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Microsoft 2018 NZ Partner Awards winners: The complete list

Our partners play a crucial role in New Zealand’s IT sector, says Phil Goldie, Microsoft New Zealand One commercial partner director.
The Partner Awards was held at Shed 10, with more than 400 in attendance

The Partner Awards was held at Shed 10, with more than 400 in attendance

The Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards recognise innovative partners who are demonstrating inventive use of digital technology, with the awards open to all Microsoft partners big and small.

The streamlined ceremony saw the awards pivot to a greater focus on customers.

 This year’s winners include Lexel Systems for their innovative approach to My Food Bag in the Modern Workplace category.

IT consultancy Theta wins the Cloud for Good Award for their use of Office 365 in collaboration with Emerge Aotearoa, a charitable community health provider.

Another key winner was Datacom for its exceptional Tourism New Zealand solution, which leveraged cloud technology to promote the Land of the Long White Cloud. The solution empowered Tourism New Zealand's employees to promote beautiful Aotearoa more easily no matter where they are.

“This year the judges were incredibly impressed by the high calibre of entries,” says Phil Goldie, Microsoft New Zealand One commercial partner director.

Phil Goldie at the awards ceremony in Auckland
Phil Goldie at the awards ceremony in Auckland

“The winners truly showed a range of Microsoft Partners who are delivering excellent solutions and innovations that are optimising businesses as well as improving people’s lives.”

“Our partners play a crucial role in New Zealand’s IT sector. Whether they are creating new solutions to meet customer demands or providing insightful IT advice, every day they are realising Microsoft’s mission by empowering New Zealand businesses to be trailblazers,” says Goldie.

The full list of 2018 winners are:

Winner & Highly commended list

Modern Workplace Award

Winner            Lexel Systems – My Food Bag

Highly Com     Intergen – SNAP 365

Applications & Infrastructure award

Winner            The Instillery – The Cloud Savings Calculator

Highly Com     Umbrellar – Digital Transformation

Data & AI Award

Winner            Intergen – Foodstuffs

Highly Com     Datacom – Vulcan Steel

Business Applications Award

Winner Theta – Downer facilities maintenance application

Highly Commended – Datacom

Surface Partner Award

Winner            The Laptop Company

Channel Development Award

Winner            Dicker Data NZ Ltd

Engaging Customers Award

Winner            Timely Ltd

Highly Com     Datacom – AIA ‘Ava’

Empowering Employees Award

Winner            Datacom – Tourism New Zealand

Highly Com     Lexel – My Food Bag

Transforming Products Award

Winner            NV Interactive – NV Play

Optimising Operations Award

Winner            Intergen – AB Equipment

Cloud for Good Award

Winner            Theta – Emerge Aotearoa Office 365