Socius Achieves Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Status and Earns Additional Microsoft Competencies
Socius has once again earned Gold Certified Partner status within the Microsoft® Partner Program, demonstrating their expertise with Microsoft technologies and their ability to meet the needs of customers. Backed by more than 20 years of award-winning experience, Socius proudly serves clients in Ohio and the surrounding area from its offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland, Ohio.
Dublin, OH, April 03, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Socius, an Ohio-based business consulting firm, announced today that it has once again earned Gold Certified Partner status within the Microsoft® Partner Program by exceeding the requirements and achieving two new Microsoft Competencies: Data Management Solutions and Information Worker. As a Gold Certified Partner, Socius has earned the highest level of certification recognized by Microsoft, demonstrating their expertise with Microsoft technologies and their ability to meet the needs of customers.
As one of the requirements for attaining Gold Certified Partner status, partners must achieve two or more Microsoft Competencies. Microsoft Competencies are designed to help differentiate a partner’s capabilities with specific Microsoft technologies to customers looking for a particular type of solution. Each competency has a unique set of requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry.
Within the Information Worker Competency, Socius specializes in Portals and Collaboration solutions that integrate business processes and enable data visibility across organizations through intranet and extranet portals. Socius primarily uses Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to provide portals and collaboration points, as well as integrate data from multiple business solutions.
Socius has also achieved the Business Intelligence specialization of the Data Management Solutions Competency through the design, deployment and customization of business intelligence solutions using Microsoft technologies. Theses comprehensive solutions help client organizations make better business decisions by making critical business data available in usable formats.
Socius has long held the Microsoft Business Solutions Competency as a Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions – Great Plains) and Microsoft Dynamics CRM value added reseller. Microsoft Dynamics GP is a business management solution that provides organizations with complete and scalable financial and operational functionality. Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides a unified view of customer information and interactions through integrated sales, marketing, and customer service features.
All three competencies that Socius now holds work together to provide clients with a complete business solution to gather, store, process, and analyze data and make it available in customizable formats for business decision makers.
“By achieving these new competencies, we have more resources from which to draw when helping our clients grow their businesses,” said Jeffrey R. Geisler, CPA, Socius’ CEO. “We are privileged to be recognized by Microsoft as a member of the elite community of specialized partners that hold these competencies.”
“We live in a highly competitive world where companies must leverage the right software and tools to find the competitive edge they need to succeed. Successful companies utilize tools that give them insight into their business and make decisions based on accurate and timely data instead of their gut instinct. Microsoft has made business intelligence, portals and collaboration tools affordable for small to medium-sized companies, and not just for the Fortune 500. It is extremely rewarding as a Microsoft partner to have the opportunity to bring these cutting edge technologies to our clients and to help them drive their business to a whole new level,” said Lance Knepper, Director of Socius’ Technology Services practice.
Socius is a strategic business consulting partner that provides comprehensive business management solutions to help companies leverage technology to accelerate their growth and profitability and compete more successfully in today’s economy. As a Gold Certified Microsoft partner, Socius represents the most trusted accounting, enterprise resource planning (ERP), business analytics, and customer relationship management (CRM) technologies on the market. Backed by more than 20 years of award-winning experience, Socius proudly serves clients in Ohio and the surrounding area from its offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland, Ohio. For more information, visit www.socius1.com.
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As one of the requirements for attaining Gold Certified Partner status, partners must achieve two or more Microsoft Competencies. Microsoft Competencies are designed to help differentiate a partner’s capabilities with specific Microsoft technologies to customers looking for a particular type of solution. Each competency has a unique set of requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry.
Within the Information Worker Competency, Socius specializes in Portals and Collaboration solutions that integrate business processes and enable data visibility across organizations through intranet and extranet portals. Socius primarily uses Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to provide portals and collaboration points, as well as integrate data from multiple business solutions.
Socius has also achieved the Business Intelligence specialization of the Data Management Solutions Competency through the design, deployment and customization of business intelligence solutions using Microsoft technologies. Theses comprehensive solutions help client organizations make better business decisions by making critical business data available in usable formats.
Socius has long held the Microsoft Business Solutions Competency as a Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions – Great Plains) and Microsoft Dynamics CRM value added reseller. Microsoft Dynamics GP is a business management solution that provides organizations with complete and scalable financial and operational functionality. Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides a unified view of customer information and interactions through integrated sales, marketing, and customer service features.
All three competencies that Socius now holds work together to provide clients with a complete business solution to gather, store, process, and analyze data and make it available in customizable formats for business decision makers.
“By achieving these new competencies, we have more resources from which to draw when helping our clients grow their businesses,” said Jeffrey R. Geisler, CPA, Socius’ CEO. “We are privileged to be recognized by Microsoft as a member of the elite community of specialized partners that hold these competencies.”
“We live in a highly competitive world where companies must leverage the right software and tools to find the competitive edge they need to succeed. Successful companies utilize tools that give them insight into their business and make decisions based on accurate and timely data instead of their gut instinct. Microsoft has made business intelligence, portals and collaboration tools affordable for small to medium-sized companies, and not just for the Fortune 500. It is extremely rewarding as a Microsoft partner to have the opportunity to bring these cutting edge technologies to our clients and to help them drive their business to a whole new level,” said Lance Knepper, Director of Socius’ Technology Services practice.
Socius is a strategic business consulting partner that provides comprehensive business management solutions to help companies leverage technology to accelerate their growth and profitability and compete more successfully in today’s economy. As a Gold Certified Microsoft partner, Socius represents the most trusted accounting, enterprise resource planning (ERP), business analytics, and customer relationship management (CRM) technologies on the market. Backed by more than 20 years of award-winning experience, Socius proudly serves clients in Ohio and the surrounding area from its offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland, Ohio. For more information, visit www.socius1.com.
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