Microsoft honours Dimension Data with partner awards

"Being recognised for extraordinary achievement for our work with Microsoft Exchange, migrating our clients from competitive platforms, optimising existing deployments, and moving clients to the cloud, confirms our dedication to addressing our clients' business needs with innovative offerings based on Microsoft technologies," said Bradley Bunch, general manager of Microsoft Solutions at Dimension Data Middle East and Africa.

Delivering flexibility and cost reductions

Awards were presented in multiple categories, with winners chosen from nearly 3 000 entrants worldwide. The Global Microsoft Messaging Partner of the Year award recognised Dimension Data as a partner with proven expertise from on-premises to the cloud in planning, deployment and management of Microsoft Exchange while helping clients lower IT costs, boost user productivity, and better manage risk with anywhere access to communications.

The Global Learning Competency Marketing Excellence Partner of the Year award celebrates the Learning Partner that practised leading-edge marketing and sales activities to drive skills and certification growth.

"We are pleased to recognise Dimension Data as the Microsoft Messaging Partner of Year. Dimension Data's ability to deliver flexibility and cost reductions to its customers through advanced messaging deployments, hybrid solutions and cloud based offerings of Exchange has positioned them to win customers over from various competing messaging platforms," said Kirk Gregersen, general manager, Microsoft office division.

Dimension Data was also named global finalist in the categories Services Partner of the Year Outstanding Collaboration, Support Partner of the Year, and Corporate Account Virtualisation Data Centre Services Partner of the Year. In addition, Dimension Data India was named Microsoft's Country of the Year.