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Microsoft Awards Top Performing Partners at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

LOS ANGELES — July 13, 2011 — Today, at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2011 in Los Angeles, Microsoft Corp. honored the strongest performing Microsoft Dynamics partners for demonstrating significant customer impact by developing and delivering innovation solutions that help customers drive their businesses forward.

“This is the time of year when we get together to recognise and celebrate the achievements of the top Dynamics partners,” said Doug Kennedy, vice president, Microsoft Dynamics Partners. “As a partner-centric business, the success of Microsoft Dynamics is directly dependent upon the expertise, commitment and performance of our partners. The quality and depth of the our channel is envied in the marketplace; therefore, the annual Microsoft Dynamics award winners are clearly an elite set of partners — the best of the best. On behalf of Microsoft, I thank our award winners and congratulate them for their achievements this past year and for their dedication and support of Microsoft Dynamics applications.”

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At WPC 2011, 12 Microsoft Dynamics partners were recognised with the Microsoft WPC 2011 Awards. More than 397 partners worldwide submitted nominations for their solutions, and award winners and finalists were selected from this group based on their innovative use of Microsoft Dynamics to deliver strategic and valuable solutions that meet diverse customer needs. The Microsoft WPC 2011 award recipients for Customer Relationship Management are:

• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Solution of the Year: proMX GmbH
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Partner of the Year: Hitachi Consulting
• Microsoft Dynamics Cloud Business Excellence: Zero2Ten Inc.
• Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace Solution Excellence: InsideView Inc.

Out of thousands of partners, Microsoft also honored 12 resellers with the 2011 Microsoft Dynamics Regional Reseller of the Year award, and 8 independent software vendors (ISVs) were awarded the 2011 Microsoft Dynamics Regional ISV of the Year award. In addition, select top performers were honored from the Microsoft Dynamics channel, including Logica Sverige AB, named the Microsoft Dynamics Outstanding Reseller of the Year, and Veripark, named the Microsoft Dynamics Outstanding ISV of the Year. Several key criteria were considered when selecting Microsoft Dynamics Certified Partners for this special recognition, including outstanding sales performance, thorough technological expertise on Microsoft Dynamics products and services, a consistently high level of customer satisfaction, and feedback from Microsoft team members. The European performance-based Microsoft Dynamics Regional Partner of the Year award recipients are as follows:

• Microsoft Dynamics Outstanding Reseller of the Year: Logica Sverige AB
• Microsoft Dynamics Reseller of the Year for Central and Eastern Europe: GMCS Verex
• Microsoft Dynamics Reseller of the Year for France: Absys Cyborg SA
• Microsoft Dynamics Reseller of the Year for Germany: COSMO CONSULT GmbH
• Microsoft Dynamics Reseller of the Year for United Kingdom: 2e2 UK Limited
• Microsoft Dynamics Reseller of the Year for Western Europe: Columbus IT Partner A/S

• Microsoft Dynamics Outstanding ISV of the Year: Veripark
• Microsoft Dynamics ISV of the Year for France: 3LI Business Solutions
• Microsoft Dynamics ISV of the Year for Germany: Modus Consult AG
• Microsoft Dynamics ISV of the Year for Western Europe: Dynamics Software B.V.

During the recognition ceremony, a select group of Microsoft Dynamics partners were named to the Inner Circle for Microsoft Dynamics and the Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club. Inner Circle for Microsoft Dynamics represents an elite group of the most strategic Microsoft Dynamics partners from around the globe with sales achievement that ranks them in the highest echelon of the Microsoft Dynamics global network of partners. These partners are recognised for their exceptional overall company performance in delivering valuable solutions to Microsoft Dynamics customers. Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club honors high-performing Microsoft Dynamics partners with a commitment to customers reflected in their business success and growth.

Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference provides Microsoft’s partner community with 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 partners to garner valuable knowledge from their peers and from Microsoft.

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