Microsoft South Africa awards its partners at Microsoft African Partner Summit 2003

The Microsoft African Partner Summit Awards aim to recognise those partners who have made outstanding contributions to customers through the effective use of technology as a strategic enabler, as well as their contribution to building a sustainable local IT industry.

"At Microsoft, our partners are the key to our success," says Gordon Frazer, Managing Director at Microsoft South Africa. "Microsoft is committed to a partner-led business model that works hard to create opportunities for partners to increase revenue, lower the cost of doing business, get solutions to market faster and to grow their business networks."

The following partners were recognised for their outstanding achievements:

* Finished Goods Distributor of the Year: Comztec - awarded for its strong focus on offering a value-added service to the channel.

* Independent Software Vendor of the Year: Sourcecode - recognised for projects done locally and on an international level. All software research and product development is managed locally.

* Licensing Compliance Advocate of the Year: Information and Image - honoured for maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction and constantly demonstrating expertise in software asset management.

* Microsoft Business Solutions Partner of the Year: Datacentrix Business Solutions - awarded for its development, consulting, and sales and architecture expertise as well as its commitment to local skills.

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* Mid-Market Infrastructure Integrator of the Year: Intergr8 IT - acknowledged for its skill set and expertise in the industry as well as its commitment to developing IT skills locally.

* Gold Partner of the Year: AST - recognised for best of breed solutions in the industry and key enterprise deployments.

* .NET Solution of the Year: nVision IT - leader in .NET technology, nVision IT has excelled at providing strategic solutions securing high levels of customer satisfaction.

* CTEC of the Year: CS Holdings - identified for delivery of continuous high quality Microsoft certification training to the corporate market, achieving Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions status, as well as being appointed Microsoft CRM training partner.

* Systems Integrator of the Year: Accenture - characterised for high-level strategic enterprise solutions.

* OEM System Builder Distributor of the Year: Axiz - awarded for growing the distribution business and high levels of commitment within one year of a formal relationship.

* Large Account Reseller of the Year: Business Connexion - for achieving outstanding results and being nominated as one of the `Top 50 LAR`s in EMEA` by the European Operations Centre.

* Managing Director`s Partner of the Year Award: T-Systems - recognised for outstanding performance, commitment and securing the single largest server deal in SA during the year.