Six Australian companies will step up onto the winners' podium at Microsoft’s annual 2009 Partner of the Year awards.
Almost 2000 entries were submitted from around the world, with Dimension Data winning in three separate categories. The awards ceremony will be held during the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 in New Orleans, America from July 13 to July 16.
According to Microsoft’s corporate vice president of the Worldwide Partner Group, Allison Watson, the winners and finalists had “demonstrated a superior level of expertise as well as a focus on delivering customer value”.
The Australian winners and finalists are:
- Custom Development Solutions, Application Infrastructure Development Partner of the Year Winner: Kiandra System Solutions, Australia Finalist: Programmer’s, Brazil Finalist: EMC, United States
- Information Worker Solutions, Office Deployment Partner of the Year Winner: Dimension Data, Australia Finalist: AccTech Systems, South Africa Finalist: Citrix Systems, United States
- ISV/Software Solutions Innovation Partner of the Year Winner: Zap, Australia Finalist: Mamut, Norway Finalist: Upside Software, Canada
- Large Account Reseller Partner of the Year Winner: Dimension Data, Australia Finalist: CDW, United States Finalist: Softchoice, Canada
- Licensing Solutions, Software Asset Management Partner of the Year Winner: Dimension Data, Australia Finalist: Phoenix Software, United Kingdom Finalist: IPR-Insights, Hungary
- Mobility Solutions Integration Partner of the Year Winner: Ensyst, Australia Finalist: JL Mobile Systems, United States Finalist: Logotec Engineering, Poland
- Security Solutions, Infrastructure Security Partner of the Year Winner: Data#3, Australia Finalist: CMS Consulting, Canada Finalist: Sapphire Technologies, United Kingdom
- Small Business Specialist Partner of the Year Winner: Evolve IT, Australia Finalist: Bulletproof InfoTech, Canada Finalist: Quadrasystems.net, India
- Information Worker Solutions, Office Solutions Development Partner of the Year Winner: CDC Software Corporation, Canada Finalist: MacroView Business Technology, Australia Finalist: Bitscape IT Solutions, India
- Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Systems Management Partner of the Year Winner: CDW, United States Finalist: Dimension Data, Australia Finalist: Accenture and Avanade, United States
- Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Windows Desktop Deployment Partner of the Year Winner: Compugen, Canada Finalist: Dimension Data, Australia Finalist: SIVECO Romania, Romania
- Global ISV Technology Innovation Partner of the Year Winner: FullArmor, United States Finalist: Schlumberger, United States Finalist: iSoft, Australia
- Licensing Solutions, License Delivery Partner of the Year Winner: DAQUAS, Czech Republic Finalist: Softmart Management Services, United States Finalist: Dimension Data, Australia
- Microsoft Dynamics AX Partner of the Year Winner: Hitachi Consulting, United States Finalist: Fullscope, United States Finalist: Eclipse Computing, Australia
