Awesome Technologies Inc, 740 Rowlee Road, Fulton, N.Y. 13069
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562-3620
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For Release 10:00 a.m. EST
March 6, 2008
Microsoft Announces New Small Business Specialist in Syracuse, NY
New designation distinguishes Awesome Technologies, Inc. as an expert in small-business solutions and services.
Syracuse — March 6, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced Awesome Technologies, Inc. has become the first Small Business Specialist in the Syracuse metropolitan area. To attain this new designation, Awesome Technologies, Inc. has demonstrated expertise in planning and building solutions for small businesses. As part of the Small Business Specialist Community, Awesome Technologies, Inc. will receive a rich set of benefits from Microsoft, including access to training specifically designed for the small-business industry, small-business marketing materials for reuse, special partner offers, and the ability to use the Small Business Specialist logo in marketing materials, which can help give the company a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
The Small Business Specialist Community, available as a competency-like designation as part of the Microsoft® Partner Program, was developed in response to input from customers and partners that expressed a need to build easier connections that enable small-business customers to quickly and easily identify technology partners best suited to support them.
“Small businesses are looking for partner
companies that understand their unique business needs,” said Steve
Guggenheimer, vice president of small business for the Small and
Midmarket Solutions & Partner Group at Microsoft. “With resources
like the Small Business Specialist Community and the partner locator
tool on the Microsoft Small Business Center Web site, it will be
much easier for
“Awesome
Technologies, Inc. is extremely pleased with our status as a new
Small Business Specialist,” said
Henry Willcox, Chief
Executive Officer at Awesome Technologies Inc. “This special
designation allows Awesome
Technologies, Inc. to effectively promote ourselves to customers
as having proven expertise in delivering high-value, strategic
solutions for small businesses. For
As one of the requirements for attaining Small Business Specialist status, Awesome Technologies, Inc. had to pass Microsoft’s Small Business Sales and Marketing Skills Assessment, designed to test the company’s knowledge of the dynamics and dependencies of the small-business market, as well as the value to small business of several software solutions, including Windows® XP Professional, Microsoft Office 2003 and Windows Small Business Server 2003. In addition, at least one individual in the company had to pass a certification exam that measures the ability to design and implement solutions for the small and medium-sized business by using Windows Small Business Server 2003 and the Windows Server System™.
The Small Business Specialist Community was announced earlier this month at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2006. To enroll, partners can go to https://partner.microsoft.com/smallbizspecreadiness.
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Jennifer Willcox, Awesome Technologies, Inc., 607-562-3620, info@awesometechhome.com
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