eMazzanti, The Hole Group Named as Two of Microsoft’s 2012 Partners of the Year

eMazzanti, The Hole Group Named as Two of Microsoft’s 2012 Partners of the Year

Over the weekend, our friend Carl Mazzanti, CEO of Hoboken, NJ-based eMazzanti Technologies, informed us that his firm was chosen from 3,000 partner entries submitted this year for the 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) Awards Program.

Per a letter Mazzanti received from Jon Roskill, Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group, eMazzanti Technologies’ Business Productivity Suite with Microsoft Windows Intune, Microsoft Windows 7 and Software Assurance was selected by Microsoft judges as the winner in the category Small Business Specialist Partner of the Year Award.

According to the letter, Mazzanti’s achievement represents its “commitment to deliver cutting edge products and services, built on Microsoft technologies that positively impact our mutual customers’ business.”

“This achievement represents our commitment to deliver cutting-edge products and services built on Microsoft technologies,” Jennifer Mazzanti, president, eMazzanti Technologies, said in a media statement. “With our competency in the newest technologies, our customers get solutions that have dramatic, positive impact on their businesses.”

We also received word this morning from Bill Hole of The Hole Group, that his firm was also named a Microsoft 2012 Partner of the year.

Awards are presented in multiple categories, with winners chosen from a set of nearly 3,000 entrants worldwide. Microsoft recognized both eMazzanti Technologies and The Hole Group’s ability to provide outstanding solutions and services in the Small Business market space.

“This achievement and recognition by Microsoft is a major milestone in our company’s evolution,” Bill Hole, president, The Hole Group, said in a media statement. “We are firm believers in the power of Microsoft products to help us achieve the right solutions and best practices for our clients, and participation in their incentive programs enabled us to have a record year in 2011. It’s always exciting to see the positive impact of our efforts on clients’ bottom lines, but it’s even more exciting when those efforts are acknowledged by industry leaders and peers. We are thrilled to be named a Finalist in Microsoft’s Small Business Specialist Partner of the Year program.”

The Small Business Specialist Partner of the Year Award honors a partner who used Microsoft technology in innovative ways to deploy integrated solutions that served customers in the small business space. This award is only for partners actively enrolled in the Microsoft Small Business Specialist Community.

“Microsoft is pleased to recognize eMazzanti Technologies as the Microsoft Small Business Specialist Partner of the Year for their proven success in providing technology solutions for small businesses,” Thomas Hansen, vice president, WW SMB, Microsoft Corporation, said in a media statement. “They have aggressively acquired new capabilities across the Microsoft infrastructure, productivity, and cloud offerings aligned to the evolving needs of the small business customer. The award highlights eMazzanti as a trusted advisor for their small business customers and their commitment to use Microsoft products and cloud offerings to translate customers’ business needs into technology solutions in a cost-effective manner.”

As part of its recognition, both eMazzanti and The Hole Group will receive special accolades, such as a 2012 Partner of the Year award winner logo and web banners to use in its customer-facing marketing communication; custom trophy; an invitation to exclusive award winner luncheon with Microsoft executives at this year’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, as well as award-winner recognition on Microsoft’s DigitalWPC website.