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Microsoft announces finalists for the 2011 Microsoft NZ Partner Awards

Monday 31 October 2011, 8:28AM

By Microsoft NZ

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Microsoft New Zealand today announced the finalists for the 2011 Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards.

The Awards recognise the exemplary work of Microsoft Partners and the impressive solutions they create. Microsoft Partners are able to showcase their work to peers, increase their brand recognition and promote their success among customers.

“This is the fifth year we’ve held the New Zealand Partner Awards and Partners have definitely raised the bar. The high calibre of work is reflected in the number of quality entries submitted this year. We received a number of first-time entries and have a great mix of finalists,” says Chris Ichter, Director Small, Midmarket Solutions & Partners Group for Microsoft New Zealand.

The 2011 Partner Awards contain 23 awards split into four sub-categories – Solution Awards, Individual Awards, Partner Awards and Supreme Awards. This year’s ceremony features a number of new Award Categories which align with Microsoft’s World Wide Partner Awards.

“The idea is to acknowledge the great work of our local partners and encourage winners to enter solutions into the 2012 World Wide Partner Awards. Our New Zealand Partner community is strong, and we want to celebrate their work both locally and on the world stage,” says Ichter.

The 2011 Microsoft Partner Awards will be held at the new Viaduct Events Centre on 17th November from 7:00pm.

Each finalist will receive two complimentary tickets to the awards evening with additional tickets available for purchase at $171.35 (inclusive of GST). Tickets can be purchased from the Microsoft Partner Awards website.

2011 Microsoft Partner Awards finalists:

Solution Awards
Core Infrastructure

· Desktop Deployment Solution of the Year

o Fujitsu, Gen-i and Softsource

· Virtualisation and Management Solution of the Year

o Datacom, Lexel Systems and Softsource

· Hosting and Data Centre solution of the Year

o Dimension Data and Softsource



Application Platform

· Business Intelligence Solution of the Year

o Datacom, Enlighten Designs and Montage Business Intelligence

· Web Development Solution of the Year

o Enlighten Designs, Intergen and NV Interactive

· Windows Azure Platform Solution of the Year

o Contrast Media, GreenButton and Intergen



People and Productivity

· Portals and Collaboration Solution of the Year

o Enlighten Designs, Intergen and Provoke

· Unified Communications Solution of the Year

o Dimension Data, Gen-i and Provoke

· Windows Phone Solution of the Year

o Marker Ltd(A), Marker Ltd(B) and Touch Maniacs



Business Applications

· Dynamics CRM Solution of the Year

o Fujitsu, Intergen and Magnetism

· Dynamics ERP Solution of the Year

o Intergen, Koorb Consulting and Theta Systems


Individual Awards

· Solutions Architect of the Year

o Dimension Data, Elite Business Systems and GreenButton

· Partners’ Choice CIO of the Year

o Dimension Data, Enlighten Designs and Theta Systems



Partner Awards

· MSN Advertising Partner of the Year

o Winner to be announced at Awards Ceremony

· MSN Campaign of the Year

o Winner to be announced at Awards Ceremony

· Distributor of the Year

o Express Data and Ingram Micro

· Reseller of the Year

o Dimension Data, Gen-i and Lexel Systems

· Training Solutions Experience of the Year

o ACE Training(A), ACE Training(B) and Kinetics Group

· Online Services Partner of the Year

o Kinetics Group, Provoke and Quay Corporate



Supreme Awards

· BizSpark Partner of the Year

o Contrast Media, GreenButton, Help4U, Pingar

· Citizenship Solution of the Year

o Enlighten Designs, NV Interactive and Provoke

· Software Exporter of the Year

o Agile, GreenButton, SERKO Limited and Vista Entertainment Solutions

· Small Business Solution of the Year

o Fujitsu, Kinetics Group(A) and Kinetics Group(B)


Please note finalists are listed in alphabetical order and in no way relate to the results of the awards judging.
Visit www.microsoft.co.nz/partnerawards for more information.