REDMOND, Wash. — June 2, 2015 — Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced the winners and finalists of the Microsoft 2015 Partner of the Year Awards. The annual awards celebrate top Microsoft partners that are demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. Award winners and finalists, chosen out of nominations from around the world, will be recognized at the 2015 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference taking place July 12–16, 2015, in Orlando, Fla.
This year, Microsoft recognized partners in 43 categories that celebrate each of the core partner competencies, including cloud technology, public sector, citizenship, sales excellence and many more. More than 2,300 entries were collected from 108 different countries worldwide; the award finalists and winners were selected from a group of nominations based on their commitment to customers, their solution’s market impact and exemplary use of Microsoft technologies.
“The 2015 Partner of the Year Award winners and finalists honor our top partners that demonstrate excellence in providing solutions and value to our mutual customers,” said Phil Sorgen, corporate vice president, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft. “This year’s award winners and finalists are among the most innovative our partner ecosystem has to offer. Congratulations to each winner on this incredible achievement.”
Categories, winners and finalists appear below. A complete list, including the Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award winners for 2015, is available at https://mspartner.microsoft.com/en/us/Pages/WPC/awards.aspx.
Alliance Partner of the Year
- Winner: Accenture/Avanade
Global Commercial ISV Alliance Partner of the Year
- Winner: GE Healthcare
Application Development Partner of the Year
- Winner: Lieberman Software
- Finalist: Comping
- Finalist: Fino Consulting
- Finalist: Open Text Corporation
Application Integration Partner of the Year
- Winner: nVisionIT
- Finalist: Cognizant Technology Solutions
- Finalist: Fusionex
- Finalist: Mexia Consulting
Application Lifecycle Management Partner of the Year
- Winner: Readify
- Finalist: Centare
- Finalist: Commentor A/S
- Finalist: Sogeti Nederland B.V.
Big Data and Analytics Partner of the Year
- Winner: Neudesic
- Finalist: Artis Consulting
- Finalist: Neal Analytics
- Finalist: Sogeti
Business Intelligence Partner of the Year
- Winner: BizData
- Finalist: Allen
- Finalist: Bismart
- Finalist: Hitachi Solutions
Cloud Customer Relationship Management Partner of the Year
- Winner: PowerObjects
- Finalist: OnDemand4U GmbH
- Finalist: Sonoma Partners
- Finalist: Zero2Ten
Cloud Packaged Solutions Partner of the Year
- Winner: SADA Systems Inc.
- Finalist: Energy Time
- Finalist: Syvantis Technologies, Inc.
- Finalist: Technopolis
Cloud Platform: Application Innovation Partner of the Year
- Winner: VMob
- Finalist: Icertis Inc
- Finalist: Orckestra
- Finalist: SOLOMO Technology, Inc.
Cloud Platform: Customer Focus Partner of the Year
- Winner: bluesource
- Finalist: Beijing Youyun Tianxia Information & Technology Co., Ltd
- Finalist: Capax Global
- Finalist: Intergrupo
Cloud Productivity Partner of the Year
- Winner: Kloud
- Finalist: Quadrasystems.net (India) Private Limited
- Finalist: SADA Systems Inc.
- Finalist: Sulava Oy
Collaboration and Content Partner of the Year
- Winner: AvePoint, Inc.
- Finalist: BlueMetal
- Finalist: BrightStarr
- Finalist: Content and Code
Communications Partner of the Year
- Winner: Enabling Technologies Corp.
