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Galdon Data receives highest accolade for unified communications

Microsoft recognises Galdon as top unified communications partner.

Johannesburg, 13 Aug 2009

Galdon Data has been recognised as the top unified communications solutions partner at Microsoft's Annual Partner Summit that was held at the ICC in Durban. Receiving the highest accolade within this competency, Galdon Data was awarded the Partner of the Year for Unified Communications Solutions Competency.

According to Galdon Data director Garry Ackerman, being bestowed an award of this magnitude is a great honour. "This award is recognition of our competence in Microsoft technologies, specifically our incomparable expertise in Microsoft Unified Communications. We pride ourselves by our national highly skilled team of Microsoft solution specialists that focus in assisting customers understand various Microsoft technologies, and advise them as to which technologies best suit their business requirements."

"All our award winners are evaluated in terms of their commitment to Microsoft technology, investment in certified resources and development of skills within their organisation, numbers of successful deployments, and the level of customer satisfaction," says Mark Reynolds, the head of the SMB and partner team at Microsoft South Africa.

"Receiving this award once again proves Galdon Data to be the frontrunner in unified communications, and a company clearly committed to the Microsoft platform."

Danie Gordon, the unified communications product manager at Microsoft SA, says Galdon Data is one of a limited number of Microsoft Voice Certified partners globally and was the first Microsoft partner to have fully deployed and completed the Technical Adoption Programme (TAP) for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2 (R2) in South Africa.

"Galdon Data has delivered on several strategic objectives and has shown great resolve in driving customer deployments. Despite the financial crisis, it has continued to deliver excellent results through good partner marketing."

Galdon Data is a services-oriented company that provides solutions for unified communications and business process automation with SharePoint. With more than 10 years' telephony experience, Galdon Data has successfully implemented Microsoft Unified Communications solutions at many customers across the country while ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction.

"Our strong partnership philosophy enables companies to work with a partner that looks after their interest. Our specialised unified communications skills and experience ensure that we are able to help our customers impact positively on the bottom line," he concludes.

For more information, contact Galdon Data on (011) 805-4420 or e-mail sales@galdon.co.za.

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Galdon Data

Galdon Data is an information technology (IT) services company providing solutions for business process automation and unified communications. This encompasses information capture, business information delivery, convergence and document solutions using the Microsoft, Captaris and Autonomy (Cardiff) range of products. Galdon Data has been a Microsoft partner since 1998.

We are accredited as a Certified Microsoft Gold Partner and we hold competencies for Information Worker, Data Management and Unified Communication & Collaboration, specialising in Voice. As an AmVia Platinum Partner, the company in the enviable position of being the largest CallXpress (Unified Messaging) and RightFax (Business Information Delivery like Fax, E-mail & Web) service company, with the largest service market share, in Southern Africa. Many of those clients are serviced through our business partners. Galdon Data's experience extends beyond the implementation and/or support of 400 Unified Messaging (Voice and/or Fax) sites. Our experience with Unified Messaging and Auto-Attendants implementation extends since 2000.

Galdon Data pride ourselves by the highly skilled team of Microsoft Solution specialists that focus in assisting customers understand various Microsoft technologies and advise them as to 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 us understand our customers better. Our expertise in Microsoft Solution Design, Development and Implementation allow us to tailor solutions around individual customer environments.

Galdon Data is a company boasting 40 highly skilled and certified staff members, with National representation in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. Galdon Data is also a black empowered company with shareholding from Abnoba. For more information, visit http://www.galdon.co.za.

Editorial contacts

Ivor van Rensburg
IT Public Relations
(082) 652 8050
ivor@itpr.co.za
Fairoz Jaffer
Galdondata
(011) 805 4420
FairozJ@galdon.co.za