Digicel Business, the region’s leading business solutions provider, today announced it has achieved Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions competency at the silver level, further demonstrating its ability to meet Microsoft Corp customers’ evolving needs in today’s mobile first, cloud first world.

Earning the Microsoft Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions competency means that partners have successfully demonstrated expertise through rigorous exams. In addition, to ensure the highest quality of services, Microsoft requires customer references for successful implementation and customer satisfaction.

With Small Medium Business (SMB) and Small Medium Enterprise (SME) business technology being key areas for Digicel Business, this achievement shows that Digicel Business is focused on the explosive growth in cloud-based solutions for its customers, particularly centred on Microsoft cloud solutions.

“Organisations achieving silver competency have proven their expertise in a specific technology area, placing them among the top five percent of Microsoft partners worldwide,” said Darren Mohammed, Director for the Partner organization at Microsoft West Indies. “When customers look for an IT partner to meet their business challenges, choosing a company that has attained Microsoft competencies is a smart move. These are highly qualified professionals with access to Microsoft technical support and product teams.”

Microsoft Office 365 is Microsoft’s fastest growing commercial product ever. The Small and Midmarket Solutions competency enables Digicel to satisfy the demand from the small and midmarket customer marketplace for cloud and hybrid solutions on O365.

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