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Provoke take top Microsoft Partnership Honours

Source: m-net [Ken Lewis]

Microsoft New Zealand's first partnership get-together in this country - the two-day Connectionz conference - wound up last night with a black-tie awards ceremony celebrating the very best Microsoft partnerships at Auckland Museum.

The top overall partnership solution of the year award went to Wellington-based software development company and Microsoft Gold Partner, Provoke. The other premier award - small business partner solution of the year - went to fellow Wellington-based accounting software company, Xero.

There were than 70 entries from the Microsoft New Zealand partner community received across the 13 award categories.

A regular event in Australia, it was the first time a Microsoft partners' conference has been held in New Zealand. Subtitled "All in IT together", the Auckland event featured a line-up of national and international speakers assembled especially for the Microsoft Partner community.

The conference is destined to become a regular New Zealand event with planning already underway for next year's conference.

Other awards recipients were:

  • Information Power: Citizenship: the solution that adds most value
  • Intergen and Maclean Computing: Partnering Award of the Year
  • IGA Systems: Microsoft Technology Advocates
  • Kinetics Group: Small Business Infrastructure Solution of the Year
  • Axon Computer Systems: Infrastructure Solution of the Year
  • Provoke: Business Productivity Solution of the Year
  • Xero: Software Solution of the Year
  • Koorb Consulting: Microsoft Dynamics ERP Solution of the Year
  • Integral Technology Group: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Solution of the Year
  • Auldhouse: Learning Solutions Partner of the Year
  • Axon Computer Systems: Reseller Partner of the Year

There were no nominations for Small Business Productivity Solution of the Year.