Microsoft gibt Partner des Jahres bekannt

Microsoft hat die Gewinner und Finalisten der diesjährigen "Partner of the Year Awards" bekannt gegeben. Verliehen wird die Auszeichnung auf der Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington/D.C., welche vom 13. bis 17. Juli stattfindet.

Insgesamt verleiht Microsoft Auszeichnungen in 46 Kategorien. Zur Auswahl standen 2800 Partner aus über 117 Ländern. Hauptkriterien waren der Einsatz für die Kunden, der Einfluss auf die jeweiligen Lösungsmärkte und Alleinstellungsmerkmale bei der Nutzung von Microsoft-Produkten.

Die Gewinner der jeweiligen Kategorien: (Sämtliche Preisträger finden sich auf der Webseite der Partnerkonferenz):

Office and SharePoint App Developer Partner of the Year
• Winner: DocuSign

Windows 8 App Developer Partner of the Year
• Winner: Dell

Humanitarian Response Citizenship
• Winner: SELA Canada

Innovative Technology for Good Citizenship
• Winner: NV Interactive

YouthSpark Citizenship
• Winner: Teleios Systems

Cloud Partner of the Year — Enterprise Customers
• Winner: Caase.com

Cloud Partner of the Year — Excellence
• Winner: Ensyst

Cloud Partner of the Year — Packaged Solutions
• Winner: Cloudamour Limited

Cloud Partner of the Year — Small and Medium Business
• Winner: Object Consulting

Application Development Partner of the Year
• Winner: Infusion

Application Lifecycle Management Partner of the Year
• Winner: nFocus testing

Application Integration Partner of the Year
• Winner: Breeze

Business Intelligence Partner of the Year
• Winner: OSIsoft

Data Platform Partner of the Year
• Winner: CSK WinTechnology Corporation

Collaboration and Content Partner of the Year
• Winner: Webzavod

Communications Partner of the Year
• Winner: Orange Business Services

Messaging Partner of the Year
• Winner: Binary Tree, Inc.

Project and Portfolio Management Partner of the Year
• Winner: Sensei Project Solutions, Inc.

Devices and Deployment Partner of the Year
• Winner: Wortell

Intelligent Systems Partner of the Year
• Winner: CGI IT UK Limited

Management and Virtualization Partner of the Year
• Winner: Convergent Computing (CCO)

Server Platform Partner of the Year
• Winner: CommVault

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Partner of the Year
• Winner: Hitachi Solutions America Ltd.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Partner of the Year
• Winner: HSO Group

Digital Advertising Partner of the Year
• Winner: Advance Digital

Distributor Partner of the Year
• Winner: Tech Data Europe

Hosting Partner of the Year
• Winner: Triple C Cloud Computing Ltd. & TeamNetcom Ltd.

Learning Partner of the Year
• Winner: Algebra

Mobility Partner of the Year
• Winner: Accenture/Avanade

OEM Device Partner of the Year
• Winner: COMPAX

Software Asset Management (SAM) Partner of the Year
• Winner: Softcat Ltd

Identity and Security (Access) Partner of the Year
• Winner: Oxford Computer Group

Volume Licensing Partner of the Year
• Winner: Brasoftware

Midmarket Solution Provider Partner of the Year
• Winner: Comping

Small Business Partner of the Year
• Winner: Bitscape Infotech Pvt Ltd

Microsoft Dynamics Industry Partner of the Year
• Winner: Edgewater Fullscope

Microsoft Dynamics Cloud Partner of the Year
• Winner: Zero2Ten

Public Sector Partner of the Year — Education
• Winner: ITWORX

Public Sector Partner of the Year — Government
• Winner: HP Enterprise Services UK Ltd

Public Sector Partner of the Year — Health
• Winner: Winvision

Public Sector Partner of the Year — Public Safety/National Security
• Winner: AvePoint

Public Sector Partner of the Year — CityNext
• Winner: ICONICS

Sales Specialist Partner of the Year
• Winner: Geno Ceci of ePlus Technology, inc.

Pre-Sales Technical Specialist of the Year
• Winner: Graham Quinn of Auxilion (I.T. Alliance Group)

Alliance SI Partner of the Year
• Winner: Accenture/Avanade

Alliance ISV Partner of the Year
• Winner: Sitecore