WinWire, Valorem Reply, PwC, Accenture, and EY are among the vendors named Microsoft’s 2024 Partner of the Year.
A legal e-discovery tool. An OpenAI sentiment research app for emergency preparedness. And an application built in 90 days that solved a complex SAP use case.
These projects from WinWire Technologies, Valorem Reply, and PwC, respectively, helped them win the Microsoft Partner of the Year 2024 award in categories.
Named as Microsoft closes its fiscal year, the Redmond, Washington-based technology partners won the annual awards for demonstrating “incredible agility and creativity in building answers in the Microsoft cloud, with the purpose of exceeding visitor expectations by delivering generation to their visitors. “”Life in a meaningful way.
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Other vendors that earned the Microsoft 2024 Partner of the Year name include:
For this list, CRN focused on Partner of the Year award winners who are located in the U. S. The U. S. or U. S. has a significant presence in the U. S.
Read on to find out why Microsoft named those solution providers theArray
Microsoft named WinWire Technologies Azure Partner of the Year in the Application Modernization category.
The Santa Clara, California-based company, No. 255 in CRN’s 2024 Solution Provider 500, won the award for its painting “an old eDiscovery application turned into an innovative tool for the legal industry, saving 150% on IT costs and expanding knowledge. “up to 19 PB, and generating an ACR of $60 million consistent with the year. “»
“By leveraging Azure App Services, Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS), GitHub, SQL, and Azure Data Lakes (ADL), WinWire has enabled an optimized visitor experience with fivex faster search capabilities, enhanced DevOps, and security. “According to Microsoft. .
WinWire is also a finalist in the Azure Migration category.
Accenture and Avanade have jointly won several Microsoft Partner of the Year awards, for GSI of the Year, Copilot, SAP Rise on Microsoft Cloud and Dynamics 365 Sales and Customer Insights.
Ireland-based Accenture and Seattle-based Avanade were named winners in the GSI category for spousal innovation for their ability to “leverage Microsoft’s newest technologies across industries, solutions, emerging technologies, and generative AI so they can invest early, adopt early, and lead. “the market. ” in the reinvention of business and industry,” according to Microsoft.
The two vendors were also named Copilot Partner of the Year by Microsoft for their work helping consumers integrate the generative AI tool “safely and responsibly,” according to Microsoft.
In addition, they won the SAP Rise on Microsoft Cloud Partner of the Year award in part for their work with “a giant visitor in Singapore” who leveraged “Microsoft’s extension and innovation capabilities in Microsoft Teams and Azure OpenAI. “
“The effect on consumers included greater financial collaboration and reporting, longer reaction time, and increased decision-making,” according to Microsoft.
With Dynamics 365 Sales and Customer Insights, Accenture and Avanade will provide “end-to-end multi-continental projects” that are “backed by industry experts. “Solution providers have also worked “collaboratively and tactically with Microsoft” to drive “Microsoft Copilot for Sales. . . actively providing this feature to customers. “
Solution were also the winners in the mobility, media and telecommunications sectors, as well as retail and consumer goods.
Mobility’s victory was due in part to “its work in the design, manufacturing, and use cost chain of a major automaker through generative AI,” according to Microsoft. “This kind of breakthrough is helping the company build the next generation of cars. faster and with a higher level of quality with less waste, while delivering exceptional visitor experiences. “
In the media and telecommunications sector, Accenture and Avanade have helped clients “harness the full potential of AI, taking transformative effects to new heights and fostering a new era of expansion and innovation,” according to Microsoft.
In the retail and customer goods sector, the two solution providers have worked with “one of the largest home improvement chains in Europe” and Azure OpenAI Service “to offer their customers a generative and revolutionary food shopping experience, powered by AI. “
Solution were also finalists in several categories, adding Dynamics 365 Finance and Low-Code Application Development.
Accenture is ranked No. 1 in CRN’s 2024 Solution Provider 500 ranking, and Avanade is ranked No. 37.
Global integrator PwC has won several Partner of the Year awards.
In the Build with AI category, the London-based global systems integrator identified to deliver and build in 90 days “an AI application solution to solve a complex SAP use case where legacy systems were subject to a long series of approvals and audits. “Microsoft.
