
Microsoft 2010 Partner Awards - winners revealed
A total of 18 companies took home gongs from a wide range of categories in a special awards ceremony held in Auckland tonight.
Microsoft said, “Once again, the awards demonstrated how original Kiwi thinking and expertise, partnered with Microsoft products can deliver huge bene?ts to businesses, communities and individuals all over the country. Thank you and congratulations to our 50 ?nalists and our 21 category winners.”
The full list of winners is:
- Application Platform Solution of the Year - Datacraft (NZ)
- Enterprise Content Management Solution of the Year - Enlighten Designs
- Portals and Collaboration Solution of the Year - Intergen
- Core Infrastructure Solution of the Year - Datasouth Business Solutions
- CRM Solution of the Year - OA Systems
- ERP Solution of the Year - Koorb Consulting
- Small Business Solution of the Year - Kinetics
- Citizenship Solution of the Year – Intergen, Provoke
- Solutions Architect of the Year - Carl Whitehead (Datacom)
- Partners Choice CIO of the Year - Rob McNaughtan (Mighty River Power)
- Distributor of the Year - Express Data
- Reseller of the Year – Gen-i
- Online Services Partner of the Year - Provoke
- Partnering of the Year Award - Markinson & Appserv
- Business Impact Solution of the Year - Enlighten Designs
- ISV Solution of the Year - Serko Online
- Platform Value Partner of the Year – Gen-i
- Uni?ed Communications Solution of the Year - Integral-Axon
- Learning Solutions Partner of the Year - Auldhouse
- MSN Advertising Partner of the Year - PHDIQ
Update: Read The Channel's Alternative Microsoft 2010 Partner Awards winners here.
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