LONDON, 13 July 2016: Advantage Business Systems is pleased to announce it has achieved ‘Silver Cloud Platform Competency’ for Microsoft Azure. The latest in a long list of Microsoft Competencies for Advantage, this achievement demonstrates their continued commitment to earning expertise in cutting edge cloud technologies. It also demonstrates their continued obligation to deliver exemplary service to all of their customers.
To earn a Silver Competency, Microsoft partners like Advantage must:
- Pass a series of exams, designed to demonstrate knowledge and expertise with the Microsoft Azure platform
- Submit three customer references of work carried out
- Employ a specific number of Microsoft certified professionals.
Meeting all of these criteria ensure that a Microsoft partner like Advantage can deliver the high quality service Microsoft expect them to.
Christo van Zyl, Managed Services Director at Advantage says: “Achieving Silver Cloud Competency for Microsoft Azure is a fantastic achievement for our Managed Services team. With 95% of businesses (1) now using some sort of cloud based solution; we’re uniquely poised to provide high quality migrations to the Azure platform.”
He adds “The cloud has seen a great deal of investment of the last few years with rise of the Azure platform and other cloud based solutions – And it’s plain to see why. The cloud offers a cost effective, agile and scalable solution to modernise growing businesses.”
Over the last 12 months, Advantage has made enormous strides with Microsoft Competencies. They’ve added Silver CRM Competency(2), Silver Midmarket Solution Provider(3)competency and the Silver Cloud CRM competency.(4) The list of accreditations clearly demonstrates Advantage’s breadth of expertise and continued commitment to developing and maintaining their expertise with the Microsoft family of products.
Managing Director Mark Howe is delighted with the progress Advantage has made in the last 12 months: “This latest Microsoft accreditation is another significant milestone in our quest to constantly challenge and improve ourselves. Our Managed Services team has worked tremendously hard to earn this accreditation and is testament to the quality of service we can offer.”
“The accreditation further re-inforces that Advantage is one of a few Microsoft partners globally and the only one in the UK to offer ERP, CRM Managed Services and IT Support – putting us in a unique position to assist our customers.”
When asked about the future Mark said: “More competencies are in the pipeline, so I’ll be working very closely with Christo and his team to solidify our position as a leading Microsoft Partner for Cloud Platforms.”
