London - June 26, 2012 - Today, Tribold announced it has been selected as a finalist for the Microsoft Alliance ISV Industry Partner of the Year Award.

Simon Muderack, CEO, Tribold, commented: “Tribold is honored to be a finalist for the 2012 Microsoft Alliance ISV Industry Partner of the Year Award – an award which we won in 2010. Tribold have been working closely with Microsoft for over 7 years to ensure we leverage their technology in underlying platform, server, database and reporting products, and latterly the Azure cloud, for our Tribold solutions. Together we enable CSPs to accelerate speed to market for new offerings, improve offer conversion rates, and improve efficiency in the fulfillment of orders.”

Awards were presented in multiple categories, with winners chosen from a set of nearly 3,000 entrants worldwide. The Microsoft Alliance ISV Industry Partner of the Year Award honors the alliance ISV partner that has added business value to customers by deploying new and innovative solutions based on Microsoft technologies in any or all of the following sectors: Manufacturing and Resources (Oil and Gas, Power and Utilities, Process Manufacturing, Automotive, Aerospace and Industrial Equipment, High Tech and Electronics, Pharmaceutical, Chemicals), Financial Services (Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance), and Distribution and Services (Retail and Hospitality, Consumer Goods, Professional Services). The award acknowledges the partner that has demonstrated excellence in driving Microsoft-based solutions that solve new or existing business needs for the industry. This award winner is recognized as the most valuable alliance ISV partner in developing and delivering Microsoft-based solutions to our mutual customers in the industry.

“We are proud to recognize our 2012 Partner Award finalists for their outstanding commitments to solving customer challenges,” said Jon Roskill, corporate vice president, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. “Our partners are critical to our success as a company, and it is their creativity and innovative thinking in solving the unique needs of our customers that serves as the foundation for mutual, long-term success. We congratulate this year’s finalists on their achievements and look forward to following their continued success in the future.”

Tribold is the leading provider of software solutions powering product agility for Communications Service Providers (CSPs) worldwide and our solutions power over US$80b of products and services for our customers across the globe.

Tribold solutions include:

Tribold EPM (Enterprise Product Management) - a Centralized Product & Service Catalog with end-to-end Product Lifecycle Management capabilities.

Tribold CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) - a Services Engine powering the CSP Quote, Order Capture and Order Management processes.

The Microsoft Partner Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions during the past year.