REDMOND, Wash., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced the winners and finalists of its 2010 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards. The annual awards honor Microsoft Registered, Certified and Gold Certified partners for delivering exemplary solutions for their customers during the past year. Award winners and finalists were chosen from nominations from around the world. Winners and finalists will be recognized at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010, the company's premier annual event for industry partners, July 12–15 in Washington, D.C.
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Nearly 3,000 entries were submitted by partners from more than 110 countries; the award finalists and winners were selected from a group of nominations based on their dedicated use of Microsoft technologies to provide solutions for their customers' needs.
"Congratulations to the 2010 Partner Award finalists and winners for delivering such creative and superior Microsoft solutions and services," said Allison Watson, corporate vice president, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft. "It's incredible to see the level of expertise our partners continue to exhibit as they create and deliver innovative solutions and services to grow their businesses, meet customer needs and drive down costs."
Categories, winners and finalists appear below. A complete list including category descriptions is available at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/wpc.
This year, Microsoft introduced, for the first time, the Microsoft Country Partner of the Year category. This award recognizes partners at the country level that have demonstrated business excellence and strong relationships delivering Microsoft solutions. The full list of Country Partners of the Year can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/wpc.
Business Intelligence Partner of the Year
- Winner: Slalom Consulting, United States
- Finalist: GrupoMas, Costa Rica
- Finalist: 21C, United Kingdom
Citizenship Partner of the Year
- Winner: Computacion Olidata, Chile
- Finalist: CTTC, Pakistan
- Finalist: Training Camp, United States
Communications Sector Partner of the Year
- Winner: Tribold, United Kingdom
- Finalist: CUBECORE Co. Ltd., Korea
- Finalist: Techpath LLC, United States
Core Infrastructure Solutions, Desktop Partner of the Year
- Winner: CMS Consulting Inc., Canada
- Finalist: Dimension Data, United Kingdom
- Finalist: ATEA, Denmark
Core Infrastructure Solutions, Identity and Security Partner of the Year
- Winner: Certified Security Solutions Inc., United States
- Finalist: Oxford Computer Group, United Kingdom
- Finalist: Edgile Inc., United States
Core Infrastructure Solutions, Server Platform Partner of the Year
- Winner: ALAN Company, Russia
- Finalist: Ensynch, United States
- Finalist: NetApp, United States
Core Infrastructure Solutions, Systems Management Partner of the Year
- Winner: CDW Corporation, United States
- Finalist: Dimension Data, Australia
- Finalist: Veeam Software, United States
Core Infrastructure Solutions, Virtualization Partner of the Year
- Winner: Avanade UK Ltd., United Kingdom
- Finalist: CDW Corporation, United States
- Finalist: NetApp, United States
Custom Development Solutions, Application Infrastructure Development Partner of the Year
- Winner: daenet, Germany
- Finalist: Solidsoft Ltd., United Kingdom
- Finalist: Bennett Adelson, United States
Custom Development Solutions, Smart Client Development Partner of the Year
- Winner: Asseco South Eastern Europe, Serbia
- Finalist: Agito, Slovenia
- Finalist: Avanade Inc., United States
Custom Development Solutions, Web Development Partner of the Year
- Winner: Macaw, Netherlands
- Finalist: Codify, United Kingdom
- Finalist: Infusion, United States
Data Management Solutions Partner of the Year
- Winner: Mareigua, Colombia
- Finalist: Otsuka Corp., Japan
- Finalist: EXECPLAN, Brazil
Distribution Partner of the Year
- Winner: Express Data New Zealand Ltd., New Zealand
- Finalist: Tech Data GmbH & Co. OHG, Germany
- Finalist: D&H Distributing Co., United States
Enterprise Partners of the Year
- Winner: Accenture and Avanade, United States
- Winner: Capgemini Group (Capgemini & Sogeti), United States
- Winner: Hewlett-Packard, United States
Hosting Solutions Partner of the Year
- Winner: Outsourcery®, United Kingdom
- Finalist: Fasthosts Internet Ltd., United Kingdom
- Finalist: Fpweb.net, United States
Information Worker Solutions, Collaboration Partner of the Year
- Winner: Slalom Consulting, United States
- Finalist: Neudesic LLC, United States
