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by Brendon Livingstone on 29 January 2013
New Zealand IT consulting and software development company Equinox IT has demonstrated best-in-class capability and market leadership to become Microsoft’s first New Zealand Gold Partner for the application lifecycle management competency.
Equinox IT today announced it has attained Gold application lifecycle management (ALM) competency. Attaining this competency demonstrates Equinox’s expertise in utilising the Microsoft Visual Studio development platform. Equipped with exclusive training and the latest software and support, Equinox IT will continue to strengthen its services offered to customers to implement ALM best practices, assist with Microsoft Visual Studio set-up and configuration, and develop custom-built business applications to meet specific needs.
“Over many years Equinox has built a high-capability software development team who have expertise in using Agile and Lean approaches along with the Microsoft Visual Studio development platform” says Deane Sloan, Equinox IT Software Development Director.
“We are well positioned to help our customers to improve their business with proven software development practices and leading purpose-built business applications. We are proud to become Microsoft’s first New Zealand Gold partner for the ALM competency, recognising our leadership and commitment in this area.”
“By achieving a gold competency, partners have demonstrated the highest, most consistent capability and commitment to the latest Microsoft technology,” says Chris Ichter, Director of the small, midmarket solutions and partners group at Microsoft New Zealand. “These partners have a deep expertise that puts them in the top 1 percent of our partner ecosystem, and their proficiency will help customers drive innovative solutions on the latest Microsoft technology.”