Crestron has been presented the 2018 Microsoft global partner of the year award for internet of things (IoT) at a ceremony at the Microsoft Inspire event in Las Vegas, USA. Microsoft recognised Crestron for providing solutions in IoT in the form of Crestron XiO cloud, an IoT-based provisioning and management solution built on the Microsoft Azure platform.
The annual Microsoft partner of the year awards celebrate top Microsoft partners who demonstrate excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. Microsoft received more than 2,600 nominations from 115 countries for the 2018 program. The IoT category was judged by a number of IoT stakeholders and leaders from Microsoft Common Data Service, One Commercial Partner, Windows and Azure. The judges selected the winners based on their commitment to customers, the solution’s impact on the market, and exemplary use of Microsoft technologies.
Gavriella Schuster, corporate vice president of One Commercial Partner, Microsoft, said: “Our ecosystem of partners is crucial to delivering transformative solutions, and this year’s winners have proven to be some of the finest among their peers. We are pleased to recognize Crestron for being selected as winner of the 2018 Microsoft IoT Partner of the Year award.”
Ted Colton, vice president of Unified Communication Strategies at Crestron, said: “Intelligent workplace solutions are the springboard for digital transformation- but managing the devices that enable it can be costly and complicated. Crestron XiO Cloud reduces the complexities associated with deploying, tracking, managing and evolving the ecosystem of IoT enabled devices that make communication and collaboration seamless. Crestron is honoured to be recognized by Microsoft for developing game-changing connected technologies that help propel digital transformation at Fortune 500 companies worldwide.”