PARSIPPANY, N.J., May 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Strategic Products
and Services (SPS), a systems integrator and managed service
provider, today announced that the company has been selected to
participate in Microsoft's Skype for Business Launch Partner
campaign. Partners are selected for the campaign based upon
their proven track record of Lync deployments and early preparation
on Skype for Business.
Microsoft announced that Lync had been rebranded as Skype for
Business on March 16. Skype for Business brings together the
familiar experience of Skype with the enterprise-grade security,
compliance, and control of Lync. This campaign is designed to
help customers choose qualified partners that can provide a full
range of services from planning to adoption, deliver and support
hybrid cloud deployments, and offer end-to-end solutions with
qualified hardware and software vendors. To showcase Skype
for Business launch partners, Microsoft has created a
SkypeforBusiness.com microsite.
"SPS is honored to be selected by Microsoft as a Skype for
Business launch partner," said Jim
Maynard, executive vice president, solution development at
SPS. "With multiple Microsoft Gold competencies and technical
certifications, we continue to strengthen our longstanding
partnership with Microsoft to jointly deliver collaborative
solutions that are simple, integrated and easy to use."
The acquisition of California-based ExtraTeam in March, 2015
augmented the established enterprise SPS offer suite supporting
Skype for Business. With five Microsoft MVPs, SPS has the breadth
and depth of competency to design solutions across a broad range of
customer environments and use cases.
"As a Skype for Business launch partner, SPS has demonstrated a
high level of experience, training and commitment to the Lync and
Skype for Business platform, and is prepared to help customers
benefit from adopting Skype for Business," said Giovanni Mezgec, Microsoft GM of Skype for
Business.
This week, SPS is exhibiting at Microsoft Ignite, and
participating in multiple panel discussions. Microsoft Ignite
attendees can visit SPS at booth #432 (McCormick Place, South Hall,
Chicago IL).
About SPS
As a specialized systems integrator, Strategic Products and
Services (SPS) has design, technical and implementation depth in
all aspects of infrastructure technology, roadmap planning,
consulting and ongoing services for contact center, unified
communications and private cloud solutions.
SPS maintains strategic partnerships and certifications with
more than 15 key manufacturers, including Avaya (Platinum), Cisco
(Gold), Microsoft (Gold), Polycom, NICE and VMware. With the
competencies gained through these partnerships, SPS provides a
comprehensive end-to-end portfolio of products, applications,
managed services and cloud-based solutions to support enterprises
throughout North America.
SPS has earned numerous awards and recognition from its
strategic partners, most recently with two Polycom awards: "Circle
of Excellence Partner" and "Service Partner of the Year". For the
past eight consecutive years, SPS has risen annually in the top 300
of CRN's annual Solution Provider 500, a listing of the largest
information technology solution providers, integrators, and service
companies in North America – most
recently placing at 78 on the 2014 list. SPS has also been
recognized in multiple years on the CRN MSP Elite 150 and Fast
Growth 100 lists. Visit www.spscom.com to learn more.
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