WCI key Microsoft Partner - Gold Competency Partner

Within a framework of consulting capability, our Microsoft Solutions Group combines deep process expertise with industry leading technology skills.

We position the Microsoft product offerings as a complete 'stack' solution and promote a service oriented approach to building agile business solutions that leverage Microsoft's position across the desktop, productivity suite and development toolset. As a top tier partner of Microsoft, our Gold Partner credentials include competency awards in: Advanced infrastructure, Security, Information Worker and MBS (Microsoft Business Solutions) .

Our consultative led, sector driven approach combining both process and technology, allows WCI to provide solutions for clients that drive sustainable business benefits and agility, rather than just technology specific, point solutions. For example, a construction client may be interested in pursuing a SOA strategy to better provide for the 'plug & play' of business systems within a climate of strong M&A activity.

A utilities client may also be pursuing a SOA strategy, but to extend the value of investments in legacy systems. The alignment of process and technology expertise finds natural synergy when positioning a Microsoft SOA solution. Where clients have more specific requirements, for example around secure ISA solutions or best practice SharePoint implementations, we are able to place these point requirements in the context of an overall solution roadmap.

We highlight the value to be derived from specific Microsoft product licenses as well as the wider Enterprise Agreement offering. Extending from point solution into stack capability, we can show the value of the Microsoft proposition and how it competes and wins against competing vendors like IBM and Oracle Beyond placing Microsoft alongside competing stack vendors, we show clients how the familiar Windows and Office environments can be leveraged as an ideal 'surface' for end users to interact with business tasks and processes exposed through a SOA enabled organisation.

Our overall proposition can be aligned to Microsoft product expertise around our established competencies. Moving forward, we are building on the emerging Microsoft solutions including Windows Vista, Office 2007 and WinFX enabled SmartClients to present information workers and business analysts with intuitive environments for interacting with a SOA enabled organisation.