Microland Wins 2012 Microsoft Infrastructure Partner Award of the Year

BANGALORE, October 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Microland Clinches the Award for the Eighth Consecutive Year

Microland Limited, leading IT Infrastructure Services Provider, today proudly announced that it has won the 2012 Microsoft Infrastructure Partner of The Year. The award was achieved as a result of Microland demonstrating exceptional business success by optimizing the use of Microsoft Infrastructure products to deliver innovative solutions and services that exceed customer expectations and surpass business goals.

This recognition was presented at the Microsoft Partner Summit 2012, Microsoft's annual premier partner event, which took place in Goa. The award winners were selected for their dedication to delivering solutions that meet diverse customer needs. Several key criteria were considered in selecting Microsoft Infrastructure Partner for the special recognition, including outstanding sales performance, thorough technological expertise on Microsoft Infrastructure products and services, and feedback from Microsoft team members.

Receiving the award, Bobby M D, Associate Vice President, Microland said, "It has always been an honour to receive this award from Microsoft. Over the years, Microland has built expertise and capabilities around Microsoft Solutions for providing world class infrastructure services to customers in India. We value the strong partnership with Microsoft in not only fine-tuning our expertise in current technology solutions but also collaborating and going to market with solutions around the new infrastructure technology offering of Microsoft. I am extremely glad that Microland has emerged as the Best Infrastructure Partner of Microsoft for the eighth consecutive year in 2012."

"Each year, it is a privilege for us to recognize the innovative contributions made by organizations within our diverse Microsoft Infrastructure partner community," said Hrishi Parthasarathy, Head Alliances, Enterprise & Partner Group, Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt Ltd. "Microland serves as a leader within this community because of the value it provides through its solutions, as well as its exceptional levels of customer service. We are proud to congratulate Microland on being named as our top Microsoft Infrastructure Partner of the Year in India," he added.

Microland is dedicated to helping customers find the best solutions and services by optimizing the use of Microsoft products to deliver the most innovative and transformational solutions that will bring new levels of success. Microland maintains a comprehensive understanding of the Microsoft Infrastructure products to provide innovative solutions, dedicated services and unparalleled value to the customers. This is the eighth year in a row that Microland has been conferred with this prestigious award. 

Microland provides implementation, training and consultation in India for small, mid-size and corporate businesses using business enterprise applications. Microland offers services around Microsoft Data Center Services, Systems Management (System Center 2012), Unified Collaboration, (Exchange, Lync, SharePoint), Windows Client (Windows 8, Windows 7, MDOP), Office 365, Security (ForeFront Suite) and to develop and deploy solutions, that help leading global companies across industries, get to market faster and achieve continued success. 

About Microland

Microland is India's leading specialist IT infrastructure, virtualization & cloud services provider with a global footprint. Microland, today, is a co-creator of a cloud-enabled tomorrow and a service integrator. Microland's services address the complete IT Infrastructure needs of an organization through the SmartFuture^TM offering which includes Cloud Computing, Collaboration, Virtualization, and Mobility services and the SmartNow^TM offering which includes Infrastructure Management Services, IT Modernization Services and End User Services. Microland is a comprehensive Cloud Infrastructure Lifecycle services provider enabling enterprises to transform to the on-demand IT delivery services space leveraging cloud and hybrid environments. Through a unique IP built into its service delivery platform, Microland leverages analytics, automation and assurance to deliver reduced TCO, greater IT-Business Alignment and higher performance for customers. The recent awards won by Microland are - rated as a Top Infrastructure Management Provider by Global Services in 2012; the Best Infrastructure Partner (India) for the 8^th time by Microsoft since 2005; ranked 8^th and 2^nd amongst The Top 20 Remote Infrastructure Management vendors and for Data Centre Management capabilities respectively by the Black Book of Outsourcing. Microland is headquartered in Bangalore and employs over 2,300 professionals worldwide. For more information, please visit www.microland.com.

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Primary Media Contact: Pallavi Pradhan, pallavip@microland.com, 91-80-39180000

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