groupSPARK Named 2008 Microsoft Partner of the Year for Advanced
Infrastructure Solutions, Hosting Solutions
- Leading Private Label Hosted Exchange Provider Selected from Among an
International Group of Microsoft Partners as Partner of the Year and Proudly
Accepts Award As Premier Provider of Hosted SaaS Solutions -
BURLINGTON, Mass., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- groupSPARK, a Microsoft Gold
Certified Partner and the leading provider of private label hosted software
services including Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services
3.0 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM, today announced that it has been named by
Microsoft as its 2008 Partner of the Year in the Advanced Infrastructure
Solutions, Hosting Solutions category.
The Microsoft Partner of the Year Award recognizes partners in a number of
categories who are industry leaders and have a proven track record of
developing and delivering to their customers best-of-breed, comprehensive
Microsoft-based solutions to help them achieve outstanding business success.
groupSPARK was chosen for this prestigious award from a pool of over 2,000
entrants worldwide. The selection as the top Hosting Solutions Partner was
based on the company's demonstration of both technical and business marketing
innovation. Its integration of Microsoft technology such as Microsoft Exchange
Server, Windows SharePoint Services and Dynamics CRM with proprietary,
industry leading automation tools enables groupSPARK resellers to go to market
more quickly and cost effectively with a full suite of private label hosted
services under their own brands.
"We are pleased to see groupSPARK present reselling partners with
increased opportunity to deliver richer applications and the power of choice,"
said Robert Deshaies, Vice President, U.S. Partner Group, Microsoft Corp.
"Partners of any size can now offer hosted Microsoft Exchange Server based on
groupSPARK's service in as little as 30 minutes to customers using their own
brand, domain, and corporate look-and-feel."
"We are exceptionally honored to be selected from among thousands of
Microsoft partners to receive the 2008 Microsoft Partner of the Year award in
the advanced infrastructure solutions, hosting solutions category," said Ravi
Agarwal, founder and Senior Executive Officer of groupSPARK, a mindSHIFT
company. "We are delighted that Microsoft has publicly recognized our proven
success as the leading provider of private label SaaS applications --
worldwide."
groupSPARK's industry leading Private Label Application Delivery (PLAD)
platform enables resellers to offer hosted Microsoft Exchange Server 2007,
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 completely
under the resellers' brand. This technology is the only one in the industry
that allows for complete private label functionality, including every URL seen
by the end customer. This unique private label capability enables them to go
to market in a significantly shorter amount of time -- 30 minutes -- incurring
significantly less deployment expenses and allowing them to increase customer
retention and monthly recurring revenue. Couple that with outstanding
customer service delivered via live 24 x 7 U.S.-based technical support and
groupSPARK provides an unmatched hosted services solution to its reseller
partners.
About groupSPARK
Located in Burlington, Massachusetts, groupSPARK, a mindSHIFT company, is
the leading provider of SaaS services, such as Microsoft Exchange Server 2007,
Windows SharePoint Services v3.0, and Dynamics CRM, completely private labeled
and resold by partners as a part of their own product offerings, saving
hundreds of thousands of dollars in development and support costs.
Its partners utilize groupSPARK's turnkey private label platform to
provide hosted services to their users in minutes. Partners address
scalability and uptime concerns by leveraging groupSPARK's 100% uptime SLA,
live 24x7 U.S.-based support and proactive hardware and software monitoring
capabilities. For additional information, visit http://www.groupSPARK.com.
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SOURCE groupSPARK
Lisa Masiello of groupSPARK, +1-781-273-6248 ext. 652,
lmasiello@groupspark.com
