Port Douglas, Queensland,— August 7, 2008 — Today, CALUMO Group proudly announced that it has won the Partner of the Year Award for Business Intelligence at the 2008 Microsoft Australia Partner Program Awards. The company was chosen out of a local field of top Microsoft Partners as delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology.
Pictured: holding the award and celebrating were Bruce McCarthy, Dominic Parsons, Johann Potgieter, Brenden Russell, Jeff Walter and Mike Henegan of CALUMO Group.
Accepting for CALUMO, group CEO Dominic Parsons said “I am proud to accept this award on behalf of the CALUMO team. Our developers and professional services teams work tirelessly to deliver truly innovative, effective and world-class solutions for our clients. This is our second award from Microsoft in as many years and to be recognized with the inaugural Microsoft award for BI is a great affirmation of our vision for Performance Management.”
The CALUMO Group has been providing Business intelligence and Performance Management solutions for over 12 years and began working with Microsoft only 3 years ago. Their unique BI application and pragmatic approach to delivering fully fledged BI has been openly embraced by its clients.
This award recognises partners who provide data-warehousing and business-intelligence solutions that improve organisations by providing business insight to all employees — leading to better, faster, and more-relevant decisions. CALUMO Group was recognised for superior technology and innovation in Business Intelligence.
“Our partners are the lifeblood of Microsoft’s business and through the Awards we’re able to highlight and recognise those who have gone above and beyond in delivering exceptional technological solutions and services to Australian customers,” said Mr Paul Voges, Director of Small and Mid Market Solutions and Partner Group, Microsoft Australia.
“It’s an honour to acknowledge their dedication and success as part of the Microsoft partner community, and also to recognise the broader role that they play as leaders in Australia’s IT sector.”
The Microsoft Australia Partner Program Awards recognise Microsoft Partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the last year.
About CALUMO
The CALUMO Group (www.calumo.com) is a leading provider of Performance Management solutions for enterprise-wide reporting planning and Business Intelligence. Since 1998 the group has successfully delivered solutions to a wide range of enterprises from SME's to some of the largest listed companies and government organisations. These solutions provide quantifiable and valuable business insight, offering a single platform from which to integrate Corporate, Financial and Operational performance and objectives.
The Group is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Business intelligence (achieving full competency in both Platform and Performance Management Specialisations), Data Management Solutions and ISV/Software Solutions.