Level Platforms Announces 2010 Partner Award Winners

Level Platforms Partner Awards celebrate Partner success, commitment and contributions

February 5, 2010

Ottawa, Ontario, February 5, 2010 – LPI Level Platforms Inc. announced the Level Platforms Partner Award winners for 2010 during yesterday’s exclusive All-Partner Event, which brought together over a thousand solution providers and MSPs internationally via live webcast. The 2010 Partner Awards recognize Level Platforms Partners for their success, and celebrate their commitment and contributions to both their partnership with Level Platforms and the broader MSP community.

A list of over 3000 Partners was compiled and analyzed by the Level Platforms executive team. Between four and eight Partners were nominated for each of the five award categories, and the winners were chosen based on careful evaluation of the top contenders.

The 2010 Partner Award finalists and winners:

• Rookie of the Year finalists:
  • Information Technology Group CT, LLC , Steven Saslow
  • Uthanda ICT, Terence McPhail
  • EnCompass Iowa, Scott Crosby
  • Dental Technology Consultants, Lorne Lavine
  • HiTechnique, Dan Shuler
  • Unicom Solutions Group, Roman Sawycky

The Rookie of the Year award went to Aaron Donaldson of RSM McGladrey for their rapid adoption, deployment and demonstrated success in using Managed Workplace to deliver superior IT services to their small and medium-sized business customers in their first year of partnership, as measured by Onsite Manager deployments and managed services sales over the last 12 months.

• Comeback of the Year finalists:
  • Best Network Support, Alan Dratch
  • NetGain Information Systems, Michael Minnich
  • TDC Net, Justin Howe
  • DAS Computer Network Consulting, Don Dyck
  • Alpine Business Systems, Bill Blum

Two companies were honoured for this award and represented by Ed VanderLaan of Professional Computer Management and by Jeremy Nelson of Friendly Computer Services, for overcoming business, infrastructure, technology or economy-related challenges to realize success in their deployment of Managed Workplace and the delivery of superior IT services to their small and medium-sized business customers over the last 12 months.

• Innovator of the Year finalists:
  • Sentry Metrics, Dave Millier
  • NRG Technology Services, Chris Brown
  • Cyber Streams, Mark Jagger
  • Eide Bailly Technology Consulting, Mike Arvidson
  • Eze Castle Integration, Daileen Reyes

Craig Pollack of FPA Technology Services was recognized as Innovator of the Year for advancing the innovative use of Managed Workplace, and for clearly demonstrating how their innovations have resulted in more efficient and competitive service delivery to their small and medium-sized business customers.

• Community Partner of the Year finalists:
  • NextStep Networking, Erin Arnold
  • Burg Networks, Chris Burg
  • IT Innovators, Dave Seibert
  • Caturano and Company, Diego Rosenfeld

The Community Partner of the Year award went to Sean Furman of STF Consulting, recognizing him for his significant contributions to the industry, the partnership with Level Platforms, and the success of other Partners in the areas of: business, technology, innovation, collaboration, and participation.

• Partner of the Year finalists:
  • Gaeltek , Andy Harper
  • Alpheon, Greg Donovan
  • Blue Chip Data Systems, Andy Hanley
  • Space Age Technologies, Mark Geschke
  • Moresoft IT Group, Tony Worrall

The Partner of the Year award went to Dan Rosedahl of Corporate Technologies for leading the way in all aspects of their managed services business, in their partnership with Level Platforms, and in their support of the broader Partner community. Corporate Technologies has clearly demonstrated an outstanding commitment to customer service, business growth, technical innovation, and Partner collaboration.

“2009 represented an enormous growth year for Level Platforms and our Partners despite the economic environment and the doom and gloom we all read about.  These awards and the process we engage in making these selections proved to be a very positive experience and allowed all of us to focus on the significant accomplishments and successes experienced by our Partners last year. We congratulate all Partners who prospered in 2009 and especially those who set themselves apart in the community with innovation and success,”- said Dan Wensley, Level Platforms VP Partner Development and Marketing.

The Level Platforms All-Partner Event provided Partners product and services updates, strategic directions and roadmap, and information on new partnerships.  Highlights included product feature and release plans for 2010, a description of new professional services offerings, and a new Onsite Manager appliance offering.

About Level Platforms
With thousands of Partners in 30 countries, Level Platforms is the leading provider of managed services software for IT solution providers servicing small and mid-sized end customers through its award-winning agentless remote monitoring and management software, Managed Workplace.  http://www.levelplatforms.com/

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