Insight listed among top finalists for the 2011 microsoft desktop
partner of the year award
Tempe, ariz.--(business wire)--today, insight enterprises, inc. (nasdaq: nsit) announced that its north american division, insight north america, has been selected as a finalist for the microsoft desktop partner of the year award. “we are honored to be named among the top finalists for the microsoft desktop partner of the year award,” said brian davis, senior vice president, product marketing, insight. “we strive to provide our clients with proven services and resources to simplify the implementation and management of strategic microsoft solutions. this distinction demonstrates the value of insight’s centralized desktop lifecycle management and optimized deployment solutions. our capabilities span from the acquisition of assets and microsoft licensing to image development, deployment optimization, migration as well as asset retirement and disposal.” awards were presented in multiple categories, with winners chosen from a set of more than 3,000 entrants worldwide. the desktop partner of the year award honors a partner serving enterprise, midmarket, and small businesses with proven expertise in helping customers migrate to windows 7. this award recognizes insight, who has successfully deployed microsoft technologies with windows 7, microsoft desktop optimization pack, and/or microsoft office 2010 to help customers more efficiently and cost-effectively manage their desktop assets, support and enable their end users, manage security, and deploy new applications. “we are proud to recognize this outstanding group from our highly valued worldwide partner network as our 2011 partner award finalists,” said jon roskill, corporate vice president, worldwide partner group, microsoft corp. “we applaud the unique perspective and creativity each of these companies brings to solving customer business and technology challenges. our strong partnership along with their commitment to customers plays an essential role in our mutual, long-term success.” insight helps companies design, enable, manage and secure their it environments with a broad range of it products, services and technical expertise focused on cloud, virtualization, data center, unified communication/collaboration, network/security, data protection, mobility/pos and office productivity. the microsoft partner awards recognize microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional microsoft-based solutions over the past year. about insight insight enterprises, inc. is a leading technology provider of hardware, software and service solutions to business and government clients in north america, europe, the middle east, africa and asia-pacific. insight is focused on helping organizations move technology goals forward in the areas of cloud, virtualization, data center, unified communication/collaboration, network/security, data protection, mobility/pos and office productivity. the company has approximately 5,100 teammates worldwide and generated sales of $4.8 billion for its most recent fiscal year, which ended december 31, 2010. for more information, please call 1.800.insight (1.800.467.4448) in the united states or visit www.insight.com. product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.