Dimension Data announced it won two 2012 Microsoft Global Partner awards, including an award for Microsoft Messaging Partner of the Year and for Microsoft Learning Competency Marketing Excellence Partner of the Year.
The company was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft’s technology.
Commenting on the awards, Bradley Bunch, General Manager: Microsoft Solutions, Dimension Data Middle East and Africa, said Dimension Data is proud to receive these awards.
“Being recognised for extraordinary achievement for our work with Microsoft Exchange, migrating our clients from competitive platforms, optimising existing deployments, and moving clients to the cloud – and delivering compelling Microsoft Learning solutions – confirms our dedication to addressing our clients’ business needs with innovative offerings based on Microsoft technologies,” Bunch said.
The awards were presented in multiple categories, with winners chosen from nearly 3,000 entrants worldwide.
“We are pleased to recognise Dimension Data as the Microsoft Messaging Partner of Year. Dimension Data’s ability to deliver flexibility and cost reductions to its customers through advanced messaging deployments, hybrid solutions and cloud based offerings of Exchange has positioned them to win customers over from various competing messaging platforms,” said Kirk Gregersen, general manager, Microsoft Office Division.
Lutz Ziob, general manager, Microsoft Learning, added that Dimension Data Learning Services (DDLS) delivered exceptional efforts in helping Microsoft expand partners’ skills.
During the past year, DDLS has led the development of learning solutions for channel partners to gain the skills, certifications, and competencies needed to adopt key Microsoft technologies, resulting in a 21 percent increase in their certification business and 18 percent increase in courseware business, according to Ziob.
Dimension Data was also named global finalist in the categories Services Partner of the Year Outstanding Collaboration, Support Partner of the Year, and Corporate Account Virtualisation Data Centre Services Partner of the Year.
Dimension Data India was also named Microsoft’s Country of the Year.
The Microsoft Partner Awards recognises Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions during the past year.
