SchemaLogic Further Distinguishes Itself by Earning a Microsoft Competency in ISV/Software Solutions HOUSTON, July 8
HOUSTON, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide Microsoft Partner Conference,
Booth # 1036, 2008 -- SchemaLogic (http://www.schemalogic.com), leading
provider of Metadata Management software for unstructured content, today
announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft
Partner Program with a competency in ISV/Software Solutions recognizing
SchemaLogic's expertise and impact in the information management technology
marketplace. As a Gold Certified Partner, SchemaLogic has demonstrated
expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to meet customers'
needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits,
including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in
the channel.
The SchemaLogic Connector for SharePoint 2007 supplies companies with the
power to develop and manage an enterprise-wide metadata model to describe
documents stored across multiple SharePoint sites. SchemaLogic enhances
Microsoft SharePoint 2007 by improving information access, corporate
governance, regulatory compliance, and SharePoint provisioning and
administration.
"The impact of Microsoft SharePoint has been incredible, giving
enterprises the ability to collaborate across department lines and across the
globe. SchemaLogic extends the capabilities of SharePoint by aligning document
descriptions across the enterprise and allowing SharePoint to operate as a
unified information management system," says Jeff Dirks, CEO of SchemaLogic.
"Together with Microsoft, we are providing customers with a true collaboration
solution to optimize content management performance, reduce cost, improve
document findability, and meet stringent regulatory compliance requirements."
"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 SchemaLogic as a new Gold Certified Partner for
demonstrating its expertise in providing customer satisfaction using Microsoft
products and technology."
As one of the requirements for attaining Gold Certified Partner status,
SchemaLogic had to declare a Microsoft Competency. Microsoft Competencies are
designed to help differentiate a partner's capabilities with specific
Microsoft technologies to customers looking for a particular type of solution.
The ISV/Software Solutions Competency recognizes the skill and focus partners
bring to a particular solution set. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners that
have obtained this competency have a successful record of developing and
marketing packaged software based on Microsoft technologies.
"Solutions competencies are an important way for Microsoft to better
enable ISVs to meet customer needs," said Sanjay Parthasarathy, corporate vice
president of the Developer and Platform Evangelism Group at Microsoft Corp.
"They allow ISVs to keep and win customers through their deep knowledge of
solutions-based Microsoft platform technologies. Microsoft has a long history
of working closely with ISV partners to help them deliver compelling solutions
and applications to our mutual customers, and the Microsoft Competencies are
an important step in continuing to enhance vital relationships with ISVs
worldwide."
The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in October 2003 and represents
Microsoft's ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The
program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes
partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the
technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners' businesses
be successful.
About SchemaLogic
Our software provides global companies a powerful and cost-effective
approach to dealing with the overwhelming amount of information critical to
doing business today. People from diverse groups must be able to access and
share information across complex systems throughout their enterprise. In order
to do this, descriptions, tags and categorizations of information must be
accurate and consistent.
SchemaLogic is the leading provider of metadata management solutions for
unstructured content. Metadata management enables findability by organizing
the terms, definitions and relationships that describe content. Our solutions
extend the value of content management by ensuring that all content is readily
found; is consumed in a relevant context; and is protected according to
policy. The Company has licensed software to some of the best-known and
largest companies in the world, including Associated Press, Chevron, Corbis,
and Reed Business Information. To learn more, please visit
http://www.schemalogic.com.
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