AVID Technical Resources Earns Microsoft Certified Partner Status

BOSTON, May 10, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Microsoft Corporation awarded AVID Technical Resources with Certified Partner status this week. As a new Microsoft Certified Partner, the IT recruiting company was presented with a plaque and banner to congratulate them.

As a Microsoft Certified Partner, AVID Technical Resources has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to meet customers' needs. Microsoft Certified Partners receive a number of exclusive benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the channel.

"AVID has a long history of placing thousands of IT resources with various Microsoft skill sets and technologies. From infrastructure support to applications development, Microsoft is the premier technology in our space. The certified partner status is a key differentiator that illustrates the depth of our applications development and infrastructure support capabilities. We're honored to be a certified partner as it is a reflection upon our hard work and elite status in the IT staffing industry.

AVID Technical Resources (www.avidtr.com) is a contract and permanent IT recruiting company. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, AVID specializes in placing contractors with an applications development or infrastructure support background. Over the past five years, the company has grown at an astonishing 1500%.

From an infrastructure support perspective, AVID has recruited thousands of candidates with various Microsoft backgrounds including Windows 2000, XP, Vista and now Windows 7 experience. On the applications development, AVID provides Microsoft .NET, C# and SQL Server resources to hundreds of clients throughout the United States.

The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in October 2003 and represents Microsoft's ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners' businesses be successful.

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