Marquam Group recognized as finalist for 2018 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards

PORTLAND, Ore., June 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft announced that Marquam has been named a finalist as a 2018 Internet of Things Partner of the Year. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

"We are thrilled to be recognized for our work integrating Microsoft's advanced cloud offerings in the IoT and Cognitive Services space. These are transformational technologies that are enabling companies to innovate at an unprecedented speed and scale." said Chad Layman, Chief Executive Officer, Marquam Group. "This award speaks volumes about the creativity and dedication of our team - the people that our clients turn to for accelerated innovation."

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional solutions during the past year. Awards were presented in multiple categories, with winners chosen from a set of more than 2,600 entrants from 115 countries.

The Internet of Things Partner of the Year Award recognizes partners that have designed, developed, and deployed Internet of Things (IoT) solutions built on Microsoft's intelligent cloud and intelligent edge offerings such as Azure IoT Hub, Azure Cognitive Services, and Azure IoT Edge. IoT solutions harness signals and untapped data from a wide range of devices - unlocking powerful insights and enabling businesses to act on that data.

IoT solutions are helping companies to quickly improve their businesses by knowing more about their 'things,' such as where they are, what they are doing and predicting maintenance needs ? ultimately improving business results and increasing customer value.

Readiness Systems engaged Marquam to help develop AED Sentineltm, the first and only universal remote AED monitoring system. The IoT solution uses internet-connected optical visual status indicator monitoring sensors, along with an associated software platform and an intuitive user dashboard for monitoring, alerts and reporting. With millions of AEDs already deployed in the field, Azure's IoT Suite addressed the critical business need to provision and enable new cameras with non-technical installers.

"We are honored to recognize Marquam Group of as a Microsoft Partner of the Year Finalist," said Gavriella Schuster, corporate vice president, One Commercial Partner, Microsoft Corp. "Marquam has distinguished itself as a top partner, exemplifying the remarkable expertise and innovation we see in our Microsoft partner community to deliver transformative solutions."

Marquam is a business technology consultancy that specializes in building solutions with the Cloud Platform, Cloud Productivity and Data Analytics offerings from Microsoft. Founded in 1998, the company has helped more than 500 organizations across the country amplify their speed and efficiency with software and data.

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