Microsoft Gulf has revealed that six business solutions partners from the Gulf have been named to the worldwide Microsoft Dynamics Presidents Club. The partners include Al-Futtaim Technologies; Columbus IT Middle East; Crux Information Technology; Enhanced Engineering and Multi-Technologies; INC Technologies; and Mideast Data Systems.
Membership to the Microsoft Dynamics Presidents Club recognises the top 5% of Dynamics partners worldwide based on exceptional and consistent customer commitment and business performance.
The criteria are designed to recognise partners with the highest overall performance, in addition to driving licence revenue, new customer adds, support renewal and year over year growth. In addition, Columbus IT (Middle East) FC-LLC and Mideast Data Systems were named to the Inner Circle for Microsoft Dynamics. Inner Circle represents an elite group of the most strategic Microsoft Dynamics partners from around the globe whose sales achievements ranks them in the highest echelons of Microsoft Dynamics global network of partners.
“Microsoft is proud to welcome six organisations from the Gulf region into the 2010 Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club,” says Tamer Elhamy, business solutions manager, Microsoft Gulf. “The recognition honors the companies’ commitment to Microsoft and for demonstrating significant customer impact by developing and delivering innovative solutions that help customers drive their businesses forward. This recognition represents the highest achievement attainable by our Microsoft Dynamics partners, and we thank them for their dedication to Microsoft.”
“We are delighted to receive this recognition once again and our success is a testament to the strength of our relationship”, says, Venkat Raghavan, GM at Al-Futtaim Technologies. “This year, we renewed our efforts to enable customers to quickly and easily adopt Microsoft’s business solutions and leverage the benefits of the Dynamics solutions portfolio. The future remains bright for our partnership with Microsoft as we continue to look for new ways to offer customers value and innovation.”
This recognition came at the 2010 edition of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference held in Washington D.C., USA. The award winners were selected out of more than 8,000 Microsoft Dynamics partners worldwide. Some of the pre-requisites that partners must meet to be eligible for the Presidents Club program include:
• Keeping the Business Solutions competency as defined in the Microsoft Partner Programme
• Meeting product certification requirements
• Current on a Microsoft DynamicsPartner Service Plan
• Positive fiscal year on year growth in license revenues
• Positive growth in winning new customers
Membership in the club gives partners access to benefits ranging from joint marketing campaigns to participation at global Microsoft events and regional partner advisory boards.
