Frends Technology Oy has won the 2010 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award for Finland. With the FRENDS AMRIN solution for the energy companies Frends was chosen out of an international field of top Microsoft partners as delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology.
"As the European utility sector is currently undergoing major generation changes in information system environment, FRENDS AMRIN was created to meet the actual needs of the utility companies," says Frends' CEO Aino-Maija Fagerlund. "This acknowledgment and the feedback from our customers are clear message for us for doing the right things."
Awards will be presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen from a pool of almost 3,000 entrants worldwide. Frends was praised for superior technology and innovation, driving customer satisfaction and subsidiary engagement.
"We are pleased to recognize Frends Technology Oy of Finland as Microsoft's Country Partner of the Year," said Allison Watson, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. "Frends Technology Oy has demonstrated the highest level of excellence and innovation, by combining local market expertise with superior solutions and services that fulfill our customers' needs."
Microsoft's Corporate VP Allison Watson (right) congratulating Frends' Pekka Jaarinen and Aino-Maija Fagerlund. Next to Aino-Maija Allison's successor in Worldwide Partner Program, Jon Roskill (second from left) and Microsoft Finland's Markku Pulkkinen.
Frends Technology Oy
Frends Technology Oy, a Helsinki based System Integrator makes business process integration and management easy. For over 20 years Frends has helped its clients to automate and boost their business processes by using modern integration technology, solid expertise, and longstanding cooperation. An international software company with a subsidiary in the United States, Frends was acknowledged as The Microsoft Partner of the Year Finalist in 2008.
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Aino-Maija Fagerlund, CEO