"With the Windows 7 Small Business Ignite Program and through skilled and committed partners like eMazzanti, we are providing small businesses with the opportunity to test-drive the Windows 7 Beta - giving them experience with technology that can help them maximize productivity and expand business capabilities," said Ivonne Perrig, Windows Client Small Business Senior Marketing Manager at Microsoft Corporation.
"Customers want control over ways to save time, reduce costs, and improve productivity, said Jennifer Mazzanti, President of eMazzanti Technologies. "We're excited to participate in this program so our customers can test drive Windows 7 and see first-hand how it will positively impact their business. By working closely with Microsoft, we assure our customers that eMazzanti is adding maximum value to their Microsoft investment today and in the future."
Selection of eMazzanti into the Windows 7 Small Business Ignite Program is a credit to eMazzanti's expertise and a win for our mutual customers. As one of the first companies to beta test Windows 7, eMazzanti has had a unique opportunity to test and explore it's enhancements. The Microsoft Windows 7 Small Business Ignite Program will help eMazzanti to assist customers that are committed to deploying Windows 7 when it is released.
Participation in the program provides eMazzanti Technologies with deployment assistance including services, training, and technical support. There will be approximately 40 partners worldwide and just under a 100 companies worldwide participating in the program. eMazzanti Technologies expects to benefit from the program's assistance in building a migration plan for customers' machines, testing applications, and early access to code. eMazzanti also expects participation to provide an early adoption experience of new features available in Windows 7 Professional to help small and lower mid-market companies prepare to leverage networking, backup, security for multiple PCs or servers.
"We at Microsoft are happy to have a company of eMazzanti's quality participating and look forward to working closely with the eMazzanti team to ensure Microsoft's products meet the needs of our partners and customers," continued Perrig.
As a Windows 7 Small Business Ignite Program participant, eMazzanti Technologies and its participating customers have access to Microsoft technical support available to those partners and customers accepted into this program. This support also enables eMazzanti to implement the advanced features offered by the new software ahead of the industry.
"As one of the first Microsoft partners to successfully roll out and migrate customers to the Windows 7 platform, eMazzanti has had a unique opportunity to test and explore its enhancements in a proactive manner," said Mazzanti. "We look forward to the official product launch and working with the rest of our clients to deploy the next generation server operating system."
