Solarsoft Wins IBM Beacon Award 2008

Solarsoft Business Systems has been named winner of the IBM Beacon Award for "Excellence in the Mid-Market". IBM presents these awards as a way of  honoring a very select few of their Business Partners for ingenuity, innovation, customer satisfaction and outstanding achievements in providing business solutions.

Solarsoft's iVP solution, built on IBM's Express Advantage offering, helps small and medium-sized manufacturing companies keep pace with rapidly evolving business requirements by improving resource utilization and optimizing processes to keep costs low and customer service quality high. iVP delivers increased inventory accuracy, improved shipping accuracy, improved customer service, enhanced enterprise-wide control as well as enhanced accessibility and system reliability.

Judges remarked that, "Solarsoft demonstrates exactly the qualities we look for in a firm teaming with IBM to serve the mid-market through our Express Advantage strategy. They have a comprehensive mid-market solution built on IBM Express hardware and software selling into net-new IBM accounts, as well as established customers. Importantly, they achieve this success by teaming with other IBM business partners and actively using the resources available to them as an IBM Premier Business Partner."

"Solarsoft was selected as the winner in this category based on its ability to deliver innovative value to mid-market companies by leveraging IBM's Express Advantage offerings," said Ravi Marwaha, General Manager, IBM Global Business Partners. "Solarsoft is combining technology expertise with business insight to help their clients innovate on important business issues and realize real efficiencies."

"Excellence in the Mid-Market … music to our ears. Solarsoft has a long history as a steadfast IBM partner and as a provider of powerful enterprise management solutions to the mid-market," said Solarsoft Chief Operating Officer, Paul Craven. "We are extremely gratified by what this Beacon award represents, a recognition of the importance IBM places on our strategic alliance and of the value that the combined Solarsoft/IBM solution delivers to the mid-market."

About IBM Beacon Awards

More than 725 nominations were judged by a team of leading industry journalists, analysts, and IBM executives, who selected winners and finalists in 37 award categories. These IBM Business Partners will be honored during a gala evening at the IBM Business Partner Leadership Conference in Los Angeles on April 30 - May 2, 2008.