Richardson, Texas – August 8, 2007 – Today Artis Consulting L.P. proudly announced it has won Microsoft’s  2007 Central Region Compete Award for its recent Business Intelligence implementation (for a large healthcare organization) at the 2007 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Program Awards. Artis Consulting was chosen out of a field of top Microsoft Partners for delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology and securing a tough competitive opportunity. Awards were presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen from a pool of more than 3,000 Central Region “Gold” and “Certified” partners.

Earlier in the year the company received a similar award, the South Central Area Microsoft Field Partner Award (Compete category) for the same Business Intelligence implementation at the semi-annual Microsoft Partner Briefing held Wednesday, February 7, 2007.  The result of which allowed Artis Consulting to be nominated for the Worldwide Partner Program awards and to be a regional award recipient recognized for its superior technology and innovation in Business Intelligence implementations. 

“We are honored to be recognized by the Microsoft community for our success in deploying impactful business intelligence solutions that make optimal use of Microsoft technologies.  We are proud of our partnership with Microsoft, continue to see our customers embracing the Microsoft Business Intelligence suite and the business value it brings for a lower total cost of ownership,” said Thad Chapman, founding partner for Artis Consulting.

Artis’ methodology and delivery strategy work hand-in-hand with Microsoft’s overall BI offering – enabling better, more timely decision making across the enterprise, not just in the executive suite. “We believe business intelligence solutions are most impactful when they enable information workers throughout the organization to leverage corporate information and knowledge, regardless of role or title.  Microsoft shares the same vision, with an affordable comprehensive suite of tools that can deliver enterprise-grade business intelligence,” said Chapman.

“Microsoft thrives because of our fantastic partner community and we are pleased to present this award to Artis Consulting.  Artis’ solution-oriented approach aligns very well with our “people-ready” software, bringing business value to our collective customers,” said Matt Woodward, Acting Area General Manager for Microsoft’s South Central Area.   “Artis Consulting continues to gain the status of “trusted advisor” with their customers because of their exceptional technology and business acumen.  We are proud to call them our partner.”

 
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For more information, contact:

Karen Dickerson
Marketing Director
Artis Consulting
972.702.9500, ext. 245
kdickerson@artisconsulting.com