June 06, 2007

SaM Solutions attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program

SaM Solutions attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program

SaM Solutions, one of the leading Belarusian software development outsourcing companies, announces it has attained Gold Certified Partner status, the highest status in Microsoft Partner Program. Gold Certified Partners gain a number of additional preferences including exclusive access to the newest technology solutions and first-line technical support as well as to the extended informational and marketing data of the Microsoft Corporation.

SaM Solutions has been participating in the Microsoft Partner Program since 2002. In order to gain Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status the company SaM Solutions conformed to the highest level of requirements from Microsoft, namely met high requirements on the employees' certification, proved its strong positions in the IT market, having provided numerous clients' testimonials regarding successfully implemented projects in various business domains.

Within the framework of gaining the new partner status the company SaM Solutions confirmed the following Microsoft competencies:

— Custom Development Solutions, specialization Web Development. The gained competency confirms the high qualification of the company's employees in the sphere of custom web applications development.

— Data Management Solutions, specialization Database Management. This competency is created on the partners who offer tools and services dealing with migration, data bases administration, as well as render services to increase production of the SQL Server technology use.

As Marat Ebzeev, Managing Director of SaM Solutions Minsk, has commented, "Over many years our company has been taking an active part in partner programs of the world IT leaders. The primarily objective of this participation is to provide our clients with modern, high-quality, best-of-breed technology solutions, strategic thinking, and hands-on skills that match their exact business needs. Having acknowledged and properly evaluated our company's contribution to the development of large-scale projects with the use of the newest products and technologies, the Microsoft Corporation has once again confirmed the high quality of SaM Solutions services as well as professional skills of its employees."

About the Status Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

The program Microsoft Gold Certified Partner is directed to the companies with the high level of services rendered and professional skills implemented while working with Microsoft technologies. The Microsoft Gold Certified Partner is a certification level in Microsoft Partner Program, higher if compared with the basic level. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners are the elite Microsoft Business Partners who earn the highest customer endorsement, not only a new confidence level but also a number of other advantages including a greater amount of products licenses and a priority position in the list of the companies recommended.

About SaM Solutions

SaM Solutions is one of the leading software development outsourcing companies. The company-s headquarters are located in Germany, the sales and support offices in the USA and the Netherlands, and development centers in Minsk and Novopolotsk. Fourteen-year business history in the international market, broad services palette including IT consulting, software development outsourcing and software quality management allow SaM Solutions to handle projects of any complexity, using state-of-the-art technologies. Since its foundation in 1993 the company implemented over 300 projects for its customers v international corporations, state establishments and private businesses.