The app can “add knowledge, request a resubmission of incomplete tickets, create log summaries, and perform audits,” according to Microsoft. “PwC has earned consumer buy-in and other commitments to compare other instances of GenAI use with PwC. Responsible AI framework, which has driven the creation of Azure OpenAI-enabled POCs and copilots with that same user to help workers question data and locate operational reports.
PwC’s win in the Government Industry category was due to its team of more than 1,500 specialists who “focus on innovation, trust and power through projects that leverage AI and cloud transformation to help all levels of government around the world,” according to Microsoft.
Microsoft named PWC’s Middle East division as the winning country/region for its deals with “a government entity in Saudi Arabia” that “renewed a multibillion-dollar agreement with PwC in the Middle East to further automate investment procedures and back-office operations. “
“The same entity in Saudi Arabia has also entrusted PwC Middle East with some other multimillion-dollar assignment to expand a platform to manage its Microsoft Dynamics 365 investment portfolio,” according to Microsoft. “PwC Middle East’s collaboration with Microsoft has played a very important role in delivering those key tasks in Saudi Arabia, leading to the planned onboarding of more than 2000 users and generating licensing revenues for Microsoft.
PwC also finalists in several categories, adding Copilot and SAP Rise on Microsoft Cloud.
Microsoft named EPAM Partner of the Year in the gaming industry, highlighting its role as “a leading company and consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. “
According to the company, EPAM’s games include more than 1,000 engineers, experts, and designers specializing in game generation and more than a billion players supported.
Its games include managing competitive online events, creating player engagement tools, moderating content, leveraging GenAI for character development, protecting player data, and penetration testing.
Newtown, Pennsylvania-based company, No. 22 in CRN’s 2024 Solution Provider 500 ranking, is also a finalist for Partner of the Year in the retail and consumer goods industry.
Microsoft named Valorem Reply Industrial Partner of the Year for Nonprofits, in an organizational effort focused on fighting poverty and social justice.
For this organization, Valorem Reply, in Kansas City, Missouri, “created an OpenAI sentiment research app to better inform emergency preparedness decisions,” according to Microsoft.
Valorem’s response, number 367 in CRN’s 2024 Solution Provider 500, has earned all six Solution Partner designations from Microsoft’s Cloud Partner Program, according to the company.
The winner of Microsoft’s Enterprise Application Partner of the Year award for the Dynamics 365 HCLTech service.
India-based GSI “has consistently deployed artificial intelligence and automation in touch centers and visitor service scenarios and is actively educating consumers about Microsoft Copilot for Service features,” according to Microsoft. “HCL America also evaluates Microsoft Copilot Studio for its unique consumer desires. “
HCLTech is also a finalist in the Dynamics 365 Sales and Customer Insights category. According to the company, it has more than 80,000 trained Microsoft engineers, six solution partner designations, 21 Microsoft specializations, and more than 26,000 Microsoft certified professionals.
EY won the Partner of the Year award in spaces such as Global Consulting and Intelligent Automation.
Microsoft named EY Innovation Partner of the Year in Global Advisory for its EY. ai platform.
The platform is “powered by Microsoft, drives innovation with Microsoft’s newest products, and generates 53. 6% [year-over-year] of Azure-fueled revenue and effects for production-ready AI customers,” according to Microsoft. The effect is shaping the future of AI and society through shared collaborations and strategic initiatives. “
EY was named Intelligent Automation Partner of the Year for developing this component of its business “by 76% year-over-year thanks to its ability to integrate AI, co-pilots and Power Platform into its domain and industry response portfolios,” according to Microsoft.
“EY’s committed Microsoft enterprise organization collaborates and innovates seamlessly with clients to achieve transformation goals, leading to greater adoption at maximum speed and scale,” according to Microsoft.
For Dynamics 365 Finance, the London-based global systems integrator was named Partner of the Year for its “scalable and transformative solutions, with a focus on moving from global to local, understanding complex regulatory standards, and automating processes,” according to Microsoft.
In terms of social impact, EY earned the top spot as a Sustainability Changemaker for its work helping more than “100 clients drive their decarbonization journey, creating sustainable value and helping them in their ESG goals. “
The Modern Work Partner of the Year award given to BDO Digital in the Safe Productivity category.
The Chicago-based consulting giant won the award for a “portfolio of immediate testing and world-class systems integration services,” which “represent a really broad commitment to expanding the business through Microsoft solutions,” according to Microsoft.
