Montage Business Intelligence Achieves a Microsoft Gold Business Intelligence Competency in the Microsoft Partner Network

Montage Business Intelligence announced today it achieved the new Gold Business Intelligence Competency in the Microsoft Partner Network. Previously a Microsoft Gold Partner, Montage Business Intelligence believes the new specialist certifications as set out by Microsoft globally help showcase best of breed companies and their ability to meet customers’ evolving BI needs in today’s dynamic business environment. To earn a Microsoft Gold BI Competency, Montage Business Intelligence had to complete a rigorous set of tests to prove their level of technology expertise. This includes having the right number of Microsoft Certified Professionals, a good range of quality customer references and the ability demonstrate their commitment to customer satisfaction by participating in an annual survey.

Montage Business Intelligence is one of the largest and most experienced Business Intelligence practices in New Zealand with 15 Principal/Senior consultants and more than 200 years of combined experience. This experience covers all the key disciplines essential to the delivery of real business benefits – business intelligence consulting, business intelligence program and project management, data warehousing, reporting, analytics, measurement and analysis, training and support.

“As one of the few Gold Business Intelligence Partners we feel it really differentiates us from the competition and establishes us as market leaders, further demonstrating our commitment to serving the needs of customers relying on Microsoft-based solutions,” said Tony Millar, Managing Director. “We look forward to helping our customers be what's next by continuing to focus our areas of technology expertise in response to today’s business needs.”

The Microsoft Gold Competency signifies to the market that a company has demonstrated the highest level of skill and achievement within a given technology specialisation. All 28 Microsoft competencies are designed to help differentiate a partner’s specific technology capabilities, helping customers find solution providers quickly and easily.

Each competency has a unique set of requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the industry.

“By earning a Gold competency the team at Montage has demonstrated the highest, most consistent capability and commitment within Business Intelligence. Montage is also a finalist at this year’s Partner Awards, further exemplifying the company’s outstanding achievements in helping customers achieve their business intelligence needs,” said Christ Ichter, Director Small Midmarket Solutions and Partner Group, Microsoft New Zealand.

With the Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) competency, Montage have demonstrated their ability to deliver solutions that leverage familiar tools to provide insight to everyone in their customers’ organisations —at a lower total cost of ownership.

Montage Business Intelligence prides themselves on the quality and depth of experience of their people, who have successfully completed business intelligence engagements across the globe. Their depth of enterprise scale experience makes them well suited to complex undertakings whilst having the agility to respond quickly to customer needs. Based in Christchurch Montage Business Intelligence also have offices in Nelson, Dunedin and Wellington.