GTconsult and Ignite Washington Announce Office 365 Events for SMBs

Bellevue, Washington, February 9, 2015 (Newswire.com) - GTconsult, a Microsoft Gold partner in Content and Collaboration specializing in SharePoint, Office 365, Exchange, and Yammer deployments and adoption services, today has announced a series of free Office 365 instructional events hosted at the Bellevue and Seattle Microsoft stores in partnership with Ignite Washington, a digital readiness initiative designed to provide turnkey solutions to the competitive challenges faced by local businesses. 

The “Office 365 Introduction for Digital Readiness” series of free events are designed to help small to mid-sized businesses better understand what Office 365 can provide, showcase real-world customer solutions, and to present strategies for on-boarding employees and quickly achieving business value.

"By attending these Office 365 sessions, local brands and businesses learn the importance of modernizing their business processes and technology"

Chaitra Vedullapalli, Architect, Ignite Washington

GTconsult co-founder and COO Craig Tarr highlighted the benefits of attending: "While Microsoft does a great job of positioning the overall value of Office 365, seeing how other companies are using the technology is very powerful. Attendees are able to ask questions, and get specific answers to how the platform would fit into their unique business requirements.”

Ignite Washington’s architect Chaitra Vedullapalli added “By attending these Office 365 sessions, local brands and businesses learn the importance of modernizing their business processes and technology, allowing them to compete effectively in the marketplace, and learn to become more agile to adapt to new changes in 21st century.”

Event titles, dates, and location are as follows:

How to Harness the Power of Office 365 Within Your Business
February 18th, 4-6pm, Bellevue Microsoft Store
February 20th, 11am-1pm, Seattle-University Village Microsoft Store

Building Productivity Solutions on Top of Office 365
March 11th, 4-6pm, Bellevue Microsoft Store
March 12th, 11am-1pm, Seattle-University Village Microsoft Store

Getting the Most Out-of-the-Box with Office 365
April 7th, 4-6pm, Bellevue Microsoft Store
April 8th, 11am-1pm, Seattle-University Village Microsoft Store

Those interested in participating in one or more of these events can register for the “Office 365 Introduction for Digital Readiness” series at http://bitly.com/1vwucWG

About Ignite Washington

Ignite Washington, a city by city digital readiness initiative, is designed to provide a turnkey solution to the competitive challenges faced by local brands and businesses, particularly small to midsized businesses which have traditionally been under-served by the business community at large. Ignite Washington is led by a consortium among local businesses, enterprises, media, government and local citizens to empower local brands and businesses to thrive in today’s digital economy with the goal of creating new jobs and infusing investment into the local economy.

Learn more at www.ignitewa.com

About GTconsult

GTconsult is a Microsoft Gold partner in Content and Collaboration, a certified SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SDPS) provider, a member of the prestigious Business Critical SharePoint Program (BCSP), and a Microsoft Cloud Essentials Partner.​

Launched in Cape Town in 2011, GTconsult maintains offices in Bellevue, Washington, and in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa. Through its Umlindi managed services and A-Team consulting, the company provides expertise in design, workflow and forms creation, migration, governance planning and automation, storage optimization, and business continuity solutions, maintaining partnerships with leading SharePoint ISVs Metalogix and Nintex.

Learn more at www.gtconsult.com or follow @GT_consult on Twitter.

Media Inquiries

Christian Buckley
Managing Director, Americas
GTconsult
+1 425 209 1318
http://www.gtconsult.com

Chaitra Dutt
Chief Marketing Officer, Meylah.com
Architect, Ignite Washington
+1 510 579 4945
http://www.ignitewa.com