Finalists for Microsoft NZ 2015 Partner Awards announced

Finalists for Microsoft NZ 2015 Partner Awards announced

Wave of new businesses entering competition with leading cloud and mobility solutions

AUCKLAND, 25 February 2015 – Microsoft New Zealand announced today the finalists for the 2015 Microsoft Partner Awards.

Now in its eighth year, the annual Partner Awards exists to recognise excellence in the IT sector from those companies that integrate Microsoft solutions into their products and services to accelerate innovation and go above and beyond customer expectations.

Brent Kendrick, Microsoft New Zealand’s SMB and Partner Lead, says there was an impressive range of entries for the 2015 Awards, with a significant increase in new partners who have never competed before pitching their business solutions for consideration.

“The quality of entries this year has been truly outstanding, and shows the extent to which partners have been joining Microsoft on our journey of transformation towards becoming the productivity and platform company for a mobile-first, cloud first world,” he says.

Kendrick congratulated all finalists, and says he looks forward to seeing them at the black tie gala event to be held on 19 March. The event is open to any and all businesses to attend, and tickets can be purchased through the Partner Awards web site, http://www.microsoft.com/nz/partnerawards/

A full list of awards categories follows:

Cloud Awards

• Cloud Enterprise

Finalists: Datacom, Enlighten Designs, Sitecore, SoftSource

• Cloud Platform

Finalists: NV Interactive, Provoke Solutions, Timely, VMob

• Cloud SMB

Finalists: Atmospheric, Kinetics, SoftSource, The Full Suite

• Hosting

Finalists: OneNet, SoftSource, MHA Cloud Computing

Competency Awards: Application Platform

• Data Analytics

Finalists: Enlighten Designs, Montage, Stellar Consulting, Theta

• Windows App Developer

Finalists: Lazyworm Apps, Marker Metro, Joint (NV Interactive and Intergen)

Competency Awards: Business Applications

• CRM

Finalists: Adaptable Solutions, Datacom, Intergen, Koorb

• ERP

Finalists: Intergen, Koorb, Sable37

Competency Awards: Business Productivity

• Collaboration and Content

Finalists: Datacom, Enlighten Designs, Intergen, Leapthought

• Communications

Finalists: Dimension Data, Lexel, UCFX

Competency Awards: Core Infrastructure

• Datacenter

Finalists: Datacom, Spark Digital

• Devices and Deployment

Finalists: Datacom, Dimension Data, Fujitsu

Individual Awards

• Presales Technical Specialist

Finalists: CodeBlue: Henry Min, Provoke Solutions: Alan Marshall, Spark Digital: David Ollason

Segment Awards

• Education

Finalists: Cyclone, New Era IT, pcMedia

• Innovation Technology for Good Citizenship

Finalists: IT Engine, Koorb

• Learning

Finalists: Ace, Auldhouse, Kinetics, pcMedia

• Marketing

Finalists: Intergen, Kinetics, Origin IT, Provoke Solutions

• Rising Star

Finalists: Lazyworm Apps, Origin IT, Timely, VMob

• Volume Licensing

Finalists: Fujitsu, Insight, Northcom ICT, Spark Digital

For more information on the 2015 Microsoft NZ Partner Awards, visit http://www.microsoft.com/nz/partnerawards/

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