2009 Microsoft Central U.S. Partner of the Year 

 

 

Microsoft’s 'Central Region Compete to Win' Award Goes to PointBridge 

PointBridge, a leading Microsoft solutions provider, has been awarded Microsoft’s Compete to Win Award for the Central Region for fiscal year 2009, selected from a field that includes more than 12,000 partner companies across 18 states. The award acknowledges PointBridge’s strong marketing, sales, service and delivery track record.

The Microsoft Compete to Win Award recognized PointBridge’s proven ability to consistently win tough competitive opportunities by demonstrating excellence in selling the value of the Microsoft technology solution set. The award was presented to PointBridge at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference, held this week in New Orleans.

Mike Gersten, Chief Executive Officer of PointBridge, said, “We’re deeply appreciative and proud to earn such a significant accolade from Microsoft.  It’s a testament to the dedication of an exceptionally talented group of professionals who consistently demonstrate the value of Microsoft’s collaboration solutions and deliver on that promise to our customers.”

Mark Kornegay, Central Region General Manager, Microsoft, added, “PointBridge has continually demonstrated the highest levels of innovation, ingenuity and tenacity in its sales, client service and delivery of Microsoft solutions.  PointBridge has proved itself to be a trusted and valued partner to its customers and is absolutely deserving of this regional honor.”

PointBridge has repeatedly earned formal recognition from Microsoft as a leader in the collaboration and communication technology space. Its past Microsoft honors includes:

2009

· Microsoft Online Services Partner of the Year

· First Prize Winner – the Microsoft Business Intelligence Solution contest

2008

· Microsoft Partner of the Year Finalist - Citizenship

· Microsoft Midwest Area Partner Excellence Award - Customer Experience

· Selected to be a Microsoft National System Integrator

· Microsoft U.S. Central Region Partner of the Year – Customer Experience

· Microsoft Midwest Area Partner Excellence Award – Small Business Transformation

2007

· Microsoft U.S. Central Region Partner of the Year

· Microsoft U.S. Partner of the Year for Information Worker Solutions - Portals & Enterprise Content Management

· Microsoft Midwest Area Partner Excellence Award - Marketing

· Selected to join the Microsoft Unified Communications Voice Partner Program

2006

· Microsoft Midwest District Partner Excellence Award

2005

· Microsoft Global Partner of the Year Award - Advanced Infrastructure Solutions

· Microsoft Global Exchange Solution of the Year Award

About PointBridge

PointBridge (www.pointbridge.com) is a consulting company that connects people to people and people to information. The company builds award-winning collaboration and business intelligence solutions with Microsoft technologies including, SharePoint, Exchange, Office Communications Server and SQL Server.

PointBridge is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and was recently named a 2008 Microsoft Citizenship Partner of the Year global finalist and was also recognized as the 2007 Microsoft U.S. Central Region Partner of the Year. The company was also honored in 2005 as the worldwide Microsoft Partner of the Year for Advanced Infrastructure Solutions and won the Microsoft Exchange Solution of the Year award.

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