Microsoft Announces 2010 Partner of the Year Awards Finalists and Winners

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Awards recognize partners' innovative use of Microsoft technology to exceed customer expectations and solve business problems.

REDMOND, Wash. - June 23, 2010 - 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.

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: Computación 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 Informática, 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 Comércio e Serviços de Informática 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 Educação, 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