Press release: Race Communications receives the status of a Microsoft gold partner.

The partnership between Race Communications and Microsoft is reaching a new level. Recently, the Russian system integrator received the status of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, confirming competence in three key areas in the field of information solutions: Custom Development Solutions (solutions for automating business processes using Microsoft Visual Studio), Data Management Solutions (solutions for data storage and business analysis based on the SQL Server 2005 platform) and Information Worker Solutions (solutions for improving the efficiency of working with information based on Microsoft Office System).

Confirmation of the status of a Microsoft gold partner was a recognition of the successful activities of Race Communications in the field of development and implementation of enterprise automation solutions on the Microsoft platform. The company's assets include the Locator telematics platform, on the basis of which a whole line of solutions has been implemented: from corporate transport monitoring systems to mass location-based services (LBS) launched jointly with the largest Russian GSM operators; projects for integrated automation of vehicle fleet management, B2B and B2C systems, corporate information systems portals.

The Partner Certification program is addressed to companies with a high level of staff competence and professionalism in working with Microsoft technologies. Microsoft assigns the status of "Golden Partner" to the most qualified partners who have proven in practice the highest professionalism in promoting Microsoft solutions.

"Microsoft provides a reliable and effective platform for building integration solutions," says Leonid Lopatin, CEO of Race-Communication CJSC, "Microsoft information and technical support, the latest training programs, access to exclusive information provided to gold partners will help to provide support to our customers at the highest level and, of course, to win attention and the interest of new customers. We have ambitious plans for 2006-07 in this direction."