- Finalist: Accenture/Avanade
- Finalist: IComm Australia
- Finalist: Migesa S.A. de C.V.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Partner of the Year
- Winner: Accenture/Avanade
- Finalist: eBECS
- Finalist: Hitachi Solutions
- Finalist: mcaConnect, LLC
Data Platform Partner of the Year
- Winner: Scalability Experts
- Finalist: Accenture/Avanade
- Finalist: CommVault
- Finalist: Noxum GmbH
Devices and Deployment Partner of the Year
- Winner: Sogeti
- Finalist: CANCOM GmbH
- Finalist: Data#3 Limited
- Finalist: RealDolmen
Digital Advertising Partner of the Year
- Winner: Advance Digital
- Finalist: ResourceiT Consulting Ltd
Distributor Partner of the Year
- Winner: Tech Data Europe
- Finalist: ALSO Deutschland GmbH
- Finalist: Computer Gross
- Finalist: SYNNEX Corporation
Enterprise Mobility Partner of the Year
- Winner: Oxford Computer Group LLC
- Finalist: CDW
- Finalist: Kloud
- Finalist: Project Leadership Associates
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Partner of the Year
- Winner: mcaConnect, LLC
- Finalist: Azzure IT
- Finalist: Columbus
- Finalist: Tribridge
Hosting Partner of the Year
- Winner: Rackspace
- Finalist: Datapipe
- Finalist: GoDaddy
- Finalist: Extrinsica Global
Innovative Technology for Good Citizenship Partner of the Year
- Winner: alligatortek
- Finalist: Gap Consulting
- Finalist: Ignify
- Finalist: LiveArena
Intelligent Systems Partner of the Year
- Winner: Harman
- Finalist: BlueMetal
- Finalist: NEC Corporation
- Finalist: VMob
Learning Partner of the Year
- Winner: QA Limited
- Finalist: CTU Training Solutions
- Finalist: Global Knowledge
Messaging Partner of the Year
- Winner: Convergent Computing (CCO)
- Finalist: Dell
- Finalist: Wipro Technologies
Microsoft Dynamics Industry Partner of the Year
- Winner: UXC Eclipse
- Finalist: Edgewater Fullscope
- Finalist: Hitachi Solutions
- Finalist: VeriPark
Modern Datacenter: Customer Focus Partner of the Year
- Winner: Dimension Data
- Winner: Cisco
- Winner: NetApp
- Finalist: Hewlett Packard
- Finalist: Infront Consulting Group (M) Sdn Bhd
- Finalist: Technology Effect
Modern Datacenter: Hybrid Partner of the Year
- Winner: Convergent Computing (CCO)
- Finalist: CDW
- Finalist: CommVault
- Finalist: OCSL
OEM Device Partner of the Year
- Winner: TrekStor GmbH
- Finalist: Exertis
- Finalist: Yifang Digital Technology Co., LTD.
Office and SharePoint Application Development Partner of the Year
- Winner: Nintex
- Finalist: DocuSign, Inc
- Finalist: harmon.ie
- Finalist: K2
Open Source on Azure Partner of the Year
- Winner: Alter Way
- Finalist: Chef
- Finalist: Omega software
- Finalist: Sela group
Project and Portfolio Management Partner of the Year
- Winner: Projectum
- Finalist: Corporate Project Solutions
- Finalist: Sensei Project Solutions
- Finalist: TPG The Project Group
Public Sector: CityNext Partner of the Year
- Winner: LeapThought NZ Ltd
- Finalist: Atos
- Finalist: Intervate
- Finalist: Ireckon
Public Sector: Education Partner of the Year
- Winner: IAM Cloud
- Finalist: GeoGebra
- Finalist: Innofactor Plc
- Finalist: New Era IT Ltd
Public Sector: Government Partner of the Year
- Winner: Advanced Digital Systems, Inc. (d/b/a “Mi-Co”)
- Finalist: Data#3 Limited
- Finalist: OGD ict-diensten
- Finalist: Outsourcery
Public Sector: Health Partner of the Year
- Winner: Rapid Circle
- Finalist: Caase.com
- Finalist: Cloud2 Ltd
- Finalist: SELA Canada
Public Sector: Public Safety and National Security Partner of the Year
- Winner: Black Marble
- Finalist: Innofactor Plc
- Finalist: Intergraph Corporation
- Finalist: Softec International
Small & Midmarket Cloud Solutions Partner of the Year
- Winner: Adactit
- Finalist: Bitscape Infotech Pvt Ltd
- Finalist: Paradigm Systems Ltd
- Finalist: TINCORP
Software Asset Management (SAM) Partner of the Year
- Winner: COMPAREX
- Finalist: Fritz & Macziol GmbH
- Finalist: Infraware
- Finalist: Universal Management Solutions
Volume Licensing Partner of the Year
- Winner: COMPAREX
- Finalist: Crayon Group
- Finalist: SHI International Corp
- Finalist: Softwareone
Windows 8 Custom App Developer Partner of the Year
- Winner: Black Marble
- Finalist: Bluefragments
- Finalist: Connecting Software
- Finalist: Marker Metro Limited
YouthSpark Citizenship Partner of the Year
- Winner: Global Knowledge
- Finalist: MReady
- Finalist: InterSoftware
- Finalist: MReady
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