Accenture and Avanade Named 2017 Microsoft Alliance Partner of the Year, Accenture Named 2017 Microsoft Supplier of the Year
June 15 2017 - 8:01AM
Business Wire
10th consecutive Accenture and Avanade win
highlights strength of relationship and focus on accelerating cloud
and digital transformation for clients
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and Avanade have been named the 2017
Microsoft Alliance SI Partner of the Year for the tenth year in
a row and thirteenth time overall. Voted upon by the Microsoft
field organization, Accenture and Avanade received the award for
demonstrating business excellence and customer satisfaction in
delivering innovative Microsoft solutions. Together, Accenture and
Avanade have collaborated on more than 10,000 Microsoft-based
business and public service projects for more than 4,000 clients
globally.
Microsoft has also recognized Accenture as the 2017 Microsoft
Supplier of the Year for excellence in quality, value, services and
innovation. Accenture helped Microsoft improve the productivity of
its finance and accounting functions, used modern engineering to
transform its information technology, and increased customer
satisfaction in the company’s software and service subscription
business.
Accenture and Avanade have also been named the 2017 Worldwide
Consulting & SI Microsoft Azure Alliance Partner of the
Year. This award recognizes Accenture and Avanade for driving
accelerated adoption of Azure through innovative and impactful
solutions for clients including Biesse (Cloud and Internet of
Things) with Connected Asset Management, Towergate (Azure), and
Antares Capital (Office 365 and Azure).
At the regional level, Accenture and Avanade won 2017 Microsoft
Country Partner of the Year in both Spain and Singapore, as well as
2017 Microsoft Public Sector: Health Partner of the Year in the
Latin America and Caribbean region.
“These awards recognize the unique and deep relationship we have
with Microsoft, as both an industry leader in helping clients
transform their businesses, and a partner to Microsoft itself as it
rapidly innovates its own business,” said Paul Daugherty,
Accenture’s chief technology & innovation officer and chair of
the Avanade Board of Directors. “Together, Accenture, Avanade and
Microsoft are investing in the future and helping our clients
rotate to the new to drive the digital and cloud transformation
they need to compete and succeed.”
“Being named the Microsoft Alliance Partner of the Year for the
tenth consecutive year and Azure Alliance Partner of the Year
reflects the trusted advisor role we play with our clients every
day to help them to navigate and accelerate their digital business
journey,” said Adam Warby, Avanade chief executive officer. “This
recognition demonstrates our commitment to bring fresh, bold
thinking and a passion for innovation to our clients through the
power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem.”
“It is an honor for Accenture to be named Supplier of the Year
by one of the world’s most innovative companies,” said Sean
McNamara, an Accenture managing director who serves as Microsoft’s
global client account director. “Microsoft and Accenture have been
collaborating for over 27 years on a wide range of transformative
projects and we are delighted that our work together has resulted
in this prestigious recognition for Accenture.”
“Customers around the world in every industry seek new ways to
understand and serve customers, create new markets and products,
reinvent operations, and modernize how employees work in this
mobile-first, cloud-first world,” said Victor Morales, vice
president, Microsoft Enterprise Partners. “With Accenture’s deep
business and industry expertise, Avanade’s world-class digital
innovation and Microsoft’s market-leading enterprise technology,
these awards recognize the business value and innovation that the
alliance is delivering to our joint customers and to Microsoft
itself.”
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company,
providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy,
consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched
experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries
and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest
delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business
and technology to help clients improve their performance and create
sustainable value for their stakeholders. With approximately
401,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries,
Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and
lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
About Avanade
Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital and cloud
services, business solutions and design-led experiences delivered
through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem. Our
professionals bring bold, fresh thinking combined with technology,
business and industry expertise to help fuel transformation and
growth for our clients and their customers. Avanade has 30,000
digitally connected people across 24 countries, bringing clients
the best thinking through a collaborative culture that honors
diversity and reflects the communities in which we operate.
Majority owned by Accenture, Avanade was founded in 2000 by
Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation. Learn more at
www.avanade.com.
Avanade and the Avanade logo are registered trademarks or
trademarks of Avanade Inc. Other product, service, or company names
mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective owners.
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AccentureJulie Bennink,
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Grimes Douglas, +1-503-330-6499Jennifer.c.grimes@avanade.com
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