Competentum Group Counted Among Top Finalists for the 2009 Central and Eastern Europe Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Software-plus-Services Development.

Moscow, Russia — July 6, 2009 — Today, Competentum Group announced it has been selected as a finalist for the Central and Eastern Europe Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Software-plus-Services Development.

We are especially pleased to be finalist in this innovative nomination for the Central and Eastern Europe Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Software-plus-Services Development," - said Natalia Soboleva, CEO, Competentum. "We have recently introduced this solution - ShareKnowledge - for online education and training for Russian, Europe and North American markets and strongly believe, that SaaS has a great future for companies and institutions. It allows businesses to start training very quickly with minimum initial investments."

Awards will be presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen from a pool of more than 2,000 entrants worldwide. The Software-plus-Services Development Partner of the Year award recognizes ISVs and custom software developers who have developed best in class solutions that incorporate on-premises software (deployed to either a server or a client) and Web-based services (also referred to as software as a service).

"Partners are critical to delivering rich business solutions and innovative excellence to customers," said Charles Arizmendi, Area Director for Partner Strategy and Programs for Central and Eastern Europe, Microsoft. "Congratulations to the 2009 Partner Award finalist who have each demonstrated innovation beyond measure and an unswerving commitment to delivering the highest levels of customer satisfaction. We look forward to these partners continuing to raise the bar in the design and deployment of customer solutions built on Microsoft technologies."

Competentum is an international group of companies that operates in global e-Learning market covering Russia, Europe and USA. Competentum offers a full set of proprietary innovative e-Learning products as well as high quality consulting, software and e-content development services for both academic education and professional training.

Competentum is a turnkey e-Learning technology solution provider for the corporate, publishing, education and the government sectors. Our goal is the implementation of innovative ideas, and integration of modern web-based technologies with advanced pedagogy to provide cost-effective creation of advanced e-Learning solutions.

If you are interested in viewing additional information on Competentum, please visit the Competentum Web site page at www.competentum.com.

The Microsoft Partner Program Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the past year.

ShareKnowledge is a unique and innovative solution for effective corporate training (LMS, Learning Management System). Our LMS is based on 16 years of e-Learning experience and a strong technology platform provided by Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007.

ShareKnowledge as an LMS has a number of best in class capabilities: instant access to training, full integration with Microsoft IT environment - Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 based LMS, сomfortable and familiar interface of the Learning Management System, enterprise’s organizational structure support, stable and reliable.

For additional information:
Carl Done, Competentum Business Development Director, North America
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07/06/2009