Apr, 2009 : Ensim Maintains Gold Certified Partner Status

📅 April 27, 2009 - Earns Microsoft competencies in security and advanced infrastructure solutions through Microsoft Partner Program.

Ensim Corporation, a provider of change management, user provisioning and access control software, today announced that it has maintained its Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with new competencies in Advanced Infrastructure Solutions and Security Solutions. The company states that as a Gold Certified Partner, it has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to meet customers' needs. It adds that Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the channel.

The company explains that its award-winning suite of integrated access management and provisioning tools for your Microsoft infrastructure delivers immediate savings and improves IT and employee productivity by streamlining Active Directory management challenges that includes user provisioning, password management, reporting, and distribution group management. Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition installs quickly, requires no AD schema changes, and delivers instant savings by reducing the number of help desk calls as much as forty percent. It claims that by eliminating repetitive administrative tasks, Ensim Unify helps improve workforce effectiveness and enables IT departments to focus on more strategic tasks.

''We are extremely pleased to have attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program for both advanced infrastructure and security solutions. This allows us to clearly promote our expertise and relationship with Microsoft to our customers,'' said Scott Young, Vice President of marketing and product management at Ensim. ''The benefits provided through our Gold Certified Partner status will allow us to continue to enhance the offerings that we provide for customers.''

''Customers are looking for partner companies that can bridge the gap between their business demands and technology capabilities,'' said Allison Watson, corporate vice president of the Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft Corp. ''They need to trust in a company that can act as an expert adviser for their long-term strategic technology plans. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, which have certified expertise and direct training and support from Microsoft, can build a positive customer experience with our technologies. Today, Microsoft recognizes Ensim as a new Gold Certified Partner for demonstrating its expertise in providing customer satisfaction using Microsoft products and technology.''

''Partners need resources designed to support their expertise in managing the identities and relationships that make up their customers' networks using Active Directory - an integral component of the Windows Server products,'' said Mark Hassall, director of Infrastructure Partner Marketing at Microsoft Corp. ''Specializations with security and identity products such as Active Directory enables partners to expand their skill sets in order to help customers understand how they can best ensure the privacy and security of their stored information and communications.''

''Our customers tell us that they want integrated solutions, and we are listening and delivering in a way that no one else is,'' said John ''JG'' Chirapurath, Director of marketing for the Identity and Security Division at Microsoft Corp. ''By bringing together the platform, applications, identity infrastructure, and security and management to deliver integrated solutions, we're ensuring our customer's success by helping them to save time, reduce costs and protect their environment.''