Tagetik Recognized as 2011 Microsoft ISV/Software Line of Business Partner of the Year

LUCCA, Italy, June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Today, Tagetik proudly announced it has won the 2011 Microsoft ISV/Software Line of Business Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

"We are very proud to be the 2011 Microsoft ISV/Software Line of Business Partner of the Year," says Manuel Vellutini, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer at Tagetik. "This is a clear confirmation of the global reach Tagetik has gained in the worldwide software market. For the past two years, Microsoft and Tagetik have worked together to fill the growing need to integrate collaborative technologies into Performance Management and Business Intelligence processes. Today, we leverage a truly revolutionary product, Tagetik 3.0 Enabled by Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2010 (http://www.tagetik.com/software/bi/sharepoint) that brings value to customers, system integrators and the Microsoft field force. This broader solution combines the best of Tagetik's built-in processes for performance management and the whole state-of-the-art Microsoft stack, proving to successfully compete - and win - against the major vendors in the market. And, last but not least, making it possible for system integrators to develop solutions and successful customer implementations on the Microsoft platform."

Awards were presented in multiple categories, with winners chosen from a set of more than 3,000 entrants worldwide. Tagetik was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services in Microsoft ISV/Software Line of Business Partner of the Year. The ISV/Software Line of Business Partner of the Year honors an ISV partner who has demonstrated leadership excellence in developing and delivering Microsoft platform-based line of business (ERP, CRM, ECM, BI, industry) applications to mutual customers over the past year. This award recognizes Tagetik, who is the most valuable line of business partner to the Microsoft worldwide field.

"For its proven leadership in bringing Microsoft platform-based line of business BI applications to the market, Microsoft is proud to recognize Tagetik as the most valuable line of business partner to our worldwide field," said Walid Abu-Hadba, corporate vice president of Developer and Platform Evangelism Group at Microsoft. "We are excited to acknowledge the company with the ISV/Software Line of Business Partner of the Year Award."

The Microsoft Partner Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the past year.

See also Microsoft press release at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/wpc which provides information about the Microsoft Partner Awards and a list of the winners and finalists.

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About Tagetik

Tagetik delivers a unified software solution for Performance Management, Enterprise Governance, Risk & Compliance, and Disclosure Management with specialized Business Intelligence tools to optimize Collaboration and Communication.

Tagetik 3.0 creates value by simplifying complex business processes for CFOs and CIOs: budgeting, forecasting, cash flow planning, statutory and management consolidation, cost allocation, profitability analysis, financial close and fast closing, dashboard, scorecarding, collaborative disclosure management and compliance/industry requirements. Tagetik 3.0 is the solution to translate strategy into operations, manage and control overall performance down to business transactions, and improve decision-making across the whole organization while achieving faster ROI and lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Tagetik's vision to extend Performance Management and Business Intelligenceto collaborative decision-making inspired us to develop Tagetik 3.0 Enabled by Microsoft SharePoint, moving CPM from Corporate to Collaborative Performance Management.

Tagetik operates in 18 countries leveraging a close partnership with Microsoft. Its market experts are totally committed to the success of 400 customers worldwide, including some of the largest Fortune 1000 companies representing all industry sectors, as well as to build strong relationships with system integrators, technology leaders and local consulting specialists.

Tagetik is a Microsoft Gold Independent Software Vendor (ISV).

To learn more: http://www.tagetik.com

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