Leeds, UK February 2007- Luminary Solutions today announced it has earned Certified status in Microsoft's Partner Program, which recognizes Luminary's expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. As a Certified Partner, Luminary has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft Business Intelligence technologies and has a proven ability to meet customer needs.

Luminary's experience of providing business intelligence and performance management solutions across a range of business sectors helped them earn Microsoft Certified Partner status with a Business Intelligence specialisation. This experience, combined with our extensive technical knowledge of the Microsoft BI platform helps customers fully realise the benefits offered by this technology.

"Only companies that have demonstrated high levels of customer service, proved their experience and attained advanced certification receive the designation of Microsoft Certified Partner," said Karl Noakes, Director of Partner Development Group at Microsoft. "Today, Microsoft recognizes Luminary Solutions for its skills and expertise in providing customer satisfaction with Microsoft products and technology."

In addition to earning certified status, Luminary Solutions has declared a Microsoft Competency. Microsoft Competencies are designed to help differentiate a partner's capabilities with specific Microsoft technologies to customers looking for a particular type of solution. Each competency has a unique set of requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry.

The Data Management Solutions Competency is designed for Microsoft Certified and Gold Certified Partners that have proved their competency in deploying data warehousing, online analytical processing, data mining, decision support and in-depth reporting solutions. Specializations within the competency are Business Intelligence and Database Management.

"We are extremely pleased to have earned certified status in the Microsoft Partner Program. It will allow us to clearly promote our expertise and relationship with Microsoft to our customers," Neil Warnock Managing Director of Luminary said. "Luminary's focus on integrating existing corporate databases and applications naturally led to us developing significant expertise in management information and business intelligence solutions. Improved management information is often the first business driver for system integration." continued Warnock. "Senior Management want one consistent and auditable version of the truth from a central repository - not the hit and miss 'spreadsheet hell' that usually prevails."

The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in December 2003 and represents Microsoft's ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The Microsoft Partner Program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners' businesses be successful. Microsoft Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, that give them a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

About Luminary Solutions

Luminary is a systems integration company that combines existing corporate systems to produce new, integrated applications. Luminary has three key areas of service - integration, development and support of existing systems, the provision of Corporate Performance Management systems and expertise, and the provision of specialist services to Ingres customers in conjunction with Ingres Corporation.

Website: www.luminary.co.uk

About Microsoft

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