Marand wins prestigious HP Business Partner of the Year Award

Hewlett Packard today announced the winners of its 9th annual Business Partner of the Year Awards at the HP Communications World 2006. The awards are given to selected partners in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) that have demonstrated outstanding commitment and business contribution to HP Software and HP communications, media and entertainment (CME) business group. Press release

The HP Business Partner of the Year Awards recognize the achievements of partners in the areas of winning new accounts, software sales and implementation, and the development of innovative joint solutions to meet individual customer needs which combined help to increase revenue. This year Marand has been selected as:

 
• HP Business Partner of the Year in Communications, Media and Entertainment unit for Marand’s contribution to major video projects by bringing to HP an innovative video solutions package in the video domain of HP OpenCall solutions.

Tomaž Gornik, VP at Marand stated : "We are very proud of attaining the HP Business Partners of the Year Awards. This award demonstrates the added value which Marand is bringing to the HP software business, not just in the technological areas but also in the ability to open up new markets and win new customers."

Marand is a customer-centric company providing flexible, standard-based solutions for service providers worldwide, while establishing a global network of partnerships with leading international system integrators and technical consultants, as well as providers of complimentary hardware and software products. Based on the success of its project teams, long-term engineering agreements have been formed with several international companies. The software engineering and system integration capabilities of Marand are based on ISO 9000-3 standards. Marand is a corporate member of TeleManagement Forum (www.tmforum.org).

Hewlett Packard is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended Jan. 31, 2006, HP revenue totaled $87.9 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.