SharkPro Software Corporation Listed Among Top Finalists for the 2011 Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management Partner of the Year Award

Online, June 22, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Today, SharkPro Software Corporation announced it has been selected as a finalist for the Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management Partner of the Year Award.

"We are honored to be a finalist for the Microsoft PPM Partner of the Year Award," said Greg Bailey, CEO and Founder of SharkPro Software Corporation. "Working together with Microsoft, SharkPro has become a leader in delivering effective PPM solutions to mid-sized businesses, new PMOs, and departments in larger enterprises. To achieve this in our first year in business is a tribute to the SharkPro team, their dedication to delivering effective products, and their passion for customer satisfaction."

Awards were presented in multiple categories, with winners chosen from a set of more than 3,000 entrants worldwide. The Project and Portfolio Management Partner of the Year Award honors an exceptional partner who has excelled in offering breakthrough solutions that extend or integrate the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution. This award recognizes SharkPro Software Corporation for successfully providing technology and marketing offerings that enabled a business customer to easily prioritize investments, align resources and strategies, and effectively manage the completion of projects; and also using innovative thinking that helped solve a technical challenge or addressed the customer's business needs and empowered employees.

"We are proud to recognize this outstanding group from our highly valued worldwide partner network as our 2011 Partner Award finalists," said Jon Roskill, corporate vice president, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. "We applaud the unique perspective and creativity each of these companies brings to solving customer business and technology challenges. Our strong partnership along with their commitment to customers plays an essential role in our mutual, long-term success."

SharkPro Software has aligned with Microsoft to help companies quickly realize value from project and portfolio management by lowering the time and cost of implementing project and portfolio management. SharkPro Projects was launched last year to provide a pre-configured implementation of Microsoft Project Server 2010 and a new user experience through interactive dashboards for executives, program managers, portfolio managers, and team members. SharkPro Projects can be deployed in hours on premise and is available immediately as hosted solution.

The Microsoft Partner Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the past year.