Microsoft Small Business Specialist
Microsoft Announces
New Small Business Specialist in
Knoxville
New designation distinguishes Pratt Computing
Technologies, Inc. as an expert in small-business
solutions and services.
Knoxville - Microsoft Corp. today announced Pratt Computing
Technologies has become the first Small Business
Specialist in the Knoxville
metropolitan area. To attain this new
designation, Pratt Computing Technologies has
demonstrated expertise in planning and building
solutions for small businesses. As part of the Small
Business Specialist Community, Pratt Computing
Technologies will receive a rich set of benefits
from Microsoft, including access to training
specifically designed for the small-business industry,
small-business marketing materials for reuse, special
partner offers, and the ability to use the Small
Business Specialist logo in marketing materials, which
can help give the company a competitive advantage in the
marketplace.
The Small Business Specialist Community, available as a
competency-like designation as part of the Microsoft®
Partner Program, was developed in response to input from
customers and partners that expressed a need to build
easier connections that enable small-business customers
to quickly and easily identify technology partners best
suited to support them.
“Small businesses are looking for partner companies that
understand their unique business needs,” said Steve
Guggenheimer, vice president of small business for the
Small and Midmarket Solutions & Partner Group at
Microsoft. “With resources like the Small Business
Specialist Community and the partner locator tool on the
Microsoft Small Business Center Web site, it will be
much easier for Knoxville’s small businesses to identify
local partners that are best able to address their
specific needs. We are confident this offering will help
Pratt Computing Technologies reach its full
potential by creating more visibility, opportunity and
demand in the local small-business segment.”
“Pratt Computing Technologies
is extremely pleased with our status as a new Small
Business Specialist,” said Doc Pratt, President at
Pratt Computing Technologies.
“This special designation allows Pratt Computing
Technologies
to effectively promote ourselves to customers as
having proven expertise in delivering high-value,
strategic solutions for small businesses. For
Knoxville
area customers, Small Business Specialist status
provides Pratt Computing Technologies
with early line of sight to new products, services
and programs from Microsoft, which can extend the value
we bring to our client relationships. The Small Business
Specialist also enhances our ability to deliver
solutions that focus on using technology to achieve
strategic goals.”
As one of the requirements for attaining Small Business
Specialist status, Pratt Computing Technologies
had to pass Microsoft’s Small Business Sales and
Marketing Skills Assessment, designed to test the
company’s knowledge of the dynamics and dependencies of
the small-business market, as well as the value to small
business of several software solutions, including
Windows® XP Professional, Microsoft Office
2003 and Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2. In
addition, at least one individual in the company had to
pass a certification exam that measures the ability to
design and implement solutions for the small and
medium-sized business by using Windows Small Business
Server 2003 and the Windows Server System™.
The Small Business Specialist Community was announced
earlier this month at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner
Conference 2006. To enroll, partners can go to
https://partner.microsoft.com/smallbizspecreadiness.
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“MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services
and solutions that help people and businesses realize
their full potential.
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For more information, press only:
Doc Pratt ,Pratt Computing Technologies, 865-693-0900
ext-11
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