PointBridge was chosen out of an international field of top Microsoft partners for its delivery of market-leading customer solutions built using Microsoft technology. The Online Services Partner of the Year award recognizes partners who have successfully adopted, embraced, developed, and delivered solutions based on Microsoft Online Services (including Microsoft Office SharePoint Online, Microsoft Office Exchange Online, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Office Communications Online).

The award specifically recognizes PointBridge's groundbreaking work with several large organizations:

-- For a well-known national retailer PointBridge migrated approximately

1300 email users from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange Online. The

email accounts were migrated over a weekend, eliminating the need to

implement a co-existence strategy.

-- For a global automotive manufacturer PointBridge migrated 1400 users

from Lotus Notes to the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite.

The global mail migration was completed in a single weekend without

interruption to the business users. It's calculated that the move

to Exchange Online will help the customer realize a 30% annual cost

savings. Based on the success of the email migration, this manufacturer

is moving their intranet to SharePoint Online and has already deployed

several business-critical applications on the platform.

-- For the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, PointBridge developed

an internal collaboration platform based on SharePoint Online. The

SharePoint solution will cost-effectively enable MBA students, faculty

and administrative staff to find, use, share, manage, search and store

information.

-- For Manpower, Inc., PointBridge created a virtual global leadership

planning meeting using SharePoint Online technology. The multi- day

virtual meeting for 160 senior executives from around the world

facilitated interactive learning and information sharing and garnered

positive reviews from participants. It also saved executives

considerable time and travel expenses.

The solution PointBridge created for Manpower, a global employment services firm headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was particularly innovative.