Hitachi Consulting UK Named as 2009 Microsoft Partner of the Year for SOA and Business Process

London, United Kingdom — 30 June, 2009 —Hitachi Consulting UK was named 2009 Microsoft Partner of the Year for SOA and Business Process, chosen out of an international field of nearly 2000 top Microsoft alliance partners delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology.
David Sanderson, Vice President at Hitachi Consulting UK, said, “We are all very proud and delighted that Hitachi Consulting UK has been recognised by Microsoft as a leading alliance partner in the provision of Solution Orientated Architecture and Business Process Management solutions. This is a great reflection of our people, approach and capability. This award provides recognition of the exceptional talents of our consultants and our innovative approach to delivering solutions for our clients.”



The SOA and Business Process Partner of the Year award recognises systems integrators, solution and service providers, and software developers who concentrate on service-oriented architectures (SOAs), enterprise application integration (EAI), business-to-business (B2B) application integration, business process management (BPM), and adapter development using BizTalk Server. Hitachi Consulting, the global IT and services company of Hitachi, Ltd., demonstrated significant, quantifiable business value for its customers by using Microsoft technologies throughout the previous year.

With this award Microsoft has specifically recognised Hitachi Consulting UK’s skills in architecting, designing and constructing scalable and customised Enterprise Service Bus’ using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 for a number of the UK’s leading organisations, as well as its demonstrable ability to reduce implementation times and deliver measureable return on investment.

“Hitachi Consulting UK’s highly available and scalable solutions built on Microsoft’s BizTalk Server have been utilised as the central Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) by its diverse client base, which includes organisations in architecture, legal practice, design, and construction,” said Clare Barclay, Director, Partner Strategy, Microsoft UK. “Microsoft is proud to recognise Hitachi Consulting UK as the SOA and Business Process Partner of the Year. Hitachi Consulting UK’s solutions have significantly reduced the time and investment needed to develop, test, and deploy new projects for its clients.”

Support and reference’s from Hitachi Consulting’s clients were pivotal to the consultancy’s successful award entry.

Hitachi Consulting UK has been a Microsoft Gold Partner since 2003. It has the following Gold competencies: Microsoft Business Systems (Dynamics; CRM, Axapta), Integrated E-Business, Information Worker, Custom Development and Data Management (Business Intelligence).