Microsoft Gold Certified partner, IS Partners, has received top honours at this year's Microsoft Partner Programme awards, which were presented at the annual Microsoft Partner Summit in Durban on 7 August 2008.
IS Partners was nominated as a finalist in all five categories entered and won two of the coveted awards.
IS Partners won the Microsoft Business Solutions Competency Award and Winning Customers Initiative Award. Selection considerations included partners' capabilities, methodology, operations and infrastructure that are in place to support the successful implementation of Microsoft-based solutions.
"We constantly strive to invest in relevant skills and also show significant annual growth of our Microsoft-based business. This has contributed to our success in the various local award categories," says Caron Mooney, director at IS Partners.
Award winners are evaluated in terms of the number of competitive wins, development of Microsoft-specific solutions and offering business value to customers through delivery of high-quality solutions. Winning criteria also take into consideration solutions that address specific vertical industry requirements.
"IS Partners is proving its ability to consistently lead with Microsoft technology. The awards recognise our ability to innovate with leading-edge solutions and in our approach to solution selling," she adds.
"IS Partners has consistently delivered exceptional customer service through its deep understanding of its customers' business needs," said Fernando de Sousa, acting MD of Microsoft SA. "This has seen them achieve the highest growth rate year on year of any Microsoft Dynamics managed partner in South Africa in FY08, and be inducted into the President's Club for Dynamics, forming part of the top 500 Dynamics partners worldwide - a huge achievement."
The Partner Programme Awards recognise partners in South Africa that have excelled in delivering Microsoft solutions over Microsoft's fiscal year. This is an opportunity for Microsoft and its partners to celebrate the achievements of companies that have had a positive impact on the market.
IS Partners received finalist nominations for the Customer Experience Initiative Award, the Data Management Solutions Competency Award and Information Worker Solutions Competency Award.
IS Partners was also recently nominated as a finalist for the Information Worker Solutions, Performance Management Worldwide Microsoft Partner of the Year award and named to the 2008 Microsoft Dynamics President's Club, which recognises dedicated commitment to customers. "The awards further demonstrate our commitment to Microsoft-based solutions in CRM, BI and performance management, while also building on acknowledgement from Microsoft, both globally and in South Africa," Mooney adds.
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Established in 2001, IS Partners addresses the need for quality implementations of Microsoft solutions. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Business Intelligence, IS Partners specialises in empowering sales, marketing, financial and management in its customer base. This includes various industries such as retail, distribution, finance and IT.
IS Partners uses its own proven, streamlined methodology for all implementations. It also specialises in bringing bottom line value to CRM systems, providing business analysis, technical design, application architecture, implementation, training and performance tuning of CRM implementations on the Microsoft platform and Microsoft's own CRM solution. For more information, go to www.ispartners.co.za.
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