Microsoft® Honors PointBridge as Central Region Partner of the Year
Microsoft Corp. recognized PointBridge, a Chicago-based leading Microsoft solutions provider, as partner of the year for the Central U.S. Region, which consists of 18 states and includes more than 12,000 partner companies. PointBridge earned the award for its work in delivering innovative collaboration solutions and driving new business for SharePoint 2007 and Exchange 2007. PointBridge accepted the award at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference held last week in Denver, CO.
"The entire team at PointBridge has truly earned this distinction,” said Geoff Nyheim, vice president of Microsoft’s Central Region Enterprise Business. “PointBridge’s depth of expertise with Microsoft technologies combined with the company’s understanding of our clients' businesses has consistently driven outstanding results."
PointBridge was nominated because of its successful efforts in generating and delivering early adopter implementations of SharePoint 2007 and Exchange 2007. In March this year, Microsoft honored PointBridge with the Midwest District Partner Marketing Excellence Award for the same products. PointBridge was also the only U.S. finalist for Microsoft Partner of the Year globally in the Portals and Enterprise Content Management category. PointBridge attributes all three honors to strategic marketing activities, client-focused solutions, and superior technical resources.
“At PointBridge, we work hard to ensure our customers realize the full benefits of Microsoft’s business productivity tools,” said Mike Gersten, PointBridge CEO. “Being honored by Microsoft as Central Region Partner of the Year further validates that our efforts are having a real impact upon our customers and Microsoft.
About PointBridge, LLC
PointBridge (www.pointbridge.com) leverages Microsoft technologies to enable collaborative work environments that improve business performance. Solutions focus on portals and content management, unified communications, and advanced infrastructure.
Based in Chicago, PointBridge is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Advanced Infrastructure, Information Worker and Security Solutions. PointBridge recently became a 2007 Microsoft Partner of the Year award finalist for Information Worker Solutions. In 2005, PointBridge earned the worldwide designation of Microsoft Partner of the Year for Advanced Infrastructure Solutions and won the Microsoft Exchange Solution of the Year award.
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