LGIT Smart Solutions, a Johannesburg-based training company, was recently awarded the coveted Microsoft Learning Partner of the year Award at a glittering ceremony held by Microsoft.
"At the outset, it is important for us to say that we could never have done it without our partners and the wonderful people who put their faith in us and trained with us," says Natascha Pr"ussen, MD of LGIT Smart Solutions. "Specific mention goes to our strategic partner, Dimension Data, for making this happen. Together with our wonderful customers, all we can say is that we are grateful to be working with such amazing people," Pr"ussen adds.
The 2015 Microsoft Partner Network Awards honoured the company with the Learning Partner Award. The IT giant singled out LGIT specifically for its mission to deliver quality learning experiences that build profitable businesses and communities, while simultaneously recognising that because every customer is unique, their aim is to listen, to understand customer needs and to develop suitable customised solutions as a response to the market. Microsoft further described the company as: "A dynamic group who are passionate about their training philosophy and are focused on making a real difference in people's lives."
The award is an affirmation of LGIT's values and brand ethos, which are a model of the new corporate cool: LGIT is a privately owned company that has successfully competed against listed companies, but more than that, it is women-owned and run, and it espouses flexibility. "We care, and this is why our first corporate customer is still with us today. This award is as much for our customers and Dimension Data as it is for us," says Pr"ussen. "Not only do we want to be regarded as the best in the corporate space, we really want to make a difference in building IT literacy skills within impoverished communities. Our project in the former townships is called Siyakhula, we have been involved with them since 2000, and we train over 1 500 people per annum. This won us the Microsoft Corporate Social Initiative award in 2011."
Further to this, LGIT has been recognised as a company that specialises in quality training, offers the best customer experience, prides itself on flexible delivery methods, customisation, and corporate customer user adoption, and is cutting edge when it comes to the delivery of emerging technologies.
The company has earned a reputation as having the best facilitators in the industry, fuelled as it were by real-world experience, which is why they are able to offer a training solution to assist corporate clients in improving service delivery to their users - no mean feat, given the magnitude of services rendered, the volumes of customers that they serve, and the challenges of providing solutions to global problems.
Microsoft also had this to say about their Learning Partner Award recipient: "LGIT Smart Solutions is the epitome of a true Microsoft Partner - working with us and our partners to drive adoption and deployment of the latest Microsoft technologies, to enable our customers to effectively grow their businesses."
And what of the future? Pr"ussen is upbeat: "We love what we do, so it's a wonderful feeling to know that we are being recognised for it. Our aim is to keep doing this, so that we can continue to make a difference. We march onwards and upwards in 2016, with great excitement, ready to serve people and meet their needs. Thank you again to all concerned, from customers and partners to our team at LGIT."
For more information, please see www.lgitsmart.co.za.
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