Insight Recognized as Worldwide Winner for 2018 Microsoft Artificial Intelligence Partner of the Year
June 08 2018 - 1:21PM
Insight’s Digital Innovation Solution Area, BlueMetal, today
announced it has won the 2018 Microsoft Worldwide Artificial
Intelligence Partner of the Year Award. The company, which also
finished as a finalist for the Financial Services Partner of the
Year Award, was honored among a global field of top Microsoft
partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and
implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.
Insight and a major financial services provider collaborated to
build a conversational agent on Microsoft’s AI platform. The
technology makes investing more accessible, promotes financial
literacy and creates an ease of communication between the business
and customers, all while protecting personal information on a
secure cloud platform.
“As the world shifts from old information technology to cutting
edge intelligent technology, companies need the products, services
and solutions that enable them to embrace these changes,” said Ken
Lamneck, President and CEO of Insight. “This is the third year in a
row we’ve been recognized with a Microsoft Global Partner of the
Year Award. It is an achievement that underscores our ability to
work collaboratively with our clients to be truly transformational,
push boundaries and enhance customer engagement.”
Insight previously was recognized as the Microsoft Worldwide
Mobile App Development Partner of the Year in 2017 and the
Microsoft Worldwide Internet of Things Partner of the Year in
2016.
This year’s AI award highlighted a first-of-its-kind
conversational agent in the financial services industry. It enables
multi-channel customer engagement, 24-hour access with live chat
support and gives customers the ability to buy, sell or move monies
across accounts in a secure, authentic and regulatory-compliant
manner.
“The conversational agent platform allows businesses to engage
new and existing customers in ways that are more convenient and
palatable to the consumer,” said Stan Lequin, VP & general
manager, Digital Innovation at Insight. “Microsoft’s leadership in
these technologies, combined with our Intelligent Technology
Solutions™, transforms the customer experience, driving value for
end users while helping businesses connect with them in a more
meaningful and personalized manner.
“Insight’s deep industry expertise in AI and continued
investment in emerging technology – including virtual agents,
virtual reality/augmented reality and machine learning – help
clients turn ideas into rich and powerful business outcomes. This
recognition is a reflection of how we’re driving differentiation
across customer and work experiences,” Lequin said.
The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize Microsoft
partners that have developed and delivered exceptional
Microsoft-based solutions during the past year. Awards were
presented in several categories, with winners chosen from a set of
more than 2,600 entrants from 115 countries worldwide.
“Our ecosystem of partners is crucial to delivering
transformative solutions, and this year’s winners have proven to be
some of the finest among their peers,” said Gavriella Schuster,
corporate vice president, One Commercial Partner, Microsoft Corp.
“We are pleased to recognize Insight’s Digital Innovation Solution
Area, BlueMetal, for being selected as winner of the 2018 Microsoft
Artificial Intelligence Partner of the Year award.”
For more information about Insight’s Digital Innovation Solution
Area, BlueMetal, and modern business application solutions, visit
https://www.insight.com/en_US/solve/digital-innovation.html. For
more information on Insight, visit www.insight.com or call
800-INSIGHT.
About Insight
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Enterprises, Inc. empowers organizations of all sizes with Insight
Intelligent Technology Solutions™ and services to maximize the
business value of IT. As a Fortune 500-ranked global provider of
digital innovation, cloud/data center transformation, connected
workforce, and supply chain optimization solutions and services, we
help clients successfully manage their IT today while transforming
for tomorrow. From IT strategy and design to implementation and
management, our 6,800 employees help clients innovate and optimize
their operations to run smarter. Discover more at insight.com.
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