Digital Leader BGT Partners Attains Gold Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Network

Digital Leader BGT Partners Attains Gold Partner Status in Microsoft Partner
Network
Certification Strengthens BGT's Continued Commitment to Microsoft Technologies

MIAMI, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading global interactive agency BGT Partners
was named a Gold Certified Partner, representing the highest level of
competency in the following Microsoft specializations: Information Worker
Solutions, Mobility Solutions and Networking Infrastructure Solutions. With
this achievement, BGT compliments its comprehensive creative offerings with
Microsoft's unlimited business critical support, pre-sales consultations to
ensure the right technology is selected from the start and immediate access to
the newest Microsoft enhancements and technologies.

"Being a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner reinforces BGT's commitment as an
interactive partner for B2B and B2C companies that can execute advanced
Microsoft technologies," said David Clarke, Founder and Managing Partner of
BGT Partners. "Our Gold Certified Partner status enables us to pass on the
skills and knowledge gained from the partners program directly to our clients,
thus providing them with the best possible solutions."

BGT has worked with Microsoft technologies since the agency's establishment in
1996. As an early adopter of the latest technologies, BGT was one of the first
agencies to deploy highly customized SharePoint sites for enterprise websites,
intranets and extranets. Microsoft competencies are designed to help
differentiate a partner's capabilities with specific technologies to customers
looking for a particular type of solution.

"Customers are looking for partner companies that can bridge the gap between
their business demands and technology capabilities," said Allison Watson,
Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Corporation.
"They need to trust in a company that can act as an expert adviser for their
long-term strategic technology plans. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, which
have certified expertise and direct training and support from Microsoft, can
build a positive customer experience with our technologies."

Andrea Fishman, VP of Global Strategy at BGT, commented on the Gold Certified
Partner status, "BGT's continued dedication to mastering Microsoft
technologies for use with our clients is underlined through our Gold Partner
status," she said. "This certification further emphasizes BGT's combination of
results-oriented interactive solutions and superior technological expertise,
which few agencies can match."

The Microsoft Partner Network was launched in October 2003 and represents
Microsoft's ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The
program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes
partner proficiency, rewards the total impact that partners have in the
technology marketplace and delivers more value to help partners' businesses be
successful.

"We place tremendous value on our partners, who help us deliver solutions and
applications to customers," said Ward Ralston, Group Product Manager for
Windows Server at Microsoft Corp. "Solutions competencies provide an
integrated partnering framework that recognizes an enterprise's expertise and
rewards it for the effect it has in the technology marketplace. It also allows
companies to demonstrate to customers their broad knowledge of building
wide-ranging solutions based on Microsoft technologies, such as setting up
networks using Windows Server 2008 and the Windows Essential Server Solutions
product line."

In the last 18 months, BGT Partners has received numerous honors and
distinctions, making it one of the most award-winning independent interactive
agencies in the world. These honors include recognition from the Web Marketing
Association, the Interactive Media Awards, the Horizon Interactive Awards, the
Communicator Awards, the Webby Awards, the W3 Awards, the Stevies, the League
of American Communications Professionals, the Summit Emerging Media Award and
the IAC.

About BGT Partners

BGT Partners is an independent global interactive marketing agency that helps
companies strengthen their brand and business relationships through digital
marketing and technology solutions. The agency, a Microsoft Gold and Omniture
Certified Partner, creates interactive marketing solutions for clients such as
Florida Power and Light, Office Depot, Ryder, ADP, Sony, Tupperware and FedEx,
among other companies. Founded in 1996, BGT is headquartered in Miami, with
offices in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. BGT has earned the reputation as
one of the Global 2000's foremost professional services firms.

CONTACT:
Andrew Dixon
BGT Partners
Media & Public Relations Manager
305-438-1800 x230
adixon@bgtpartners.com

SOURCE BGT Partners

Andrew Dixon of BGT Partners, Media & Public Relations Manager,
+1-305-438-1800 x230, adixon@bgtpartners.com