BDO won the award in the SMC-SI Empowering Customer Innovation category for its ability to “drive expansion within the accounts of integrators of small, medium and giant enterprise (SMC) solutions spanning the Microsoft ecosystem. “
The company is also a country/region winner for Canada for its “cross-functional team of more than six hundred professionals” who “work in combination to solve business disruptions and motivate impactful transformation,” according to Microsoft.
Aware, No. 8 in CRN’s 2024 Solution Provider 500, was the champion of Microsoft’s GSI expansion for 2024.
The Teaneck, New Jersey-based company won the award for its “Microsoft-focused end-to-end cloud solutions,” as well as its commitment “to driving innovation and maximizing business outcomes for its customers,” according to Microsoft.
Cognizant is also a finalist in several categories, adding GSI Partner Innovation, Intelligent Automation, and Media & Telecommunications.
In January, Cognizant launched its Innovation Assistant GenAI-based tool, built on top of the Microsoft Azure OpenAI service, to assimilate business wisdom and enable greater creativity and innovation among Cognizant employees, according to the solution provider.
JourneyTeam won the Dynamics 365 Business Central Partner of the Year award for its “Business Central Sherpa Program for Consulting Corporations through the implementation of Business Central, a unique one-to-many delivery model. “
The Utah-based Draper’s technique “combines workshops, pre-built templates, and custom training to implement at scale, while reducing pricing and risks for customers,” according to Microsoft.
JourneyTeam comes with data architecture, adoption and replacement management, and Microsoft licensing, according to the company. Industrial specialties include monetary matrix manufacturing, healthcare, and media and communications.
Microsoft Analytics Partner of the Year Quisitive.
The Irving, Texas-based company won the award in part for implementing “a Microsoft Fabric for Healthcare solution for an initiative that provides care for injured workers,” according to Microsoft.
“The solution allowed the organization to access and analyze patient knowledge from previously disconnected sources, resulting in improved patient outcomes, 90% relief in wait times, and reduced costs,” according to Microsoft. “Quisitive has extensive experience in Microsoft analytics solutions, aggregating complex specializations in analytics and artificial intelligence, and applies Fabric to other organizations. “
The winner of Micorosft’s Safety Partner of the Year award in the Cyclotron Compliance category.
The San Francisco-based answering provider “has demonstrated expertise in implementing Microsoft Purview, which enables organizations, with a bit of luck, to manage risk, protect and control sensitive data, and comply with regulations and compliance standards,” according to Microsoft.
“Cyclotron’s expertise spans the entire Microsoft ecosystem, adding security and compliance, Azure Cloud solutions, work, collaboration, and consulting services,” according to the tech giant.
According to the company, the provider comes with identity and device management, cloud security, and assignment management.
Innovative-e was named Microsoft Partner of the Year in the Project and Portfolio Management category.
The Merritt Island, Florida-based MSP “helps consumers modernize and consolidate knowledge with its Teams4PM solution,” which “provides allocation and portfolio control with real-time insights, complex analytics, and automation of Teams channel creation; and enables collaboration by unifying new and existing Microsoft solutions, adding Planner, Project Online, and Project for the Web into Teams,” according to Microsoft.
The company also won this award last year. Innovative-e works with planning, implementing and commissioning its customers’ assignments, managing and maintaining success and controlling application lifecycle services, according to the company.
“Microsoft Business Application Skills” helped integrator Hitachi Solutions win the 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year award for low-code application development.
“These features enable Hitachi Solutions to advise its consumers through low-code progression and transformation to create impactful replacements and sustainable business outcomes,” according to Microsoft. “Hitachi Solutions’ number one goal is to advise and improve its consumers’ business data and systems. and AI modernization journeys to get the most out of their investments in the Microsoft generation.
According to the integrator, Hitachi Solutions’ Rapid Solutions Development (RSD) practice in Irvine, California, has seen 25% year-over-year growth. He said he also has more Power Platform Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) than any other Microsoft partner.
The integrator’s industry experience includes construction, retail, money services, health care and insurance, according to the company.
Netherlands-based solutions provider HSO has been named Microsoft’s 2024 Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Partner of the Year for its pioneering work on “innovative answers with a cutting-edge approach to how businesses serve their customers. “
HSO’s functions include migrating SAP environments to Azure Cloud, Azure-controlled services, building and securing business-critical infrastructure, and low-code services, according to its website.
Industry specialties include manufacturing, money services, the public sector and nonprofits, according to HSO.