Sirius wins Microsoft Award
10 May 2006 - 1:54AM
RNS Non-Regulatory
Sirius Financial Solutions PLC
09 May 2006
Sirius Financial Solutions PLC
Sirius lands top IT awards from Microsoft for hosting service & product
excellence
Summary
* Microsoft awards Sirius 21 hosting service top honours with Gold
accreditation
* Sirius receives Microsoft's top awards for software development, advanced
infrastructure & hosting service
* Sirius joins an elite number of software providers worldwide to hold Gold
certification from Microsoft
* Accreditation underlines Sirius's commitment to providing best practice
solutions & services to the insurance industry
Sirius 21 has been awarded the highest accolade for its software development,
advanced infrastructure & hosting service - & becomes the first insurance IT
provider to achieve the Microsoft Gold accreditation for both its products &
service delivery.
Gold Certification is granted for exceptional customer service & product
performance, & measures market expertise & competency in demonstrating the
ability to deliver comprehensive outsourcing services together with proven &
scalable solutions to a large number of referenceable customers.
Sirius joins an elite number of IT providers worldwide to hold such awards &
underlines Sirius's commitment to providing product & service excellence to
brokers, insurers & financial advisers.
In just over a year since launching its managed service (MSP), Sirius now hosts
in excess of 100 broker & financial adviser systems at their award-winning
hosting centre in Birmingham.
"Sirius is a credible provider able to offer contemporary Microsoft based hosted
solutions that are scalable & proven to deliver tangible benefits to brokers,
insurers & financial advisers alike. For that reason, Sirius is a partner of
choice within the Microsoft Insurance Value Chain" said Guy Dickenson, Insurance
Value Chain Director.
Birmingham - 9 May 2006
Editorial contact
Sirius Financial Systems plc 0121 779 8400
Neil Atkins
Notes to editors:
Sirius celebrates two decades of profitable growth as the market-leading
provider of insurance software solutions.
Sirius's end-to-end, internet-based solutions significantly improve business
control, productivity & efficiency.
And with over 17,500 users in over 50 countries, Sirius is the solution of
choice for insurance professionals worldwide.
www.siriusfs.com
The Microsoft Partner Programme offers a single, integrated partnering
framework which assesses the total impact that Microsoft enabled IT solutions
have in a given marketplace, ensuring that it delivers value to help businesses
succeed
For more information about Microsoft certification link to
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/partner/competencies/default.aspx
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