on VoIPerfect™ - AudioCodes' underlying, best-of-breed, core media gateway architecture. The company is a market leader in voice compression technology and is a key originator of the ITU G.723.1 standard for the emerging Voice over IP market. AudioCodes voice network products feature media gateway and media server platforms, which function as core gateways or CPE voice gateways for packet-based applications in the wireline, wireless, broadband access, and enhanced voice services markets. AudioCodes enabling technology products include VoIP, CTI and call logging communication boards, VoIP media gateway processors and modules.