News
June 24, 2009
Zap Honored as 2009 Microsoft ISV/Software Solutions Innovation Partner of the Year
Brisbane, QLD Australia – (June 24, 2009) – Today, Zap proudly announced it has been selected as a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards winner in ISV/Software Solutions, Innovation. The company was chosen out of an international field of top Microsoft partners as delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology.
“We are proud to receive this global award for our Business Analytics for Microsoft Dynamics solutions and the innovative approach we’ve taken to make analytics easy for Microsoft Dynamics customers,” said Garth D. Laird, President of Zap. “We recognized that many Dynamics customers want to take a “buy, not build” approach to analytics, so we created out-of-the box solutions that remove the time, risk and resource drain typically associated with analytics projects. Our patent-pending technology is unique in accommodating even the most heavily customized Dynamics implementations, to ensure a rapid return and the ability to remain agile and responsive to change. Zap is committed to fully supporting the Microsoft community, by providing global support to our Dynamics reseller partners, and also in extending our coverage from Microsoft Dynamics CRM and NAV to include GP and AX later in 2009.”
Awards will be presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen from a pool of nearly 2,000 entrants worldwide. The Independent Software Vendor (ISV)/Software Solutions Innovation Partner of the Year award recognizes an ISV who has developed an innovative, disruptive approach to solving a new or existing business or consumer need based on the latest Microsoft server or client technologies. Companies applying for this award must have demonstrated leadership in the areas of innovation, market potential, media and analyst attention, investor value creation, and customer adoption.
“Zap provides their customers with powerful, flexible and central solutions that reduce reliance on unsecured spreadsheets, shorten reporting cycles, and enable international collaboration through the Web, which reduces overall costs and increases efficiencies,” said Ross Brown, VP Solutions & ISV Partners, Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft Corp. “Zap’s Business Analytics solution for Microsoft Dynamics has helped business users create web-based dashboards, key performance indicators, scorecards, management reports, and ad-hoc analysis of their Microsoft Dynamics data, without the aid of IT support.”
“Zap provides Microsoft Dynamics customers with powerful analytics that add value to their existing investment in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Customer Relationship Management (CRM) technology by highlighting areas they can reduce overall costs, increase efficiencies, and improve performance,” said Chris Ridd, Dynamics Business Group Director, Microsoft Australia. "This is particularly important in today's economic climate, where organizations are under increased pressure to lift performance and reduce costs."
The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the last year.
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About Zap
Zap is a global software company that creates solutions to help enterprises improve corporate performance. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Zap offers out-of-the-box solutions for Microsoft Dynamics that provide advanced analytics - dashboards, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), scorecards and reports. Zap’s Business Analytics for Microsoft Dynamics solutions maximize an organization’s investment in their CRM and ERP business systems, and enable a rapid return on investment, even for heavily customized Microsoft Dynamics implementations.