Integr8 IT, South Africa's largest privately owned national BEE ICT network integration and infrastructure management specialist, has been nominated to compete in no less than five categories at the annual Microsoft Partner Programme Awards 2008 to be held in Durban in August.
The annual awards are presented as a means through which the global software company recognises and rewards top performing partners.
As an official Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in four Microsoft competencies, Integr8 IT has been nominated in a number of award categories including: Advanced Infrastructure Solutions; Customer Experience Initiative; Networking Infrastructure Solutions; Security Solution Specialist and Winning Customers Initiative.
"We are very proud to be a nominated in these categories. Integr8 IT has achieved success in the past at the Microsoft awards having won the Network Infrastructure Solutions award last year. Our strategy remains to continue to strengthen our portfolio of competencies to meet international service requirements," comments Lance Fanaroff, joint MD at Integr8 IT.
Fanaroff, together with fellow join MD at the company, Robert Sussman, recently returned from a Microsoft Partner Conference in the United States. The event offered the executive management of the company an opportunity to view the latest global ICT trends, solutions and technology on offer, skills sets that are in demand and examples of how this infrastructure is being brought to market and applied.
The company has also received a boost to its campaign for the 2008 awards having been nominated in a fifth category namely 'Winning Customers Initiative'
"It is encouraging to note that we are making inroads into the global marketplace, especially in so far as clients and customers are extracting maximum benefit from technology infrastructure and Microsoft-based solutions. This is our core competency and it is exciting to see that our efforts are culminating into extensive recognition by our vendor partner," adds Sussman,
Sussman believes that virtualization, mobile telecommunications, co-sourcing and Software as a Service (SaaS) will continue to dominate ICT trends going forward.
"Now is the time where international markets are seeking to partner with service providers in emerging markets, that have a trading history and that can deliver. Being positioned at the forefront of innovation and development of information, communication and digital lifestyle technology is a non-negotiable" he adds.
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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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