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The Gold Club

  • October 01, 2007
As any company that has earned the distinction can tell you, achieving Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status is no easy feat. Congratulations to the following organizations that have recently joined Microsoft's top partner group:

AdvancedMD Inc.
Based: Salt Lake City, Utah
Line of Business: Provider of Web-based medical billing and practice-management software
Founded: 1999
Became Gold Certified: May 2007
Competencies: Advanced Infrastructure and ISV/Software Solutions
www.advancedmd.com

Attus Technologies Inc.
Based: Charlotte, N.C.
Line of Business: Provider of software and services for regulatory compliance, security and fraud prevention
Founded: 1998
Became Gold Certified: August 2007
Competencies: ISV/Software and Networking Infrastructure Solutions
www.attustech.com

CoCreate Software Inc.
Based: Fort Collins, Colo.
Line of Business: Provider of CAD, data-management and product-lifecycle management (PLM) softwar
Founded: 2000 (previously part of Hewlett-Packard Development Co.)
Became Gold Certified: July 2007
Competency: ISV/Software Solutions
www.cocreate.com

Courion Corp.
Based: Framingham, Mass.
Line of Business: Provider of enterprise provisioning and access-compliance solutions
Founded: 1996
Became Gold Certified: June 2007
Competencies: Advanced Infrastructure, Business Process/Integration and Networking Infrastructure Solutions
www.courion.com

DataArt Inc.
Based: New York, N.Y.
Line of Business: Provider of enterprise application development, system integration and business automation tools
Founded: 1997
Became Gold Certified: June 2007
Competency: Data Management Solutions; also a Small Business Specialist
www.dataart.com

Merit Solutions Inc.
Based: Wheaton, Ill.
Line of Business: Provider of business application software, consulting and development services
Founded: 1999
Became Gold Certified: December 2006
Competencies: Business Process/Integration and Microsoft Business Solutions
www.meritsolutions.com

If your company has recently become Gold Certified for the first time, share the news in RCP! E-mail announcements with the information listed above to Executive Editor Anne Stuart at [email protected] with "Gold Club" in the subject line. Note that all Gold Club listings will be verified with Microsoft.

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