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Australian multi-award-winning Microsoft Gold Partner Velrada has won the Microsoft Growth Partner of the Year award for 2021 and was named global runner up for the Microsoft 2021 Dynamics 365 Field Service Partner of the Year Award announced by Microsoft overnight in the 2021 Global Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards.The awards recognised Velradas phenomenal growth during the year in which the company saw Microsoft online services revenue soar by 538.7.Velrada was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft-based solutions during the past year.Awards were classified in various of categories with the winners chosen from a set of more than 4400 submitted nominations from more than 100 countries worldwide.I am honoured to announce the winners and finalists of the 2021 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards said Rodney Clark Corporate Vice President Global Partner Solutions Channel Sales and Channel Chief Microsoft.These remarkable partners have displayed a deep commitment to building world-class solutions for customersfrom cloud-to-edgeand represent some of the best and brightest our ecosystem has to offer Mr Clark said.Velrada capitalised on the once in a generation shift to digital technology which was accelerated by the pandemic. We moved swiftly to support Australian and Global businesses to continue operating sometimes in entirely different ways said Velrada CEO Robert Evans.One of the major projects completed during the year was a project with BHP for using mixed reality and Hololens devices to remotely service the companys operations after COVID travel restrictions impacted the maintenance crews.This project was visited by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during a virtual tour of Australia.Its like having a sensor fabric on the machinery itself. Then to be able to remote that at the site so its kind of like a digital twin said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at the time.During the period Velrada also launched its own series of cloud apps to capture a slice of the global software as a service SaaS sector which is valued at more than US100 billion in 2020 and forecast to keep growing as companies continue to digitise their operations.Velradas proprietary PowerRoster platform was recently used as the key operational management system for the G7 meeting of world leaders in Cornwall England last month.Velrada is delighted to have received these prestigious awards and would like to thank Microsoft our clients and our incredible team for making such extraordinary strides during a time of immense uncertainty and disruption said Mr Evans.Its an exciting time to be in the Microsoft ecosystem said Velrada Managing Director Saul Sabath.To deliver on the growing demand we are employing innovative recruitment practices to hire and retain the best staff. We have seen a surge in interest in joining Velrada as the go-to Microsoft partner in the Dynamics space with PowerApps and low-code-no-code platforms driving growth in projects for global clients including leveraging our UK team.The Microsoft Growth Partner of the Year Award is recognition of our teams commitment to excellence in all things Microsoft and offers new hires a reason to be extra proud of what it means to be a Velradian said Mr Sabath.Dominic Nolan Executive Director and Global Head of Product Development with Velrada is forecasting that growth will increase by nearly 50 per cent in FY22 aligned to the Microsoft Dynamics global growth agenda.Along with our participation in the Microsoft Inner Circle and Partner Advisory Council we see ongoing investment in IP as the pillar for growth to solve the last mile functionality for our clients needs says Mr Nolan.The Microsoft Growth Partner of the Year award reinforces our choice of IP development as one of our key growth initiatives and aligns with Microsofts global strategy he said.
