BELLEVUE, WA, USA — June 25, 2008— Ascentium is honored to announce its selection as the Information Worker Solutions, Portals and Collaboration Partner of the Year by Microsoft, as well as being named a finalist for the Microsoft Partner of the Year award in Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

Being honored with the Information Worker Solutions, Portals and Collaboration Partner of the Year Award, recognizes Ascentium as an exceptional Microsoft partner that has excelled in offering breakthrough Microsoft Office system solutions. Ascentium’s technology and marketing offerings have shown to increase its customers’ employee productivity and assisted them in connecting with their business partners and customers. Innovative thinking by Ascentium has helped solve technical challenges and helped address its customers’ business needs, has empowered their people, and has had a unique and positive impact on customers’ business pain points.

“Partners are critical to delivering rich business solutions and innovative excellence to customers,” said Allison Watson, corporate vice president, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft. “Congratulations to the 2008 Partner Award winners who have each demonstrated innovation beyond measure and an unswerving commitment to delivering the highest levels of customer satisfaction. We look forward to these partners continuing to raise the bar in the design and deployment of customer solutions built on Microsoft technologies.”

Ascentium has risen to the top of more than 2,000 entrants worldwide to be honored as a finalist in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Partner of the Year award.  In order to do this, Ascentium has exhibited exemplary leadership in providing Microsoft CRM solutions to customers. They have proven to be a true champion of the Microsoft Dynamics value proposition. Ascentium provides consistent, quality, and predictable service to Microsoft CRM customers to ensure immediate benefits out of CRM investments and has demonstrated business leadership through aggressive demand generation, nurture marketing, new customer additions, and revenue growth.

“Ascentium is honored to be recognized by Microsoft for delivering the best CRM and MOSS solutions possible for our customers. We take great pride in our partnership with Microsoft,” said Jim Beebe, president of Ascentium Corporation. 

“The Partner of the Year Awards recognize the incredible innovation and value that Microsoft partners are delivering to our customers,” said Allison L. Watson, corporate vice president of the Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft. “The winners and finalists announced today have helped raise the standard for delivery of customer solutions and support. It is a privilege to recognize their work in designing and deploying exemplary customer solutions built on Microsoft technologies.”

Ascentium is one of the top Microsoft partners in the world for MOSS and CRM.  The two products used in conjunction with one another is the future of software development and Ascentium is breaking the ground. As the company who maintains the largest dedicated CRM practice in the world, Ascentium has also led the effort for the world-wide training of ISVs on CRM 4.0 and holds seven Microsoft Gold Competencies.  Earlier this year Ascentium won 2 Pinnacle Awards, which is the top global Microsoft Dynamics CRM honor.

About Ascentium
Ascentium is ranked as the 27th largest digital agency in the nation according to Advertising Age’s Top 50 Digital Agencies annual list.  The award-winning company is focused on customer loyalty and branding through integrated creative and technical solutions. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Ascentium has offices across the U.S. and in the U.K. Clients include Amazon, Boeing, Dell, Expedia, InfoSpace, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Nintendo and Providence Health Systems. For more information, please visit www.ascentium.com.

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For additional information contact:
Romi Mahajan, romi.mahajan@ascentium.com, (425) 495-8111

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