Macquarie Hosting Achieves Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Status
Macquarie Hosting is proud of its most recent achievement – the award of Microsoft Gold
Certified Partner for Networking Infrastructure Solutions and Advanced Infrastructure
solutions.
The certification reflects our commitment to providing customers and partners with the
highest quality solutions and support. It places Macquarie Telecom amongst an elite group
of organisations around the world who have met strict certification and expertise
requirements.
Being awarded the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner means our employees have
demonstrated first-rate levels of successful implementations, capabilities and
certification, which better equips us to serve customers.
It also acknowledges our ability to deliver the highest level of reliable and scalable
solutions on the Microsoft platform.
A priority for Macquarie Hosting is to work in partnership with customers to help
bridge the gap between a company’s business demands and technology capabilities.
As a Gold Partner, we have the certified expertise as well as the direct training and
support from Microsoft to make sure you have a great experience with the technologies. Our
customers know they can trust us as an expert adviser for their long-term strategic
technology.
Macquarie Hosting will have access to new business products in the development stage as
well as take advantage of enhanced support services, joint marketing and sales campaigns
and more extensive technical support from a team of certified Microsoft systems
engineers.”
The Macquarie team has worked closely with Microsoft dedicating time and resources to
achieving the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status. We are already seeing tangible
results from these efforts and know that this will continue to pay dividends.
Greg Thomson Greg Thomson, Group Executive, Hosting and Security, Macquarie Telecom
says that the certification confirms Macquarie Hosting’s expertise and impact in the
technology marketplace as well as the strong partnership between Microsoft and Macquarie
Telecom as a whole.
“We consider Microsoft to be an extremely important strategic business partner; it’s a
relationship we remain committed to as we position ourselves for growth.”
The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in December 2003 and represents
Microsoft's ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. Microsoft Gold
Partner Certification provides a way for customers to identify companies that have proven
their commitment and expertise in one or more specialized areas when delivering Microsoft
technologies. Gold Certified Partners need to meet a higher set of criteria for each
category, including enhanced certification and a portfolio of real-world customer
references, and are thus identified as the most skilled partners in specific solution
areas. | 
