Space Age Technologies (SAT) was recently named as a finalist in three different categories of the annual Microsoft Partner Awards for 2005.
SAT entered the categories of Small Business Initiative, Licensing Solutions as well as Networking Infrastructure Solution of the year, and unsurprisingly, was nominated as finalist in all three categories.
The winners will be announced during a high glitz awards ceremony at the annual Microsoft Partner Summit held at Sun City later this month, and as reigning Small Business Partner of the Year, SAT is very optimistic.
"We are extremely proud of our achievements, and honoured to have been chosen as finalists in such prestigious awards," says Mark Geschke, Managing Director for SAT.
"Although only one company can win, the fact that SAT has again been selected as a finalist in competencies that are characterised by increasing sophistication and the growing maturity of all providers is ample recognition of our achievements."
Based in Stellenbosch since 1994, SAT has grown from a mere handful of enthusiastic IT engineers to specialists in the field of Microsoft-based platform management and managed support services.
SAT also played an instrumental role in the development of one of the fist infrastructure monitoring and preventative management services, SATAware, within the small and medium business market.
True to its name, the SATAware monitoring system elevates even the smallest company's level of insight and awareness into the health and availability of their IT systems by offering a 24x7 platform monitoring service which incorporates a very vital human interface.
"Our goal has always been to provide enterprise-class IT services to the small and medium business market, and it is this focus and dedication that has contributed significantly to our success. Small and medium organisations require a return on investment and therefore look to partner with a credible IT provider that can offer outstanding business solutions," concluded Geschke.
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SAT is renowned for its innovative role in the design and development of the first 24x7 monitoring system focussed on the needs of the SME market, and today proudly associates with a carefully selected partner-network comprising of other leading Microsoft partners that want to improve their service offering by providing a proactive and preventative system-monitoring solution. SAT's service offering was carefully designed for the information technology needs of small and medium business owners and places at its centre the concept of providing "enterprise-class IT services to small and medium organisations".
In doing this, SAT recognises the often overlooked fact that smaller organisations often do not have the resources to engage with multiple suppliers and therefore need an absolutely trust-worthy partner that can take care of their IT needs. Since such a trusting relationship is much easier to build through personal relationships, SAT extends its reach throughout SA by means of a partner network comprising of like-minded IT businesses that share in its core values.
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