SWC Earns 3rd Microsoft Central Region Partner Award in 4 Years

OAK BROOK, Ill., Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SWC Technology Partners, a provider of IT solutions to midmarket organizations, announced today that it has won a Microsoft H1 Central Region Partner Award for the third time in four years.  As the recipient of the regional 2012 Microsoft Award for Customer Loyalty and Satisfaction, SWC is one of only five of the region's more than 6,000 partners honored for developing and delivering exceptional Microsoft-based customer solutions in 2011.

The award reflects strong customer endorsements of SWC's solutions and services, which focus on leveraging various components of the Microsoft technology stack to drive business efficiencies and growth for small and mid-sized companies in the Chicago area and throughout the Midwest. Projects include standalone and integrated SharePoint, business intelligence, unified messaging, desktop and CRM solutions designed to help organizations build better customer relationships, streamline operations and make better business decisions.

Projects that helped SWC earn the award included Microsoft-based solutions developed for:

• Plymouth Tube Company, a hot mill facility that engaged SWC to upgrade its SharePoint infrastructure and end user SharePoint environment in order to increase business-critical collaboration within and among 10 plants around the country.
• Chicago Botanic Garden, a 450-user non-profit organization with over 900,000 annual visitors that turned to SWC to consolidate its SQL databases, upgrade its Microsoft Exchange Server installation and maintain their network environment.   
• The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, for which SWC built a custom business intelligence solution that eliminated weeks of analysis to track financials, leasing patterns and accounts receivable across 143 shopping centers and other properties.

SWC also received customer satisfaction awards from Microsoft in FY 2010 and 2011, and was recognized in other Central Region categories in FY 2007 and 2009, and has received seven additional awards from Microsoft since 2007. A full list of SWC awards can be seen here.

"Our Microsoft consultants have completed hundreds of implementations, in each case working closely with the customer to identify and fulfill their needs," said SWC President Bob Knott. "At SWC we pride ourselves on the fact that half of our clients have worked with us for over four years and turn to us repeatedly for different services.  In the end, our success is measured by how our clients value the entirety of our relationship and not just a single project."

About SWC Technology Partners
SWC Technology Partners is an award-winning provider of IT solutions to midsize businesses. For more than 30 years, SWC has excelled at delivering technology solutions that optimize productivity, strengthen customer relationships, enhance data sharing and drive profitability. SWC specializes in the technology solutions that match the business needs of midmarket organizations including managed services; infrastructure solutions such as Unified Communications, virtualization and network security; and software solutions including SharePoint, business intelligence and custom development. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, SWC is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner and was honored as a Microsoft Central Region Partner of the Year in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012. To learn more, visit http://www.swc.com or email [email protected] or call 630.572.0240. Follow SWC on Facebook and on Twitter @SWCTechPartners

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