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WASHINGTON, D.C.– June 14, 2006 – Microsoft is pleased to announce the third quarter winners of the U.S. Field Partner Awards Program in the Mid Atlantic Area, consisting of D.C., Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. This program, held quarterly, recognizes the contributions of partners serving small, mid-market and enterprise commercial customers.
“Our team realizes the value of our partners and believes these organizations should be acknowledged for their great contributions and achievements over the past quarter,” said Reed Overfelt, Mid Atlantic Area general manager for Microsoft’s Small and Midmarket Solutions and Partners (SMS&P) Group. “As a company, we’re proud of the great relationships we’ve established with our partners and think it’s important to recognize those that performed exceptionally.”
In the third quarter, partners were recognized across seven individual categories: Teamwork; Satisfaction & Experience; Loyalty; Compete; Marketing Excellence; Competency; and Mid Atlantic Top Partner Award. Category winners will also be entered into the annual Regional Awards program, presented this July at the World-Wide Partner Conference in Boston.
Nortec Communications, Inc. – Mid Atlantic Top Partner Award
The Mid Atlantic Top Partner award recognizes exceptional performance of Microsoft license revenue sold or influenced, partner services engagements and/or partner services revenue.While meeting or exceeding all expectations of a managed partner for licensing sales, closing key competitive wins and incremental enterprise agreements, Nortec also took the initiative to lay the groundwork for the next generation of Microsoft products. Nortec joined the Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) Program around the upcoming releases of Windows Vista and 2007 Microsoft Office System, as well as the Security Reach Program (SRP). In Q3, Nortec released two key solution offerings which integrate with these programs: Microsoft Manageability and Microsoft Security.
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About Nortec
Nortec Communications has provided Infrastructure Consulting services to the Baltimore-Washington metro area since 1991. Nortec achieved competency specialization in the Microsoft Partner Program around Security, Network Infrastructure and Advanced Infrastructure, achieving Gold Managed Partner status, the highest level of partnership in the Microsoft Program. Nortec won Microsoft’s coveted National VAR Partner of the Year in 2004, and displays continued excellence with its strategic partners Microsoft, Symantec & ShoreTel.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software—any time, any place and on any device. For more information, please visit us at www.microsoft.com. Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.
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