Microsoft 'Partner of the Year' Winners Announced
Microsoft on Monday published its list of Partner of the Year Award winners and finalists for 2012. The awards will be handed out next month at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto. The awards this year cover 74 categories. In all, 68 companies won worldwide category awards. Leading the multiple-award-winning companies was Capgemini, which took three awards counting two by its wholly-owned subsidiary Sogeti. Double-award winners were Accenture/Avanade, New Signature, SoftwareONE and Wortell. The list of winners is posted below. Lists that include finalists and country award winners can be found on Microsoft's site.
Alliance ISV Industry Partner of the Year: OpenText
Alliance Advanced Infrastructure Partner of the Year: Citrix
Alliance Application Platform Partner of the Year: Accenture/Avanade
Alliance Cloud Innovation Partner of the Year:
Sogeti
Application Integration Partner of the Year: Breeze Training and Consultancy
Application Lifecycle Management Partner of the Year: Invit
Authorized Distributor Partner of the Year:
ETC
BizSpark Partner of the Year: Soluto
Business Intelligence Partner of the Year: Fusionex
Citizenship Humanitarian Response Partner of the Year:
NV Interactive
Citizenship Innovative Nonprofit (NGO) Capacity Building Partner of the Year:
Olidata
Citizenship Opportunities for Youth Partner of the Year:
New Signature
Communications Market Acceleration Partner of the Year: Hewlett-Packard
Communications Technology Partner of the Year:
Avtex
Content Management Partner of the Year: Concurrency Inc.
Corporate Account Virtualization Data Center Services Partner of the Year:
Infront Consulting Group
Corporate Accounts LAR Partner of the Year:
SoftwareONE
Data Platform Partner of the Year:
Systemgroup Consulting Inc.
Desktop Partner of the Year:
Insight Enterprises Inc.
Digital Marketing Partner of the Year:
Telligent
Exceptional Sales Management Partner of the Year:
Quadra Systems
Hosting Partner of the Year:
Rackspace Hosting
Identity and Security Partner of the Year:
Itergy
Innovative Customer Advocacy Partner of the Year:
Mimecast
ISV/Software Solutions Industry Partner of the Year: Numerix
Learning Competency Marketing Excellence Partner of the Year: DDLS
Learning Competency Training Solution Excellence Partner of the Year: Quickstart Intelligence
Messaging Partner of the Year:
Dimension Data
Microsoft Cloud Partner of the Year:
Infusion
Microsoft Dynamics Cloud Business Excellence Partner of the Year: Zero2Ten
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Partner of the Year:
PowerObjects
Microsoft Dynamics Distribution Industry Partner of the Year:
Blue Horseshoe
Microsoft Dynamics ERP Partner of the Year: INFOMA Software Consulting GmbH
Microsoft Dynamics Financial Services Industry Partner of the Year: Traviata
Microsoft Dynamics Manufacturing Industry Partner of the Year: Edgewater Fullscope Inc.
Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace Solution Excellence Partner of the Year:
ClickDimensions
Microsoft Dynamics Professional Services Industry Partner of the Year: Systems Advisors Group
Microsoft Dynamics Public Sector Partner of the Year: Rock Solid Technologies
Microsoft Dynamics Retail Industry Partner of the Year:
Ignify Inc.
Management and Virtualization Partner of the Year:
Veeam Software
Microsoft Office 365 Commercial Partner of the Year:
Cloud Business
Microsoft Office 365 Innovation Partner of the Year:
Wortell
Microsoft Office 365 Solution Partner of the Year:
Slalom Consulting
Microsoft Services Outstanding Collaboration Partner of the Year: Capgemini
Microsoft Support Partner of the Year: Wortell
Mid-Market Solution Provider Partner of the Year:
Quadra Systems
Mobility Business-to-Business Application Partner of the Year:
FOXit
Mobility Business-to-Consumer Application Partner of the Year: Sequence Collective
Mobility Partner of the Year: Accenture/Avanade
OEM Hardware Reseller Partner of the Year: Micro Center
OEM Hardware System Building Partner of the Year:
Wortmann AG
Outstanding Sales Operations Partner of the Year:
Softchoice Corp.
Portals and Collaboration Partner of the Year:
Foundation SP
Private Cloud Partner of the Year:
NetApp
Project and Portfolio Management Partner of the Year:
SharkPro Software
Public Sector, Education Partner of the Year:
Dell Inc.
Public Sector, Government Partner of the Year: IEG4
Public Sector, Health Partner of the Year: Ascribe
Public Sector, Public Safety and National Security Partner of the Year: iLink Systems
Sales Specialist of the Year: Glenn Williams from Intellinet
Search Partner of the Year: EMC Corp.
Server Platform Partner of the Year: CDW
Small Business Specialist Partner of the Year: eMazzanti Technologies
Software Asset Management Partner of the Year:
Specialist Software Services
Software Asset Management Market Acceleration Partner of the Year: Chengdu Time Carnival Software Technology | (Chengdu Shi Dai Jia Hua)
Software Development Partner of the Year: Readify
Sustainability Partner of the Year: Iconics Inc.
Systems Management Partner of the Year: Catapult Systems
Visio Partner of the Year:
Process4Biz
Volume Licensing Partner of the Year: SoftwareONE Brazil
Web Development Partner of the Year: NV Interactive
Windows Azure ISV Partner of the Year:
Jack Henry & Associates Inc.
Windows Azure SI Partner of the Year: Sogeti
Windows Intune Partner of the Year:
New Signature
Posted by Scott Bekker on June 25, 2012