Fireminds has won the 2018 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award for Bermuda for the fourth consecutive year.

The IT consulting firm was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

Michael Branco, CEO of Fireminds, said the award was an honour. “To receive this award for the fourth consecutive year is a demonstration of our commitment to our Microsoft partnership and our clients in Bermuda utilising Microsoft solutions,” Mr Branco said.

“Our solutions in Microsoft range from Office 365, to Hybrid cloud solutions in our SOC 2 / ISO27001 certified data centres, to sophisticated cloud workloads in Azure cloud and through to our Microsoft software development practice.

“We see a number of clients adopting Microsoft Cloud solutions like Office 365 and Azure, with those utilising Fireminds as their in-country partner having the best experience.”

Awards were presented in several categories, with winners chosen from a set of more than 2,600 entrants from 115 countries worldwide. Fireminds was recognised for providing outstanding solutions and services, as well as representing excellent subsidiary engagement in Bermuda.

The Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Awards honour partners at the country level that have demonstrated business excellence in delivering Microsoft solutions to multiple customers over the past year. This award recognises Fireminds as succeeding in effective engagement with its local Microsoft office while showcasing innovation and business impact, driving customer satisfaction, and winning new customers.

Gavriella Schuster, corporate vice-president, One Commercial Partner, Microsoft Corp, said: “Fireminds has distinguished itself as a top partner, exemplifying the remarkable expertise and innovation we see in our Microsoft partner community to deliver transformative solutions.”

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