At Microsoft's annual Partner Awards last night, Workgroup predictably scooped the Distributor of the Year award and Mustek was named its top OEM partner, but the spotlight was also firmly fixed on Dimension Data and BUI.
DiData walked away with three awards, including the Large Account Reseller of the Year Award while BUI won the Security Solutions Competency award for a fourth year in a row - and crowned the evening by collecting the coveted Managing Director’s Award.
Other companies to shine at the event were IS Partners and nVisionIT, which both won two awards, and The IT Department, which won the Small Business Specialist Award for the third year running.

“The high standards of entries received for the awards showed that the company’s partners are delivering unmatched innovation and value to customers,” said Microsoft SA MD, Mteto Nyati. “We strongly value our partners’ contributions, and we want to highlight these top partners’ commitment of delivering exceptional solutions and unsurpassed value to customers. We’re delighted to acknowledge their strong performance, tremendous contributions and outstanding achievements over the past year.”

• Dimension Data

Business Intelligence Solutions Competency Award:

• IS Partners

Custom Development Solutions Competency Award:

• nVision IT

Data Management Solutions Competency Award:

• IS Partners

Information Worker Solutions Competency Award:

• Intervate Solutions

ISV/Software Solutions Competency Award:

• Flowcentric Solutions

Learning Solutions Competency Award:

• Torque IT

Licensing Solutions Competency Award:

• Business Connexion

Microsoft Business Solutions Competency Award:

• SIS Holdings

Mobility Solutions Competency Award:

• AccTech Systems

Networking Infrastructure Solutions Competency Award:

• Netsurit

OEM Hardware Solutions Competency Award:

• COA Group

Security Solutions Competency Award:

• BUI

SOA and Business Process Solutions Competency Award:

• nVisionIT

Unified Communications Solutions Competency Award:

• Galdon Data

Customer Experience Initiative Award:

• 3fifteen

Winning Customers Initiative Award:

• Airborne Consulting

Citizenship Initiative Award:

• Dimension Data

XBOX Retailer of the Year Award:

• Musica

SDA Retailer of the Year Award:

• Incredible Connection

Small Business Specialist Award:

• The IT Department

Distributor of the Year Award:

• Workgroup

Large Account Reseller of the Year Award:

• Dimension Data

Royalty OEM Partner of the Year Award:

• Mustek

Managing Director's Award:

• BUI