Planet continues reign as the dominant Microsoft services partner for government

GERMANTOWN, MD (PRWEB) AUGUST 11, 2017 – Planet  Technologies was awarded the 2017 Microsoft State and Local Government Cloud Partner of the Year. The award was presented by Michael Donlan, Vice-President, Microsoft State and Local Government, at last week’s Microsoft Public Sector ISU (Industry Solutions University) meetings in Bellevue, Washington.

“We have witnessed a staggering increase in demand for Microsoft cloud solutions across government,” said Steve Winter, Vice President of State and Local Government at Planet Technologies. “Our years of government business experience as a proven and trusted advisor combined with our deep expertise in cloud governance, security, productivity and infrastructure is our secret sauce with customers. It is rewarding to be recognized by Microsoft for our impact.”

Planet has implemented Microsoft Azure cloud solutions for more than 100 government organizations in the past year alone. This includes support around IaaS and PaaS workloads – everything from capitalizing on new ways to deliver services more cost effectively with the cloud to shifting applications from on-premises to cloud based platforms.

For further information about this press release contact Aleks Schiff, Director of Marketing for Planet Technologies.