December 8, 2007 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Web hosting provider LeaseWeb (http://www.leaseweb.com) has been awarded Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status, it was announced recently. The company, an “international supplier of hosting services”, sees the award as “ultimate confirmation” of its expertise in Microsoft products.
"Many companies are looking for a hosting-partner that can flexibly adapt to their evolving business needs," explained LeaseWeb’s Sales Director, Ruud Mous. "They want an advisor that has the expertise to take charge of their long-term technology strategy; an advisor who can help design a scaleable hosting environment to ensure continuity and quality over the long term. The 'Microsoft Gold Certified Hosting Partner' program gives our clients that guarantee. For them, it is comforting to know that they have entrusted their hosting to an experienced partner with the knowledge and proven competencies in the field of Microsoft technology."
To become a Microsoft Gold Partner a company must indicate expert knowledge and substantial experience of Microsoft technology. An organization must employ Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCP), including Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers (MCSE). In addition, the company must also receive references from customers with Microsoft asking customers directly for feedback. Gold Certified Partner status offers LeaseWeb a range of benefits. The company will have access to Microsoft technologies and products before they are available to the public. The program also enables LeaseWeb's to provide software, licensing administration and technology development to its customers at reduced cost.
"The implementation of the newest Microsoft technology increasingly asks for more knowledge and experience from our partners,” explained Ruud de Jonge, DPE Director for Microsoft Nederland. “We therefore consider partners like LeaseWeb to be essential to our success. Our clients want security and therefore demand a quality guarantee from their suppliers. LeaseWeb offers that quality. We are proud of the relations that we have with our partners in the field of hosting. LeaseWeb has achieved an extraordinary degree of success. We see it as a crown to our strategic co-operation that has since produced several Microsoft certified employees and successful hosting implementations for our clients."
LeaseWeb offers domain registration, web hosting, dedicated and colocated hosting, VPS and streaming services. The company’s network offers more than 150 Gbps bandwidth through 6 data centers located in Amsterdam. The company is present via Internet exchanges in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Frankfurt, New York, Vienna, Stockholm, Warsaw, Zurich, Prague and Madrid. The company manages more than 7,500 servers and its customers include Hyves, Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Starbucks, Direct Wonen, Telenet Belgium and Univé.
