Microsoft Partner Conference:

Ten powerful names in IT industry emerge triumphant

Ten prominent names in the IT industry emerged victorious at the "Quality Partners Quality Solutions Awards 2011", Microsoft Sri Lanka's annual Partner Conference and Award ceremony, held recently at the Galadari Hotel celebrating outstanding performance by Microsoft partners in Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

Among the top-notch partner-organizations who were honoured for their outstanding performance were: Tech One Global (Pvt) Ltd. who won the title of "Best Distributor" while DMS Electronics (Pvt) Limited was recognized as the "Best Managed Partner" with H-One (Pvt) Ltd awarded runner-up in this category; "Best 'Attached at Source' COEM Distributor and Named Partner" was won by Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC; H-One (Pvt) Ltd won a second award winning the title of "Best Partner Led Competitive Win Back"; Rose Ware Corporation, a company based in the Maldives bagged two awards that night, winning the titles of "Best Partner - Maldives" and "Best Partner in the Public Sector"; Ceylinco NetAssist PLC won the title of "Best Microsoft Learning Partner."

Among the other leading names that won recognition awards for the exceptional work they have carried out in other technological fronts were; Greenwich Lanka (PVT) Ltd for Unified Communications, DMS Electronics (PVT) Ltd for Unified Communications and Virtualization, E-W Information Systems Ltd in recognition of work carried out in the Public Sector, Metropolitan Computers (PVT) Ltd as 'Attached-at-source' COEM Partner and H-One (PVT) Ltd for Dynamics ERP business.

The winners of the night received highest recognition at the event whilst their team efforts in championing Microsoft products and technologies were applauded.

The event was attended by Microsoft South East Asia, General Manager Jamie Harper who was visiting Sri Lanka for the first time and made this the platform to convey his appreciation for all the remarkable work carried out by our local industry players. He also expressed Microsoft's commitment to gear the entire partner eco-system to embrace future growth opportunities.

Since his recent appointment, Harper, who has held numerous leadership roles in finance, sales and marketing at Microsoft both within the US and internationally. Harper emphasized on the crucial role played by the Microsoft Partner Network and also about Microsoft's commitment towards ensuring that the company maintained and pursued partnerships that matter.

"I've worked in a lot of countries, and I am very, very impressed when I look at the network of partners in Sri Lanka. I've spent a lot of time with other markets that aren't as ahead in terms of their partner community, who hasn't taken the same approach and time that you all have.

"So I would like to say thanks, to this amazing and special group. One of my tasks will be to ensure that this success that's happened in Sri Lanka is replicated in other markets in South East Asia," said Jamie Harper addressing the gathering.

The Microsoft's partner ecosystem is an integral component of Microsoft Sri Lanka's success and plays a key role in driving the company's business goals. Microsoft partners receive a wide range of direct support and training services from Microsoft and in turn, are authorised to deliver Microsoft solutions to end users.