VSX – VOGEL SOFTWARE Attains Gold Certified Partner Status In Microsoft Partner Program

with Microsoft technologies and 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 marketplace.

VSX is the specialist for software and Internet solutions for the fluid handling industry. The company is the worldwide leading provider of pump selection software and develops applications for sizing, selection, configuration and sales of engineered systems and components combined with solutions for business process automation. Since the launch of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, VSX has specialized in consultation, implementation and customization of solutions based on this platform. The company develops individual business solutions for industrial customers.

“We are extremely pleased to have attained Gold Certified status in the Microsoft Partner Program. This allows us to clearly promote our expertise and relationship with Microsoft to our customers,” said VSX Managing Director Jens-Uwe Vogel. “The benefits provided through our Gold Certified 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. They need to trust in someone 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,” said Allison Watson, vice president of the Worldwide Partner Sales and Marketing Group at Microsoft Corp. “Today, Microsoft recognizes VSX as a new Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for demonstrating its expertise in providing customer satisfaction with Microsoft products and technology.”

As one of the requirements for attaining Gold Certified Status, VSX 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. Each competency has a unique set of requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry.

The Microsoft 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 packed 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 Platform Strategy & Partner Group at Microsoft. “They allow ISVs to keep and win customers with their deep knowledge of solutions-based Microsoft platform technologies. Microsoft has a long history of working closely with ISV partners to help deliver compelling solutions and applications to our mutual customers, and the Solutions Competencies are an important step in continuing to enhance vital relationships with ISVs worldwide.”

The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in December 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.

VSX – VOGEL SOFTWARE is the specialist for software and Internet solutions for the pump industry. The company develops applications to select and configure components and systems such as pumps, valves and pipes. These software solutions mainly serve pump manufacturers and pump users to optimize business processes by combining technical configurations with commercial aspects such as price calculation and project management. The Company, which was founded in 1995 with headquarters in Dresden, Germany is the market leader in pump selection software and has world wide business relations to companies with focus on the pump and chemical industry. The world’s largest pump manufacturers like EBARA, Friatec, ITT Industries, KSB, and Wilo are among its clients.