Microsoft 2010 Country Partner of the Year - New Zealand
Intergen wins Citizenship Solution of the Year and Portals and Collaboration Solution of the Year at the Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards and Country Partner of the Year award at this year's Worldwide Partner Conference.
What a fantastic award to win. It is the second time that Intergen has received a Partner of the Year award from Microsoft and it is something that we’re extremely proud of.
The win is, in no small part, the result of a huge amount of energy and enthusiasm shown by everyone at Intergen for implementing great solutions for our clients based on Microsoft technologies. It’s really no exaggeration to say that we live and breathe Microsoft – from our participation in early adopter programmes, through to the work we do for Microsoft, and right through to the long-term support and maintenance of solutions we deliver to our clients. We invest heavily in training and qualifi cations for our staff and support a wide range of Microsoft initiatives, delivering hundreds of projects each year. It is great to receive recognition from our most significant business partner.
We were also particularly pleased to be one of only three partners in the Asia Pacifi c region to make the Microsoft Dynamics Inner Circle. We have worked very hard over the past few years to grow a fantastic Dynamics business. It is very satisfying to know that not only do we have a team that stands out in New Zealand but that we stand out as a success in our region.
This comes at a time when we are increasing the amount of work we are doing across the region, with projects currently in progress in Perth, Sydney and Brisbane, and with one recently completed in Singapore.
The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference is always a highlight of the year. It is a great opportunity to reflect on the direction of the information technology market and the role the products and services from Microsoft play. We have the opportunity to meet with Microsoft executives and gain additional insight in to Microsoft’s direction and to validate our strategies against theirs.
The cloud features very heavily in everyone’s future. Although many end-users appear to be somewhat tentative, it is hard to dispute that, at the very least, some of the current offerings make real economic sense. The amount of investment and attention these offerings are receiving internationally indicate that we are moving very quickly towards a completely new paradigm. We are currently moving Intergen to the cloud. We believe that what is good for our clients must also be good for us. This move will save us real money and will be a great case study for large BPOS implementations in New Zealand.
We have a lot of great stories in this edition of SMARTS. I hope you enjoy reading some of them and, as always, please feel free to contact any of the authors if you would like to discuss anything with them.
tony.stewart@intergen.co.nz