SmartPeak Achieves Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Status
DARESBURY, UK, 4th July 2006 - SmartPeak, a leading innovator in workload management, announced today that it has been awarded Microsoft Gold Certified status in the Microsoft Partner Program. This signifies that SmartPeak has developed a high level of excellence in the area of ISV solutions that enhance the Windows environment for Microsoft’s business customers.
Microsoft’s Gold Certification for ISV Software solutions is designed for technology partners with proven expertise in developing and marketing packaged software applications based on Microsoft technologies. Karl Noakes, Director of the Partner Development Group at Microsoft, said: “Customers are looking for partners that can help them bridge the gap between their business demands and technology capabilities. They need to trust in someone that can act as an expert adviser for their long-term strategic technology plans. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, which have certified expertise as well as direct training and support from Microsoft, fit the bill. They can ensure that the customers have a great experience with our technologies. As a Microsoft Gold partner, SmartPeak can offer its customers the reassurance of a truly professional organisation with the backing of Microsoft’s resources.”
SmartPeak’s WLM product can help organizations of all sizes that are challenged with improving the efficiency of their IT infrastructure. Enterprises are increasingly moving towards the Microsoft platform for its agility and flexibility; yet the need to guarantee service levels and avoid resource contention has led to low server utilization rates and the phenomenon of server sprawl, where a single application or instance is placed on a single server. SmartPeak WLM makes it possible to consolidate multiple applications onto a single server without risking business continuity by ensuring that resource is allocated according to business priorities.
Tony Bolland, Director of SmartPeak comments, “We are extremely proud to receive Microsoft Gold Certified status. This award demonstrates that our products can add significant value to a Microsoft platform by dramatically increasing the utilization and performance of Windows-based servers across the entire datacenter.”
Achieving Gold Certified Partner Status will allow SmartPeak access to increased levels of Microsoft training, support, marketing and joint initiatives, strengthening the relationship between SmartPeak and Microsoft. This will increase SmartPeak’s profile with Microsoft customers, ensure SmartPeak’s product development is closely aligned with the latest Microsoft technologies and provide more resources to satisfy end user requirements.
About SmartPeak
SmartPeak is the leading innovator in workload management on the Microsoft Windows platform. Our solutions help enterprises reduce cost by enabling consolidation of server infrastructure, reducing server sprawl, whilst improving the overall quality of service delivered by mission critical applications. Working directly and with system integrators, we deliver solutions to a wide range of industries including financial services, telecommunications, utilities, manufacturing, public sector and professional services. SmartPeak solutions have been designed for servers and desktops based upon the Microsoft Windows platform and are ideal for database and web servers, virtualized environments, server-based computing and high end desktops running business critical applications. Our solutions have been developed to be easy to use, install, deploy and manage with low ongoing maintenance enabling our customers to achieve rapid returns on investment.