- Finalist: PTC, United States
Information Worker Solutions, Communications and Collaboration Solution Partner of the Year
- Winner: Avanade Inc., United States
- Finalist: Preferred One Stop Technologies Ltd., United Kingdom
- Finalist: Aspect, United States
Information Worker Solutions, Enterprise Content Management Partner of the Year
- Winner: Content and Code, United Kingdom
- Finalist: Concept Interactive Inc., Canada
- Finalist: KnowledgeLake, United States
Information Worker Solutions, Enterprise Project Management Partner of the Year
- Winner: UMT Consulting Group, United States
- Finalist: AccTech Systems Pty Ltd., South Africa
- Finalist: Pcubed, United States
Information Worker Solutions, Office Business Application Partner of the Year
- Winner: Diamante Spa, Italy
- Finalist: Oconics Pty Ltd., Australia
- Finalist: Invensys Skelta, India
Information Worker Solutions, Search Partner of the Year
- Winner: Hitachi Consulting, United States
- Finalist: IT-Dev sp. z o.o, Poland
- Finalist: B-S-S Business Software Solutions GmbH, Germany
Information Worker Solutions, Visio Partner of the Year
- Winner: Global 360 Inc., United States
- Finalist: ProModel, United States
- Finalist: Visibility.biz, United States
ISV/Software Solutions Innovation Partner of the Year
- Winner: 1E, United Kingdom
- Finalist: Omnivex Corp., Canada
- Finalist: AtHoc, United States
ISV/Software Solutions Partner of the Year
- Winner: Jack Henry & Associates, United States
- Finalist: MyBiz.net, Malaysia
- Finalist: NewsGator® Technologies Inc., United States
Large Account Reseller Partner of the Year
- Winner: CDW Corp., United States
- Finalist: Brasoftware Informatica, Brazil
- Finalist: SoftwareONE, United States
Learning Solutions Impact Partner of the Year
- Winner: Academy of Networking Lanit & Microinform, Russia
- Finalist: Educacion y Tecnologias de Informacion, Colombia
- Finalist: Torque IT Computer Training, South Africa
Learning Solutions Innovative Partner of the Year
- Winner: I.T. Intellect Training Solutions, South Africa
- Finalist: QA Ltd., United Kingdom
Licensing Solutions, License Delivery Partner of the Year
- Winner: Bytes Software Services, United Kingdom
- Finalist: SoftwareOne Comercio e Servicos de Informatica Ltda, Brazil
- Finalist: Dell Inc., United States
Microsoft Dynamics Distribution Partner of the Year
- Winner: HSO Nederland B.V., Netherlands
- Finalist: AND Project, Russia
- Finalist: Qurius, Spain
Microsoft Dynamics Financial Services Partner of the Year
- Winner: VeriPark, Turkey
- Finalist: Computer Solutions & Software International Inc., United States
- Finalist: Travi@ta, Belgium
Microsoft Dynamics Manufacturing Partner of the Year
- Winner: Fullscope, United States
- Finalist: eBECS, United Kingdom
- Finalist: mcaConnect LLC, United States
Microsoft Dynamics Professional Services Partner of the Year
- Winner: Client Profiles, United States
- Finalist: proMX GmbH, Germany
- Finalist: Computer Generated Solutions Inc., United States
Microsoft Dynamics Public Sector Partner of the Year
- Winner: CIBER UK, United Kingdom
- Finalist: CSG Ltd, Australia
- Finalist: INFOMA® Software Consulting GmbH, Germany
Microsoft Dynamics Retail Partner of the Year
- Winner: Junction Solutions, United States
- Finalist: K3 Business Technology Group, United Kingdom
- Finalist: Ignify, United States
Microsoft Dynamics AX Partner of the Year
- Winner: Eclipse Computing Pty Ltd., Australia
- Finalist: Fullscope, United States
- Finalist: I.B.I.S. Inc., United States
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Partner of the Year
- Winner: Avanade Inc., United States
- Finalist: Customer Effective Inc., United States
- Finalist: Columbus IT Partner AS, Norway
Microsoft Dynamics GP Partner of the Year
- Winner: Rock Solid Technologies Inc., Puerto Rico
- Finalist: InterDyn, United States
- Finalist: Rose Business Solutions Inc., United States
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Partner of the Year
- Winner: Anglia Business Solutions, United Kingdom
- Finalist: Qurius UK Ltd., United Kingdom
- Finalist: Pleasant Valley Business Solutions, United States
Microsoft Dynamics Point of Sale Partner of the Year
- Winner: New West Technologies Inc., United States
- Finalist: MS POS GmbH, Germany
- Finalist: Positive Technology.com, United States
Microsoft Dynamics SL Partner of the Year
- Winner: Queue Associates Inc., United States
- Finalist: Gonzalez Cortina Glender Y CIA, Mexico
- Finalist: Synergy Business Solutions Inc, United States
Microsoft Global ISV Cloud Partner of the Year
- Winner: Cumulux, United States
