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Excitation Signs Up For 10:10 Campaign
This is to announce that Excitation has today signed up for the 10:10 campaign.
For those of you who aren't familiar with it, the campaign (details of which can be found at http://www.1010uk.org/) is a grassroots campaign to get individuals and businesses to pledge to cut their carbon emissions by 10% in 2010. Most of us are reasonably aware of the problems associated with climate change; this is a chance to do something about it. I've already signed up to it personally, and would encourage others to do the same.
But what can Excitation do as a company? Many of our approaches are already oriented towards carbon reduction. For example, we work remotely a lot of the time, rather than spending time in cars visiting clients. Furthermore, we don't have direct control of our office energy (electricity and gas), which will make monitoring difficult. However, here are a few things to get started:
- 1. Do we need the 'comfort cooling' on all the time? If it's too hot, can we open a window?
- 2. We should never have the 'comfort cooling' on at the same time as we have radiators on.
- 3. Do we need the fax machine and printer on over the weekends, or at night?
This is to announce that Excitation has today signed up for the 10:10 campaign.
New Microsoft Competency For Excitation
Excitation is proud to have achieved a new competency within the Microsoft Partner Programme. The new Business Process and Integration competency maps closely to a core part of any Microsoft CRM project, as with the other areas in which we have achieved recognition.
Excitation Achieves Custom Development Solutions Competency
Excitation has recently marked another milestone by achieving the Custom Development Solution competency. This competency is awarded to partners who provide customer solutions through application development. Excitation's Managing Director Mark Dendy believes that their latest competency will be of great benefit to their clients.
" We know that our clients require Dynamics CRM to be fully functional with their complex business processes. This competency proves that Excitation is committed to providing our clients with Dynamics CRM implementations focused on their business needs. Application development is part of our core offering that will ensure that any business can maximise the benefits that Dynamics CRM provides them with. "
First UK Microsoft MVP For Excitation
One of Excitation’s founders and directors David Jennaway has been given Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional Award. David is a twice Chartered Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer as well as being a Microsoft Certified Trainer. David has been amongst the UK’s leading CRM experts and has worked with Microsoft in supporting the product’s development since its release in the UK. With this award David has become the first Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for CRM in the UK and the twentieth worldwide for Dynamics CRM.
The Microsoft MVP Award recognises exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who voluntarily share their expertise with others. Microsoft MVPs are a highly select group of experts representing technology's most distinguished professionals who share a dedication to the technology community and a willingness to help others. With a wealth of experience, a history of CRM training and his commitment to sharing his knowledge online, David has attained these high standards. As a dedicated member of the Microsoft CRM community David maintains he is always happy to help.
" I The Microsoft MVP Award recognises exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who voluntarily share their expertise with others. Microsoft MVPs are a highly select group of experts representing technology's most distinguished professionals who share a dedication to the technology community and a willingness to help others. With a wealth of experience, a history of CRM training and his commitment to sharing his knowledge online, David has attained these high standards. As a dedicated member of the Microsoft CRM community David maintains he is always happy to help. "
Excitation extends its congratulations to David on his achievement.
Read more about David's MVP status
Cash for Carbon
At Excitation we believe that technology should improve the quality of people's lives. Putting this philosophy into practice; Excitation announces a £50 discount to the agreed daily rate for your project when our consultants avoid commuting to your office and work remotely. Use of broadband access and telephone contact means we need to spend less time in your offices, less time traveling and, apart from the environmental benefits, our customers know that the person working for them on any given day is free to concentrate on developing their solution.
Excitation Wins Gold!
Excitation has achieved Gold Certified Partner status with Microsoft with Business Solutions and Data Management competencies - official validation of the skills required to provide Microsoft CRM and Microsoft SQL Server solutions.
Microsoft Uses Excitation CRM 3.0 Expertise
Excitation is proud to have been chosen by Microsoft Business Solutions Inc. in the US to support them as they prepare the materials which underpin the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 certification process.
New Certification: Small Business Specialist
As a reassurance to our Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) customers, we have achieved Microsoft certification as a Small Business Specialist.