News
July 17 , 2008
Zap wins Microsoft Dynamics ISV of the Year APAC award
Zap’s MD Garth Laird (center)
accepting the ISV award
Brisbane, QLD Australia – (July 17, 2008) –Microsoft has awarded Zap the Dynamics Independent Software Vendor (ISV) of the Year award for Asia Pacific at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston last week. Microsoft Corp. honored 9 partners around the globe with the 2008 Microsoft Dynamics Regional Partner of the Year awards, with finalists chosen from defined regions of the world: Asia-Pacific; Canada; Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA); Latin America; and the United States.
The award winners were selected from a group of finalists based on their dedication to delivering solutions that meet diverse customer needs. Several key criteria were considered in selecting Microsoft Dynamics Certified Partners for the special recognition, including outstanding sales performance, deep technological expertise on Microsoft Dynamics products and services, and feedback from Microsoft team members.
“Zap has achieved success in its region by delivering exceptional value to its customers and demonstrating leadership within the Microsoft Dynamics partner community by adding new customers, driving revenue growth and contributing to the overall success of the partner community,” said Doug Kennedy, vice president, Microsoft Dynamics Partners. “We congratulate the company on being named one of our top go-to partners in APAC.”
Australian-based Zap has created a packaged analytics solution for Microsoft Dynamics that allows business users to create their own dashboards, scorecards, KPIs, reports and analysis on CRM data. The web-based solution is designed to be fast and easy to implement for CRM 3.0 and 4.0, in on-premise, hosted and SaaS deployments. Zap’s Zap Business Intelligence for Microsoft Dynamics CRM is aimed at CRM customers of any size who want a “buy not build” approach for analytics. The solution contains packaged content of 100+ analytics so that dashboards and analyses are immediately available upon deployment.
“It is a great honor to receive this award from Microsoft for our efforts in working with CRM partners and customers in the Asia Pacific region”, Zap’s President Garth D. Laird said. “The Worldwide Partner Conference has confirmed that there is global interest in advanced CRM analytics in a packaged solution, which is a very exciting opportunity.”
To learn more about Zap Business Intelligence for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, click here.
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Zap is an international software company that creates solutions to help enterprises improve corporate performance. Zap solutions provide customers with capabilities in corporate performance management, business intelligence, planning and budgeting, and consolidation and financial reporting. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Zap offers packaged vertical solutions for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, NAV and AX that provide advanced analytics - dashboards, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), scorecards and reports – right out of the box.