Upside Software Counted Among Top Finalists for the 2007 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Competing to Win: Database

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — Today, Upside Software Inc. announced it has been selected as a finalist for Microsoft Corp.’s Partner of the Year Award in Competing to Win: Database. Winners for the 2007 Microsoft Partner Program Awards, which recognize top Microsoft Partners delivering market-leading, Microsoft-based solutions, will be announced July 11 in Denver, Colorado at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.

“Upside Software is very pleased to be listed as a finalist for this prestigious award,” said Ashif Mawji, President and CEO, Upside Software. “We were able to deliver an outstanding customer experience using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 — this helped us differentiate ourselves from the competition during the bidding process. The strength of Microsoft technologies in our contract management software has enabled us to develop and deploy robust, yet flexible solutions.”

Awards will be presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen from a pool of more than 1,800 entrants worldwide. The Competing to Win Partner of the Year: Database award recognizes partners who have won customers with SQL Server where database solution alternatives such as Oracle or MySQL were a consideration or a prior deployment. Solution categories include: Mission Critical Business Applications, Business Intelligence, OLTP, Web Data. The winning partner will have helped its customer better manage their business while securing an important market on the Microsoft platform. This award emphasizes business strategies and approaches that can reach and scale to a broad market. 

“We have a diverse and talented partner ecosystem that each year raises the bar in the design and deployment of customer solutions built on Microsoft technologies,” said Allison L. Watson, corporate vice president, Microsoft Worldwide Partner Group. “We are pleased to recognize Upside Software as one of our partners leading the field in this category.”

For over seven years, Upside Software has been working together with Microsoft to develop unparalleled contract management solutions such as its flagship product UpsideContract, which is built completely using .NET technology. With over 200+ successful customer deployments in virtually all industries, Upside is proud of its zero customization track record. In a continual drive towards excellence, Upside invests heavily in R & D (35% of its annual revenues), to provide comprehensive solution offerings to its customer base.

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

For more information about the Microsoft Partner Awards Program, please visit www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/wwpc/default.mspx.

About Upside Software Inc.

Upside Software is the worldwide leader in Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions. Customers around the globe use UpsideContract and other integrated business solutions to confidently perform Contract Management, Sourcing & Procurement, and Invoice & Billing Management activities throughout their organizations. Upside Software’s products address the needs of Enterprise (e.g. Fortune 500, Global 2000), Public sector (Federal, State/Provincial, Municipal and Health Care), and Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) customers. Customers realize significant cost savings while improving customer and supplier relationships. Upside Software’s solutions are deployed in as little as 3 days and typically provide a full return-on-investment (ROI) in under a year. Founded in 2000, Upside Software is a profitable, growing company with an advanced, yet mature, and comprehensive product suite. The company has extensive experience delivering real value to customers of every size and in most industry verticals. Upside Software is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – for more information visit the company’s website at http://www.upsidesoft.com/

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