CompuCom Systems and its Canadian Subsidiary CCSI CompuCom Honored as Winners of Operational Excellence at 2008 Microsoft Channel Partner Summit

DALLAS & MISSISSAUGA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CompuCom Systems, Inc., a leading IT outsourcing company, together with its Canadian subsidiary, CCSI CompuCom, today announced that they have won the Operational Excellence Award at the 2008 Microsoft Channel Partner Summit. The combined companies were chosen out of the North American field of top Microsoft Partners for delivering market-leading operational excellence supporting Microsoft technology. The awards were distributed recently at a ceremony in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida at Microsoft’s Channel Partner Summit.

“Winning the award this year was exciting, not only was it the fifth consecutive year in a row our Dallas-based Microsoft operations team won the award, but also the sixth year in a row the Canadian-based Microsoft operations team (CCSI CompuCom, formerly SaltSpring Software Inc.) received the award,” said Ken Pharr, Operations Director at CompuCom. “This award demonstrates CompuCom’s steadfast commitment to meeting new demands placed on our systems and resources created by the evolution in licensing programs offered by Microsoft and ongoing demands from our clients for more value and support for every software dollar they spend.”

“This is just another example of how CompuCom and CCSI CompuCom demonstrate to clients the long-term value we add around the procurement and management of Microsoft licenses,” said Mark Dalton, Vice President of Software Sales at CompuCom. “By combining state-of-the-art systems, documented processes and the expertise of Microsoft Certified Consultants in the field, CompuCom consistently helps clients decrease the costs associated with the procurement and management of software licenses.”

“We are pleased to recognize our top partners for their collaboration and achievement in facilitating customers’ software solutions with innovative and reliable operations,” said Matt Rossmeissl, General Manager for Microsoft Worldwide Commercial Operations. “The Operational Excellence award is an opportunity to reward our highest potential partners for their investments in growing our joint capabilities to serve customers.”

“Each year our partners are measured based on their level of operational excellence and end to end process performance. This award recognized those partners who continuously raise the bar and strive to perform at a level enabling end customers to transact business with Microsoft in the most efficient, accurate and timely manner,” said Mary Ellen Smith, Microsoft’s General Manager for the America Operation Center. “We value their focus to deliver operational excellence to our end customers.”

The Microsoft Licensing Operation Excellence Awards recognize Microsoft Partners that have developed and delivered operation excellence over the past year.

About CompuCom Systems, Inc.

CompuCom is a leading IT outsourcing company providing infrastructure management services, application services, systems integration and consulting services, as well as the procurement and management of hardware and software. With 20 years of IT experience, CompuCom employs more than 7,800 highly skilled associates who have earned a combined total of more than 44,000 industry certifications company-wide. As experts in workplace services, CompuCom’s unique Integrated Infrastructure Management (IIM) solution reduces costs, increases productivity and helps clients gain maximum value from information. For more information, visit www.CompuCom.com.

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