FOXBOROUGH, MA – April 4, 2007 – ICONICS received the Microsoft ISV Trailblazer Partner of the Year Award. The award was presented to ICONICS President and CEO Russ Agrusa by Larry Gregory, Director of ISV Partners at Microsoft, during the recent Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Meeting held at the Microsoft world headquarters complex in Redmond, WA. The Trailblazer award is meant to highlight an ISV that has highly leveraged the Microsoft Partner Program to create a pioneering solution based on their participation in a Rhythm this past year. ICONICS has recently announced its GENESIS32 OPC Web-enabled HMI/SCADA and BizViz Manufacturing Intelligence/Business Visualization suites as being “Ready for Windows Vista.”
Windows Vista increases productivity and drives business success by improving security and compliance, optimizing desktop infrastructure, finding and making better use of information and enabling the mobile workforce. ICONICS software solutions work in unison with Microsoft technologies to provide further industrial automation benefits. “ICONICS is honored to be considered a Microsoft ISV Trailblazer Partner,” Agrusa said. “Such recognition reinforces our direction of integrating ICONICS and Microsoft solutions for the benefit of our shared manufacturing customers.
I look forward to achieving more breakthroughs, and meeting more customer expectations, as a result of this continuing relationship.” The release of Microsoft Windows Vista coincided with the recent launch of ICONICS GENESIS32 V9 HMI/SCADA and BizViz V9 Manufacturing Intelligence suites, putting hundreds of state-of-the-art computing tools in the hands of both companies’ customers. ICONICS solutions, coupled with Microsoft technologies including Windows Vista, 2007 Office System and SharePoint Server 2007, will enable customers to take advantage of key features such as Visualization, Gadgets, Security, Search & Organize and Workflow integration.
Recent shared efforts between the two companies include ICONICS’ participation in recent Windows Vista/2007 Office System launch activities in multiple locations, a seminar series held in many Microsoft sponsored locations worldwide, and a recent print advertorial in The Wall Street Journal, where ICONICS is counted among Microsoft’s “Constellation of Partners.” “We are pleased to honor ICONICS with the Trailblazer Award for utilizing Microsoft’s evangelism, business development, and marketing resources to deliver innovative Windows Vista and 2007 Office System solutions to the marketplace,” said Greg Urquhart, General Manager, ISV Partners at Microsoft Corporation.
In addition, ICONICS was named a 2006 Sales and Marketing Partner of the Year Finalist (ISV/Software Solutions), a year after being named a 2005 Technology Innovation Partner of the Year Finalist (Business Intelligence Solutions).
