Dynamics Partners Put XRM Solutions on Display for Microsoft’s XRM Showcase Challenge

In an attempt to get partners to explore what can be accomplished with XRM, Microsoft Corp. recently held the xRM Showcase Challenge to recognize the best solutions based on the most recent versions of Microsoft technologies that helped customers solve critical business problems.

Microsoft partners submitted 83 unique solutions-39 from the U.S., 10 from the UK with 10, and four each from Canada, Austria and Australia-over the 10 weeks of the contest and 2,942 votes were cast.

The winners of the contest, which ran from April 22 to June 25, were:

• 1st Place with 469 Votes: CIT MiFID-Compliant Client Registration Process for Asset Management Firms submitted by Columbus IT Norway
• 2nd Place with 387 Votes: GrapeCity Telemarketing Add-On for Microsoft Dynamics 4.0 submitted by GrapeCity
• 3rd Place with 241 Votes: RESPOND-Citizen Services Platform/311 Solution submitted by Rock Solid Technologies

The winners received prizes including a Zune HD, an Xbox 360 Elite, and a grand prize of an HP Mini netbook.

"The contest was an incentive for companies to put their solutions up for scrutiny," said Angel Perez, VP of International Development at third-pace finisher Rock Solid Technologies. We won the Zune and we raffled it among the employees."

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