- Finalist: Fullarmor Corp., United States
- Finalist: Intuit Inc, United States
Microsoft Global ISV Consumer Partner of the Year
- Winner: Intuit Inc., United States
- Finalist: CEWE COLOR AG & Co. OHG., Germany
Microsoft Global ISV Industry Partner of the Year
- Winner: PTC, United States
- Finalist: Temenos, United Kingdom
- Finalist: OSISoft Inc., United States
Microsoft Global ISV Infrastructure Partner of the Year
- Winner: Citrix Systems, Inc., United States
- Finalist: Commvault Systems Inc., United States
- Finalist: NetApp, United States
Microsoft Global ISV Line of Business Partner of the Year
- Winner: Kronos, United States
- Finalist: OSISoft Inc., United States
- Finalist: TXT e-solutions, Italy
Mobility Solutions Business Application Partner of the Year
- Winner: CWR Mobility BV, Netherlands
- Finalist: CDC, Ltd., Russia
- Finalist: Blink Systems, Brazil
Mobility Solutions Consumer Application Partner of the Year
- Winner: SPB Software, Russia
- Finalist: Soti Inc., Canada
- Finalist: Kabel Sistemas de Informacion, Spain
Mobility Solutions Partner of the Year
- Winner: Soti Inc., Canada
- Finalist: CDC, Ltd., Russia
- Finalist: PocketMobile AB, Sweden
Notes Transition Partner of the Year
- Winner: CASAHL Technology Inc., United States
- Finalist: Binary Tree Inc., United States
- Finalist: Quest Software Inc., United States
OEM Hardware Solutions, Device Manufacturing Partner of the Year
- Winner: YukYung Technologies, Ltd., Korea
- Finalist: Plantronics, United States
- Finalist: Jabra, United States
OEM Hardware Solutions, System Building Partner of the Year
- Winner: Casper Bilgisayar Sistemleri A.S., Turkey
- Finalist: ARLT Computer Produkte GmbH, Germany
- Finalist: Micro-Star International Co. Ltd., Taiwan
Online Services Partner of the Year
- Winner: Wortell, Netherlands
- Finalist: Kyoritsu Computer & Communication Co. Ltd, Japan
- Finalist: Clearway Technology Partners, United States
Public Sector, Education Partner of the Year
- Winner: Gestar Tecnologia para Educacao, Brazil
- Finalist: K12 Enterprise, United States
- Finalist: Agilix Labs Inc., United States
Public Sector, Government Partner of the Year
- Winner: Infusion, United States
- Finalist: Jaythom Pty Ltd, Australia
- Finalist: Axcentro GmbH, Germany
Public Sector, Health Partner of the Year
- Winner: System C, United Kingdom
- Finalist: Eurodata Systems, United Kingdom
- Finalist: gloStream, United States
Public Sector, Public Safety & National Security Partner of the Year
- Winner: Geodan, Netherlands
- Finalist: MIGESA, Mexico
- Finalist: E-Sponder LLC, United States
Small Business Specialist Partner of the Year
- Winner: Harbor Computer Services, United States
- Finalist: Quadrasystems.net, India
- Finalist: NCI Technologies, United Kingdom
SOA and Business Process Partner of the Year
- Winner: Expertime, France
- Finalist: QLogitek, Canada
- Finalist: Xterprise Inc., United States
Software Asset Management Partner of the Year
- Winner: Concorde Solutions Ltd., United Kingdom
- Finalist: Softwaremanagement.org, Germany
- Finalist: Business Connexion, South Africa
Software-plus-Services Partner of the Year
- Winner: Avalara Inc., United States
- Finalist: Infusion, United States
- Finalist: Neudesic LLC, United States
Unified Communications Solutions, Instant Messaging/Presence/Conferencing/Voice Partner of the Year
- Winner: Enabling Technologies Corp., United States
- Finalist: Ensyst Pty Ltd., Australia
- Finalist: Eurodata Systems, United Kingdom
Unified Communications Solutions, Messaging Partner of the Year
- Winner: Janalent, United States
- Finalist: EMC Corporation, United States
- Finalist: Enabling Technologies Corp., United States
Windows Azure Platform Partner of the Year
- Winner: Lokad, France
- Finalist: Active Web Solutions Ltd., United Kingdom
- Finalist: Cumulux, United States
About Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference
Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference provides Microsoft's partner community with access to key marketing and business strategies, leadership, and information regarding specific customer solutions designed to help partners succeed in the marketplace. Along with informative learning opportunities covering sales, marketing, services and technology, the Worldwide Partner Conference is an ideal setting for partners to garner valuable knowledge from their peers and from Microsoft. More information can be found at http://www.digitalwpc.com and on the Partner Network home page at http://microsoftpartnernetwork.com.
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