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Systems Integrators Rush In

I'm not the only one who sees a huge systems integration revenue opportunity coming from Microsoft's stack of unified communications products launched Tuesday. According to Microsoft Business Division President Jeff Raikes, 793 partners achieved the Unified Communications Specialization in the Microsoft Partner Program over the last four months.

For the record, the UC Specialization is part of the Information Worker Competency educational effort. Requirements include three customer references and two employees or contractors who have each passed any one of seven exams.

Posted by Scott Bekker on October 17, 2007 at 11:57 AM


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