SAMpartners is chosen as UK's Finalist in Microsoft Awards

Leading software asset management consultants SAMpartners has been selected as a national Finalist in Microsoft's 2005 Partner Awards Program - the only UK company to be chosen. The SAMpartners solution was selected after being nominated by its customer EMI Music in the category Licensing Solutions Competency - SAM.

(PRWEB) July 4, 2005 -- As the UK's National Finalist, SAMpartners is now a competitor in Microsoft's worldwide Awards Programme, the winners of which will be announced at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 9 July.

SAMpartners chief executive Tony Fisher says, 'It's great to have customers like EMI who appreciate our service enough to put our name forward for a National Award - and, of course, it's even better to be a winner! My colleagues and I will be in Minneapolis for the Finals and hoping for even bigger things.

Other customers have added their congratulations to SAMpartners on winning through to the finals. According to Andy Booth, Head of IS of CORGI, the National Watchdog for Gas Safety in the UK, 'SAMpartners deserve this important recognition. Their professional approach and provision of solution has been effective in assisting us to rationalise our software licensing and make sure we are fully compliant. Microsoft's Award shows they agree.

The SAMpartners team of independent consultants has assisted hundreds of companies of all sizes to cope with the complexities of software licensing and the implementation of Software Asset Management. SAMpartners deliver software asset management services that include management of deployed software and licences, minimizing legal risk and financial exposure, and maximising return on investment in software assets.

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