MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BDNA, the leading provider of IT visibility solutions, today announced that it has earned the Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Gold Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Competency, the highest level obtainable in the Microsoft Partner Network. Recognized for its best-in-class expertise and the value its products offer to the Microsoft marketplace, BDNA is now recognized among only one percent of Microsoft partners worldwide that have attained this outstanding degree of proficiency.
“Achieving the Gold level of ISV competency from Microsoft represents a tremendous effort across BDNA, and we are very proud of this achievement,” said Constantin Delivanis, CEO of BDNA. “This competency further demonstrates our solution’s capabilities and value to our customers. Our newly acquired partner status will allow BDNA to access a complete range of Microsoft resources and provide even higher level of value to Microsoft customers by enhancing the visibility and clarity of Configuration Manager data for strategic decision making.”
In addition to certified Gold partner status, BDNA is also an active member of the Microsoft Systems Center Alliance (SCA) program as an ISV partner. A member of the program since 2010, BDNA completed a rigorous set of tests to prove their level of technology expertise to earn Gold competency. As a Gold ISV Competency partner, BDNA can now utilize exclusive resources to provide Microsoft customers with a higher level of market value and enhance the visibility and clarity of configuration manager data for strategic decision making.
Partner support for BDNA solutions
The System Center Alliance has also recognized BDNA’s role in providing solutions—in particular BDNA Normalize™—that complement Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager driven processes, including IT asset management, software license management, supportability and accelerating Windows 7 migrations. Providing partner support for BDNA’s technology are the following SCA partners:
“Universal Management Solutions (UMS) is a premier IT Asset Management company. Our partnership with BDNA and their leading solutions based on Technopedia, provide customers the IT visibility needed for effective asset management. BDNA has proven that they can take complex data and environments to provide business information. Together, we assist executives in optimizing their IT spend,” said David Burns, COO, Universal Management Solutions, Microsoft Gold Competency Partner.
“As one of the UK’s leading Microsoft IT solution and service providers and official launch partner for System Center 2012, Silversands recognizes BDNA Normalize is a powerful platform for us to manage the customer lifecycle across the Microsoft Systems Center Suite,” stated Peter Mercieca, business development manager, Silversands Ltd., Microsoft Gold Competency Partner. “From customers looking to Migrate to Windows 7, rationalize their application footprint, or to prepare for service manager, they can depend on BDNA and Silversands to exceed their business objectives.”
And according to Khaled Bastaki, managing partner, Expit, Microsoft Partner of the Year 2011, “BDNA is a valued partner for Expit. As fellow Systems Center Alliance & Gold Competency partners, BDNA Normalize provides a common data platform for us to provide integrated systems Center solutions for Service and Asset Management throughout the Middle East.”
“BDNA is working with leading Microsoft System Center Alliance partners and arming them with enhanced SCCM information to help them drive the success of their customers’ key initiatives.” Michael Riley, Vice President of Field Operations at BDNA. “BDNA continues to see strong demand for its solutions through the Microsoft Partner ecosystem and is committed to working with our partners to accelerate their growth.”
For more information on BDNA or its participation Microsoft partner programs, please visit www.bdna.com.
About BDNA Corporation
BDNA provides the most comprehensive, accurate view into an organization’s IT infrastructure in order to drive critical IT processes and projects around data centers, desktops and enterprise architecture. From IT administrators to managers to executives, BDNA delivers the business-relevant information required to accelerate corporate initiatives. Core to its value proposition is BDNA Technopedia™, the world’s largest source of IT product information on more than 90,000 enterprise IT products, otherwise unavailable through traditional IT discovery solutions. More than 350 companies rely on BDNA’s patented technologies for IT asset discovery, normalization and data enrichment, dramatically increasing visibility and reducing the time and overhead involved in developing and executing on strategic IT initiatives. To learn more about BDNA, please visit www.bdna.com.
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