SeoPapers - article Search Technologies Firm Attains Microsoft Certified Partner Status

Berkshire, United Kingdom - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - October 2, 2008 - Search Technologies Corporation, has earned certified status in Microsoft's Partner Program, recognizing the company's Microsoft technologies experience.

Kamran Khan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Search Technologies noted, ''The benefits provided through our certified membership will allow us to continue to enhance offerings that we provide customers. We are positioned to deliver valuable enterprise search products and services to organizations of all sizes using either Microsoft SharePoint or FAST Search and Transfer platforms.''

Allison Watson, Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft Corp. remarked, ''Only companies that have demonstrated high levels of customer service, proved their experience and attained advanced certification receive the designation of Microsoft Certified Partner. Today, Microsoft recognizes Search Technologies for its skills and expertise in providing customer satisfaction with Microsoft products and technology.''

In addition to certification, Search Technologies has obtained a Microsoft Competency in Information Worker Solutions, one of 17 designations that signal a company's expertise in helping customers realize increased service revenues and new market opportunities. Within that Competency, Search Technologies has gained two Specializations in Search and Portals and Collaboration.

According to the Microsoft Partner Program web site, Search Specialization partners deliver ''...solutions that provide highly relevant results to the right people and processes -- and can be easily maintained, safely utilized, and quickly scaled to meet search needs across the entire enterprise.'' Partners with Portals and Collaboration Specialization status help customers with multiple offices share files, coordinate activities and ''..manage critical information in a simple, familiar interface that yields a consistent user experience.''

Search Technologies is a 40-person firm founded in the U.S. in 2005, serving commercial, government and education customers in the U.S., Europe and Asia from offices in North and Central America and the U.K. The company was named FAST Search Partner of the Year for 2006. Microsoft augmented its enterprise search capabilities with its April 2008 acquisition of Norway-based FAST Search and Transfer.

Mr. Khan added, ''Our commercial and public sector customers benefit from working with a single vendor offering search solutions that span the full range of their needs.''

Search Technologies is the expert at making search software and systems work better and faster, increasing revenue for e-Commerce sites, enhancing customer productivity and improving returns on information-technology investments.

Search Technologies helps commercial, government and education clients take disparate data sources and create business value. The company primarily uses software platforms developed by Microsoft Corporation and Fast Search and Transfer to create custom web applications. Inside the firewall, Search Technologies solutions enable customers to make better and faster decisions. On the Internet, our applications increase revenue for e-Commerce sites and enhance the user experience. Search Technologies image search applications enable quick, secure storage, retrieval and distribution of photographic files, automating work and enhancing productivity.

To learn more, please visit: www.searchtechnologies.com.

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