Integr8 IT, South Africa’s largest privately owned national BEE ICT network integration and infrastructure management specialist, has won the Networking Infrastructure Solutions Award and Customer Experience Award for 2008 at the annual Microsoft Partner Programme Awards held recently in Durban.
The Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in four Microsoft competencies was nominated in several categories including: Advanced Infrastructure Solutions; Customer Experience Initiative; Networking Infrastructure Solutions; Security Solution Specialist and Winning Customers Initiative.
Robert Sussman, joint managing director at Integr8 IT, is delighted with the company’s performance at the awards and its continued growth within the managed ICT services space, which umbrellas several competitive market segments including telecommunications.
“We are very pleased with the results. This event is designed to recognised top performing global partners and we are proud to have been selected,” says Sussman.
The South African company has established a strong client base, both domestically and internationally, of businesses that continue to extract the maximum benefit and competitive advantages of strategic managed ICT services, covering the very latest innovation in networking infrastructure.
It has also entrenched its presence across existing and emerging markets, having successfully integrated infrastructure – irrespective of the size of the business, its core focus and scale of technology skills/ product. This is governed and largely directed through the company’s Nerve CentreTM a high-tech, fully equipped customer services built on the latest in remote services management infrastructure, solutions and systems.
“We believe this level of flexibility and our own skills base, which is constantly being nurtured and is always evolving, has a lot to do with our success in the market. Recognition by Microsoft in the form of the Networking Solutions and Winning Customers initiative awards is a boost to our ongoing efforts to make the company the premier ICT services partner within the markets that we engage,” adds Sussman.
Fernando de Sousa, Acting Managing Director at Microsoft South Africa, presented the awards to Integr8 IT and noted the company’s drive, commitment and proven track record in the market.
