Integr8 IT, South Africa's largest privately owned national BEE ICT network integration and infrastructure management specialist, has won the Networking Infrastructure Solutions Award and Customer Experience Award for 2008 at the annual Microsoft Partner Programme Awards held recently in Durban.
The Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in four Microsoft competencies was nominated in several categories, including Advanced Infrastructure Solutions; Customer Experience Initiative; Networking Infrastructure Solutions; Security Solution Specialist and Winning Customers Initiative.
Robert Sussman, joint-MD of Integr8 IT, is delighted with the company's performance at the awards and its continued growth within the managed ICT services space, which umbrellas several competitive market segments including telecommunications.
"We are very pleased with the results. This event is designed to recognised top performing global partners and we are proud to have been selected," says Sussman.
The South African company has established a strong client base, both domestically and internationally, of businesses that continue to extract the maximum benefit and competitive advantages of strategic managed ICT services, covering the very latest innovation in networking infrastructure.
It has also entrenched its presence across existing and emerging markets, having successfully integrated infrastructure - irrespective of the size of the business, its core focus and scale of technology skills/product. This is governed and largely directed through the company's Nerve Centre, a hi-tech, fully equipped customer services built on the latest in remote services management infrastructure, solutions and systems.
"We believe this level of flexibility and our own skills base, which is constantly being nurtured and is always evolving, has a lot to do with our success in the market. Recognition by Microsoft in the form of the Networking Solutions and Customers Experience Initiative awards is a boost to our ongoing efforts to make the company the premier ICT services partner within the markets that we engage," adds Sussman.
Fernando de Sousa, acting MD of Microsoft South Africa, presented the awards to Integr8 IT and noted the company's drive, commitment and proven track record in the market.
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The Integr8 Group is an established and dynamic provider of managed information, communication and telecommunication services.
The group houses the following companies:
Integr8 IT (Pty) Ltd - Focusing on the design, implementation and ongoing management of ICT infrastructure. The core focus is on the provision of managed services around ICT infrastructure.
Integr8 IS (Pty) Ltd - Focusing on custom development with a core focus on Web 2.0 and SaaS, providing global hosted services.
Integr8 Rental (Pty) Ltd - Focusing on ICT and all asset related finance for Southern Africa and Africa based corporations.
Integr8 Fax (Pty) Ltd - Focusing on the provision of electronic fax transmission via its Global fax platform and footprint, with servers located on every continent.
Integr8 Telecoms (Pty) Ltd - Focusing on the provision of telecommunication and voice switching services in the emerging markets of Africa, India and China.
Integr8 Property - Focusing on long-term strategic investments into prime ICT intelligent real estate.
With over 400 full-time, highly-skilled professionals and substantial market share, the company is the largest privately owned BEE ICT company on the African continent.
Integr8 IT is the innovator, founder and operator of the only South African based Nerve Centre (www.nervecentre.co.za), providing a digital hub to manage and regulate the ICT environment of many of the country's leading corporations.
The Integr8 Group - in its application of skills and transfer of value in each company - has been acknowledged and accredited with many awards, namely Microsoft Gold Partner of the Year, African ICT Achievers CIO of the Year for Africa, Best Customer Experience of the Year, Network Infrastructure Solution of the Year, Security Solution of the Year for Middle-East, Africa, & Eastern Europe, Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, and many others, every year, since inception.
Named as one of the country's Top ICT Companies, the most innovative company on the African continent and honoured with a position among South Africa's Technology Top 100 Companies, the Integr8 Group, through its associated companies and organised network, has established itself as a strategic partner with numerous internationally-recognised industry leaders.
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