Kinetics: World Microsoft Small Business Partner of the Year
12 June 2013
Kinetics Group Earns 2013 World Microsoft Small Business Partner of the Year
Kinetics Group proudly announced today it has won the Worldwide 2013 Microsoft Small Business Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft Corp. partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. This prestigious win comes on top of winning the Small Business Partner Award in New Zealand five times including the last three years in a row.
Andrew Hunt, Kinetics CEO says, “We are absolutely delighted to be awarded on the global stage for doing something we regard as necessary to meeting our clients’ needs. SME businesses must be nimble, agile and able to compete against the scale of larger businesses and we love helping them do that with tailored, innovative solutions. We are hugely proud of our team and our clients for giving us the opportunity to demonstrate that our work locally is world class.”
Microsoft will officially present the Award to Andrew Hunt at the Microsoft Partner conference in Houston, Texas early next month.
Awards were awarded in multiple categories, with winners chosen from a set of more than 3,000 entrants from 106 different countries worldwide. Kinetics Group was recognised for providing outstanding solutions and services in SME business development.
The Small Business Partner of the Year Award honours a partner using Microsoft technologies in innovative ways for their small business customers (1–50 PCs, up to approximately 100 employees), specialising in design, deployment, and delivery of high-quality solutions. This award is limited to partners actively enrolled in the Microsoft Small Business Competency.
“Microsoft is pleased to recognise Kinetics Group as the Small Business Partner of the Year. Kinetics has a deep understanding of the needs of its small business customers and consistently provides the right mix of solutions to help them meet their unique business needs, save money and remain competitive,” said Thomas Hansen, vice president, WW SMB at Microsoft.
The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognises Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions during the past year.
Kinetics Group Ltd was established by CEO Andrew Hunt in 1986 to assist New Zealand businesses with proactive IT planning, networking support and computer coaching. The vision behind Kinetics is to work with businesses to achieve the best results possible. The recognition from Microsoft has helped Kinetics drive growth and rapidly expanding with new services nationally especially their recent expansion in Canterbury.
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