March 21, 2006 – Redstone Managed Solutions today announced it has become a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, representing the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies and a close working relationship with the company.
Redstone had previously been a Microsoft certified partner but following recent company restructuring Redstone Managed Solutions is now able to focus more on Microsoft technologies, leaving voice, data, and telecoms to other Redstone divisions. This strengthened focus, combined with the quality of Redstone’s staff with Microsoft qualifications in sales and engineering, numerous client references detailing successful projects involving Microsoft products, and the significant volume of Microsoft product sales by Redstone, have been the major factors influencing Redstone’s Microsoft Gold Partner accreditation.
Karl Noakes, director of the partner development group at Microsoft, commented: “As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Redstone Managed Solutions is among the elite of the Microsoft partner community. Our Gold partners are highly equipped to deliver business-driven technology solutions to their customers and are highly valued by Microsoft.”
Tariq Saied, managing director, Redstone Managed Solutions, said: “This accreditation is fantastic news both for Redstone and our clients. Redstone has a privileged working relationship with Microsoft technologies and this means our clients are better supported by us through the quality of resource made available to us from Microsoft in technical services, sales and marketing.”
Each Competency has a unique set of requirements, formulated to represent the specific skills and services that an organisation brings to the technology industry. Redstone has proved its competency in Networking Infrastructure Solutions - implementing solutions based on the Microsoft Windows Server or Windows Small Business Server platforms, and also in Advanced Infrastructure Solutions - specialising in such areas as hosting, systems management and exchange migration and deployment.
About Redstone Managed Solutions
Redstone Managed Solutions provides a comprehensive portfolio of infrastructure and Internet services suitable for all businesses and public sector organisations. Solutions and services include IT professional services, application development, hosting and co-location, network and system management, Internet service provision and consultancy.
Redstone Managed Solutions provides hosting solutions from its London and Cambridge data centres, with scaleable solutions, from a single server to multiple racks. The Redstone Metropolitan Area Network in Cambridge comprises almost 30 kilometers of fibre, providing a state of the art communications backbone capable of delivering Internet, voice, data or point to point services.
Redstone Managed Solutions has a dedicated education sector offering which provides services including ISP connection and filtered email and content control, hosting and domain registration services, together with niche software developments for schools including its education sector webxchange portal and registration administration products.