OpenText Corporation, the pre-eminent provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software, has announced it has won the 2012 Microsoft Alliance ISV Industry Partner of the Year Award, and has been named a finalist for the 2012 Business Intelligence Partner of the Year Award.
The company was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.
“We are thrilled to have won this year's Microsoft Alliance ISV Industry Partner of the Year Award,” commented James Latham, Chief Marketing Officer, OpenText. “This recognition underscores our tight collaboration with Microsoft in developing highly innovative solutions that help our global customers leverage their enterprises to unleash the power of information.”
The Microsoft Partner Awards recognise Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions during the past year. Awards were presented in multiple categories, with winners chosen from a set of nearly 3 000 entrants worldwide. OpenText was recognised for providing outstanding solutions and services in Microsoft Alliance ISV Industry.
The Microsoft Alliance ISV Industry Partner of the Year Award honours the alliance ISV partner that has added business value to customers by deploying new and innovative solutions based on Microsoft technologies in any or all of the following sectors: Manufacturing and Resources (Oil and Gas, Power and Utilities, Process Manufacturing, Automotive, Aerospace and Industrial Equipment, High Tech and Electronics, Pharmaceutical, Chemicals), Financial Services (Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance), and Distribution and Services (Retail and Hospitality, Consumer Goods, Professional Services).
The award acknowledges the partner that has demonstrated excellence in driving Microsoft-based solutions that solve new or existing business needs for the industry. This award winner is recognised as the most valuable alliance ISV partner in developing and delivering Microsoft-based solutions to mutual customers in the industry.
“Microsoft is pleased to recognise OpenText as the Alliance ISV Industry Partner of the Year. OpenText has worked closely with Microsoft to create industry-specific enterprise content management solutions for our mutual customers,” added Alberto Arciniega, vice-president, WW Industry and Global Accounts Organisation, Microsoft Corporation.
“Through the development of innovative solutions, OpenText continually extends customers' investments in the Microsoft platform and productivity applications in new ways.”
OpenText is a global leader in developing enterprise-class content and process solutions for the Microsoft SharePoint ecosystem, offering solutions that span archival, governance, document capture, faxing, records management, business process management, case management and more. Together with Microsoft, OpenText helps enterprise customers improve security, boost innovation and gain a competitive advantage while reducing costs through new efficiencies. A Microsoft Gold Certified partner, OpenText has won numerous Microsoft partner awards, including 2011 ISV Partner of the Year.
For further information, please contact Rob Shaw: tel (+27) 83 626 3811, fax (+27) 86 646 4178, e-mail rshaw@opentext.com.
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OpenText, a global ECM leader, helps organisations manage and gain the true value of their business content. OpenText brings two decades' of expertise supporting 100 million users in 114 countries. Working with its customers and partners, OpenText brings together leading content experts to help organisations capture and preserve corporate memory, increase brand equity, automate processes, mitigate risk, manage compliance and improve competitiveness. For more information, visit www.opentext.com.
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In southern Africa, OpenText's business partners are Business Connexion, Datacentrix, eTechnologies, iFuture Consulting, NokusaEI and SAP Africa; and, its customer base includes organisations from across both the private and public sectors such as Absa, Anglo Platinum, BMW, Department of Environmental Affairs, Department of Tourism, Distell, Engen, Exxaro Resources, Mittal Steel, Nedbank, Office of the President, Provincial Government of the Western Cape, SABMiller, Sasol, Standard Bank, Telkom SA and Toyota.
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