| Microsoft Announces Certified
Partner Award Finalists
PR Newswire -
Tuesday, June 26, 2001
Global
Winners to Be Unveiled at Fusion 2001
REDMOND,
Wash., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT)
today announced 60 finalists for the global Microsoft(R)
Certified Partner Awards. A panel of Microsoft judges selected
the finalists from 775 entries submitted by solutions and
services partners worldwide. Finalists were determined based
on excellence and innovation in customer solution delivery and
service. The winner in each of the 12 award categories will be
announced July 15 at Microsoft's Fusion 2001 partner event in
Anaheim, Calif.
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Fusion is
Microsoft's annual technology and business briefing for
industry partners worldwide. About 3,000 partners are expected
to attend. Fusion 2001 will be held July 13-16 at the Anaheim
Convention Center and will feature a keynote presentation by
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates.
Several other senior Microsoft executives will discuss
strategies, emerging enterprise technologies and business
opportunities for industry partners. Ian Rogoff, vice
president of the Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft, will
host Fusion 2001 and will announce the Certified Partner Award
winners.
"The
Microsoft Certified Partner Awards allow Microsoft to reward
excellence in emerging technologies," Rogoff said. "Delivering
exceptional customer value has made these partners leaders in
their respective categories. Selecting the winners was a
difficult task, as we found a wealth of innovative business
solutions being implemented around the world by Microsoft
Certified Partners."
Microsoft
Certified Partner Award finalists will be selected from each
of the following categories: Anti-Piracy Advocate of the Year,
ASP Solution of the Year, Business Intelligence Solution of
the Year, Microsoft CTEC Solution of the Year, Collaborative
Solution of the Year, CRM Solution of the Year, E-Commerce
Solution of the Year, ERP Solution of the Year, Infrastructure
Solution of the Year, Packaged Application of the Year, Small
Business Solution of the Year and Support Services Solution of
the Year (The attached list includes finalists in each
category).
About
Fusion
Initiated in
1997, Fusion is host to the largest worldwide gathering of
Microsoft business partners, including Microsoft Certified
Partners, independent software vendors, systems integrators
and resellers. Fusion is Microsoft's most important worldwide
partner event of the year and recently won the Allie Award for
Best Corporate Event in 2000. Premier event sponsors for
Fusion 2001 are Compaq Computer Corp., EDS, IBM Corp., Intel
Corp., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Unisys Corp. More information
can be found at http://www.microsoftfusion.com// .
About
Microsoft
Founded in
1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services
and Internet technologies for personal and business computing.
The company offers a wide range of products and services
designed to empower people through great software -- any time,
any place and on any device.
NOTE:
Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. in the
United States and/or other countries.
The names of
actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.
Anti-Piracy Advocate of the Year
Asia/South Pacific: Volante Group Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
Latin America: BS BOLIVIA LTDA, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Middle East/Eastern Europe/Africa: Alna, Vilnius, Lithuania
North America: I.B.I.S. Inc., Norcross, Ga.
Western Europe: Softcat Plc, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
ASP Solution of the Year
Asia/South Pacific: SmartTransact Sdn. Bhd., Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Latin America: Terra Networks Brasil SA, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Middle East/Eastern Europe/Africa: nVision IT (Pty) Ltd., Woodmead,
South Africa
North America: USinternetworking Inc., Annapolis, Md.
Western Europe: KSg Systems AB, Gothnburg, Sweden
Business Intelligence Solution of the Year
Asia/South Pacific: Fusion Technology Group Pty Ltd., Pymble, Australia
Latin America: SofHar Tecnologia em Telematica, Curitiba, Brazil
Middle East/Eastern Europe/Africa: PAC BIOS, Ural, Russia
North America: Quilogy Inc., St. Charles, Mo.
Western Europe: Conchango plc, Surrey, United Kingdom
Microsoft CTEC Solution of the Year
Asia/South Pacific: Com Tech Education Services, Sydney, Australia
Latin America: Lanlink Informatica Ltda, Ceara, Brazil
Middle East/Eastern Europe/Africa: Netscope Training (Pty) Ltd.,
Western Cape, South Africa
North America: The Information Management Group, Chicago
Western Europe: QA, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Collaborative Solution of the Year
Asia/South Pacific: Planet Software PTY Ltd., N. Adelaide, Australia
Latin America: Air-Go Technologies, Mexico City, Mexico
Middle East/Eastern Europe/Africa: Middle East Network Solutions (MNS),
Cairo, Egypt
North America: ECMS Inc., Columbia, S.C.
Western Europe: Team Brendel AG, Basel, Switzerland
CRM Solution of the Year
Asia/South Pacific: Infra Corp.: Milsons Point, Australia
Latin America: JL Sistemas CA, Caracas, Venezuela
Middle East/Eastern Europe/Africa: TerraLink, Moscow, Russia
North America: CosmoCom Inc., Melville, N.Y.
Western Europe: PCS AG Germany, Solingen, Germany
E-Commerce Solution of the Year
Asia/South Pacific, Adroit Innovations Ltd., Singapore
Latin America: Paradigma Tecnologia e Orientacao de Negocios Ltda.,
Florianopolis, Brazil
Middle East/Eastern Europe/Africa: Public Warehousing Co., Safat, Kuwait
North America: Immedient Corp., Dallas, Texas
Western Europe: Ivis Group Ltd., London, United Kingdom
ERP Solution of the Year
Asia/South Pacific: Suntec Software (Shanghai) Company Ltd., Shanghai,
China
Latin America: Thebas SA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Middle East/Eastern Europe/Africa: Columbus IT Partner Russia, Moscow,
Russia
North America: Epicor Software Corp., Irvine, Calif.
Western Europe: Scala Business Solutions NV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Infrastructure Solution of the Year
Asia/South Pacific: LK Solutions Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd., Selangor,
Malaysia
Latin America: TBA Informatica, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Middle East/Eastern Europe/Africa: Seven Seas Computers, Dubai, UAE
North America: Sequoia NET.com, an Analysts International Company,
Auburn Hills, Mich.
Western Europe: Sysproject srl, Crema, Italy
Packaged Application of the Year
Asia/South Pacific: Infoserve Inc., Makati City, Philippines
Latin America: Gemco, Tecnologia de Gerencia Comercial SC Ltda.,
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Middle East/Eastern Europe/Africa: SoftPro, Zagreb, Croatia
North America: FormScape Inc., Morrisville, N.C.
Western Europe: Agresso Group ASA, Oslo, Norway
Small Business Solution of the Year
Asia/South Pacific: Soft Systems Pvt. Ltd., Kochi, India
Latin America: Thebas SA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Middle East/Eastern Europe/Africa: Enel Split doo, Split, Croatia
North America: Center for Computer Resources LLC, Oak Park, Mich.
Western Europe: Mamut ASA, Oslo, Norway
Support Services Solution of the Year
Asia/South Pacific: Compaq Computer, Seoul, Korea
Latin America: Qualita Integracion SA de CV, Mexico City, Mexico
Middle East/Eastern Europe/Africa: The Information Center Co., Safat,
Kuwait
North America: Stream International, Canton, Mass.
Western Europe: Compaq Computer, Bristol, United Kingdom
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