ePartners Marketing Campaign Wins International Awards

ePartners Healthcare Solution, ePartnersMD, Recognized for Execution and Creativity of Campaign

DALLAS--ePartners® (www.epartnersolutions.com), a leading business and technology consultancy with 20 offices in North America and Europe, announces today that its ePartnersMD Healthcare Solution Series marketing campaign has won two prestigious awards for creativity, planning and execution. ePartnersMD is the recipient of the 2006 Microsoft® Distinction in Marketing Award, and has been awarded Gold from the international Davey Awards.

ePartnersMD is a suite of Microsoft-based IT and business solutions designed to empower community hospitals, large physician practices and other healthcare organizations. These solutions, created exclusively for the Microsoft platform, focus on industry-specific business issues and processes not previously addressed by other solution providers.

“ePartnersMD was developed to fulfill the need for an affordable solution tailored specifically to community hospitals, large clinics and home health organizations,” says Cody Aufricht, Senior Vice President of Marketing at ePartners. “We set out to educate the market in a creative way but stayed very focused on the proven benefits of the solution, and how it has helped other leading healthcare organizations throughout the US.”

Earlier this year, Microsoft business solutions partners throughout the U.S. and Canada submitted marketing campaigns for Microsoft's Distinction in Marketing Award. The campaigns were reviewed by a panel of judges who examined the campaigns for the following criteria: business impact, innovation and creativity, results and effectiveness. ePartnersMD was one of the three winners selected.

“ePartners is a trusted partner that shares our vision and commitment to deliver innovative, integrated business solutions that address key functional issues critical to healthcare organizations,” says Jeff Young, vice president Microsoft Dynamics U.S. at Microsoft Corp. “ePartnersMD combines the power of Microsoft Dynamics with ePartners’ industry expertise to offer end-to-end functionality tailored to meet the demands of today’s complex healthcare environment. ePartners has developed and executed a successful marketing campaign for ePartnersMD from which other Microsoft partners can learn. The solution offering, combined with an exceptional creative campaign, has exceeded all expectations.”

The centerpiece of the campaign is an online resource center that enables prospects to learn more and be easily connected to ePartners. The site, www.ePartnersMD.com, provides a wealth of educational and marketing information, and includes several resource tools, including case studies, white papers, video on-demand, online events, collateral downloads, and more.

Creative recognition from the Davey Awards

The ePartnersMD campaign has also been awarded Gold from The Davey Awards. Judged and overseen by the International Academy of Visual Arts, the Davey is an international creative award focused exclusively on honoring outstanding creative work. The ePartnersMD creative, which was designed and supported by the Dallas-based advertising agency OnMessage, was chosen among 3,500 entries.

“While we truly appreciate being recognized with these awards, we are even more excited with the response this campaign is generating from IT professionals within the healthcare industry,” said James F. O’Gara, president and founder of OnMessage. “It’s great to see that our creative and marketing strategy for this campaign is delivering strong results for ePartners.”

For more information about ePartners, visit www.epartnersolutions.com or call 888-883-9797.

About ePartners Incorporated

ePartners is the most respected Microsoft-based software and services consultancy in the world. We help our clients align their IT strategy with business objectives, resulting in improved business performance and a fast return on their IT investment. ePartners delivers results through a comprehensive offering of consultation, custom development, systems integration, implementation, training and support. Our solutions create clear competitive advantages for a wide variety of organizations including those in healthcare, manufacturing, financial services and many more. ePartners specializes in implementing market-leading enterprise software applications from Microsoft.

ePartners is backed by Needham Capital Partners, Mobius Venture Capital, Texas Growth Fund, Austin Ventures, Liberty Mutual, Madrona Venture Group, Rustic Canyon Partners, Capital Resource Partners, and Charterhouse Group.

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