DALLAS, July 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Microsoft proudly announced the 2013 U.S. Central Region Partner Award winners during a ceremony at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, TX, this past week. Pariveda Solutions was recognized with the 2013 Microsoft Azure Circle Partner of the Year award, U.S. Central Region for the second year in a row.

“We are very excited to receive this award. Pariveda’s decision to target the Azure platform has helped us deliver innovative business solutions to our clients,” said Bruce Ballengee, Pariveda CEO. “Working with Microsoft has been great and we hope to continue the good work being done through Azure.”

Brian Orrell, Pariveda CTO commented, “Microsoft’s Azure Platform is a proven and strategic component of Pariveda’s solutions offerings. We value our partnership with Microsoft and are honored to be recognized as thought leaders in the cloud space. Microsoft continues to innovate and Pariveda looks forward to our ongoing alliance and combined innovation.”

The Microsoft Azure Circle Partner of the Year award recognizes a Microsoft partner who has worked innovatively to address the needs of customers. Pariveda partnered with Microsoft and customers to accelerate adoption of Azure by identifying new strategic applications and workloads impacting these customers in game-changing ways.