REDMOND, Wash. — July 29, 2014 — Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced the winners and finalists of the Sales Achievement program. Winners and finalists were recognized at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2014, the company’s annual event for industry partners, July 13–17 in Washington, D.C. The Sales Achievement program recognizes global Microsoft partners for achieving exceptional sales results in fiscal year 2014.
“Partners that won this year’s Sales Achievement recognition have demonstrated extraordinary commitment in transforming their businesses to support customers worldwide with Microsoft technology,” said Phil Sorgen, corporate vice president, Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft. “As customers’ needs evolved, these partners made the right investments to grow their businesses with Microsoft and are now well-positioned to take advantage of new opportunities in fiscal year 2015 and beyond.”
Categories, winners and finalists appear below:
Azure Sales Achievement
Winner: Softbank
Finalists: ATEA and NEC Corp.
Cloud LSP Sales Achievement
Co-Winners: Insight Enterprises and SoftwareONE
Finalist: Bytes Technology Group
Corporate Accounts LSP Sales Achievement
Winner: Crayon
Finalists: Comparex and PC Connection
EPG Global ISV Sales Achievement
Winner: Redknee
Finalist: Jeppesen, A Boeing Company
EPG System Integrators Sales Achievement
Winner: Hewlett-Packard Company
Finalist: Dimension Data
Office 365 Sales Achievement
Winner: CDW LLC
Finalists: Adelior France and Phoenix Software Ltd.
OEM MNA Sales Achievement
Winner: Fujitsu
Finalists: Dell and Panasonic
OEM Named Sales Achievement
Winner: Trigem
Finalists: Seiko Epson and Wortmann
SMB Distribution Sales Achievement
Winner: Tech Data Europe
Finalists: ComPortal and Synnex, US
SMB RESELLER Sales Achievement
Winner: PERSPICUITY
Finalists: CCB and Palmetto Technology Group
About the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference
The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference provides Microsoft’s partner community the opportunity to interact with leaders from around the globe: innovative partners, Microsoft team members and tech visionaries. Partners have access to key marketing and business strategies, leadership, and information regarding specific customer solutions designed to help partners succeed in the marketplace. Along with informative learning opportunities covering sales, marketing, services and technology, the Worldwide Partner Conference is an ideal setting for to network with thousands of partners from across the world. Attendees come from over 150 countries and represent many of the most successful, top-tier Microsoft partners. More information can be found at http://www.digitalwpc.com.
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