Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – July 10, 2017 – Softlanding, Western Canada’s leading Tier-1 Microsoft Systems Integration Partner, is pleased to be named 2017 IMPACT Award winner for Enterprise Cloud Platform Innovation and finalist for Enterprise Cloud Productivity Innovation by Microsoft Canada.

Softlanding was recognized for their exceptional innovation in Enterprise Azure and Office 365 implementations at the IMPACT Awards showcase that took place on July 9th at the Marriott Hotel, Washington DC as part of Inspire, formerly called Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). The annual event now in its 14th year celebrates outstanding achievement across Microsoft’s community of partners, systems integrators and service providers who are committed to the pursuit of quality and innovation.

Enterprise Cloud Platform Innovation Award

This award recognizes an Enterprise partner that has driven substantial industry innovation using multiple Azure infrastructure workloads and services. Working with Capstone Mining Corp. to extract more value from business processes with Microsoft Azure, Softlanding was able to demonstrate their commitment leveraging Microsoft’s cloud offerings.

“In this mobile-first, cloud-first era it’s an exciting time to be a Microsoft partner in Canada,” said Shaun Roberts, President of Softlanding. “We are honoured to be chosen as one of the finalists for Microsoft Canada’s IMPACT Awards and to be recognized for our accomplishments within the Canadian Partner community.”

He added that customers want to take advantage of the cloud with technologies that are designed to optimize their business processes.

“Softlanding helps their clients by understanding their business from the bottom up to strategically utilize their cloud investment to design, define and deliver the appropriate custom journey tailored to their business priorities.” Adding, “Being recognized as an innovative leader for enterprise developments in both Cloud Platform (Microsoft Azure) and Cloud Productivity (Office 365) is an honour. We are privileged to be recognized amongst the highest tier of Microsoft Partners who have proven their commitment to Microsoft and customers by delivering outstanding solutions.”

Congratulations to all IMPACT Award Finalists. For more information on Inspire please visit the Microsoft IMPACT Award microsite.

About Softlanding
Founded in 2000, Softlanding helps organizations be their best by providing technology solutions and services that make them more productive. Areas of specialty include end-to-end SharePoint services, Microsoft Enterprise Infrastructure and Managed IT Services. As a recognized leader in empowering enterprises with solutions and services built on the Microsoft Cloud and on-premises platforms, Softlanding is proud to be named Microsoft’s 2017 IMPACT Awards Enterprise Cloud Platform Innovation Partner of the Year holding 7 Microsoft Gold Competencies. To learn more about Softlanding – and how it can help make your business more productive – visit www.softlanding.ca.

About Inspire
Formerly called, the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), Inspire is an annual, global convergence of Microsoft’s top partners. It provides partners with the opportunity to network, drive business growth and identify new profitability opportunities. This year at Microsoft Inspire, Microsoft will continue to focus on key trends that represent the most profitable models for partners.

About Microsoft Canada
Established in 1985, Microsoft Canada Inc. is the Canadian subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq “MSFT”) the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft Canada provides nationwide sales, marketing, consulting and local support services in both French and English. Headquartered in Mississauga, Microsoft Canada has nine regional offices across the country dedicated to empowering people through great software – any time, any place and on any device. For more information on Microsoft Canada, please visit www.microsoft.ca.