24/08/2015

Awarded: Microsoft ISV Partner of the Year in Austria

Microsoft Austria has awarded us first place in the partner category Independent Software Vendor (ISV). Microsoft is thereby acknowledging the outstanding software solutions with zenon. In the course of this year's Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando, Florida, Microsoft Austria General Manager, Dorothee Ritz, handed over the prize to the COPA-DATA representatives Phillip Werr and Johannes Petrowisch.

Awarded software performances

The industry as well as the public sector are experiencing a flourish in digitalization. Increasingly important in this context are storage, provision and subsequent processing of data in cloud applications. This establishes new business domains, strengthens companies' competitiveness and innovation capacity, contributes to more intelligent handling of valuable resources and reduces costs. As a long-standing and twofold Gold competence Partner of Microsoft (Application Development and Intelligent Systems), we rely on the extensive Cloud solutions with Microsoft Azure.

Jürgen Mayrbäurl, Business Evangelist Azure & Business Manager at Microsoft Austria: “In the coming years the entire Cloud market will see an enormous potential for innovation and growth. In COPA-DATA we see a highly innovative partner at our side, who is creating a strong bridge between Microsoft Azure and industrial automation as well as digitalization. This offers great opportunities such as intelligent improvement of production processes.”

Our automation software zenon links data from the sensor level right to the Cloud and to mobile devices. The over 300 drivers in zenon ensure connectivity and communication between diverse machines and devices and thereby achieve hardware independence and flexibility. These are core elements for a digital future in automation when considering the Smart Factory of Industry 4.0, Smart City and the Internet of Things (IoT).

About the award

The distinction for the top Microsoft Partners worldwide was awarded in various categories and in the framework of the Worldwide Partner Conference from July 12th-16th in Orlando, Florida. Around 10,000 partners from over 130 countries took part in this year's event. The winners were chosen from a total of 108 different countries and from over 2,300 submissions. The award, which is presented annually, honors exceptional efforts in the area of development and implementation of customized customer solutions based on the technologies of Microsoft. The Microsoft Partner network includes around 640,000 companies worldwide.

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