Kyiv, Ukraine / Aug 29, 2006
Stated meeting of press club “Press Coffee
Morning” took place in Kyiv on August 22. In the meeting
participated leading mass-media representatives and top management
of Microsoft Ukraine and SoftServe. The main topic of the meeting
was dedicated to the results of Microsoft Worldwide Partner
Conference 2006.Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2006 was one
of the biggest Microsoft Partners conferences ever held. It took
place in Boston (USA), and the attendance level reached
approximately nine thousand participants from top-tier management.
System SalesWorks™, the product of SoftServe, was the
finalist of Microsoft Partner Program Awards for a
“Technology Innovation Partner of the Year” in the
“Mobility Solutions” category.

During the meeting the Head for Software Developers Department
Microsoft Ukraine, Alexander Orekhov, marked: "The list of
participants of Microsoft Partner Program Awards was really
impressive. SoftServe rivaled companies from Great Britain, Canada
and Greece etc. I do not remember anything like this to happen
before and that is why this event is so significant for us. We hope
that in near future we will have more achievements like
this".
According to Alexander Orekhov, establishment of "Microsoft
Ukraine" is one of the important facts, because of which more of
leading Ukrainian Microsoft Partners started to attend worldwide
events. SoftServe, finalist of Microsoft Partner Program
Awards, is a bright example of it. This means, that
SalesWorks™ is an appropriate product, which meets high
selection criteria and satisfies strict quality requirements.
Besides, it is not just an excellent product, but a valuable future
break-through solution, which indicates the development direction
of IT sector.
Sergei Kharytonov, Vice-President of SoftServe pointed out:
"Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2006 was the first attempt
of participation in the global contest and it was met with success.
That is why SoftServe plans to present at least two new solutions
to Microsoft Partner Program Awards next year".
Alexander Orekhov stated: "If we are talking about development of
IT services in Ukraine, then such contests between Microsoft
Partners are kind of maturity evaluation elements for Ukrainian IT
developers. And I want to emphasize, that we are able to show
examples of success, great results and achievements, as for
instance SoftServe products".