Kloud named among top winners for the 2016 Microsoft Australia Partner Awards

6th of September, 2016 / / No Comments

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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia — 6 September, 2016

Kloud today announced it has been selected as a winner for the Microsoft Australia Partner Awards for Excellence in Managed Service. The Excellence in Managed Service award recognises a partner who demonstrates a customer-centric approach to their managed service offerings.

Kloud managing director Nicki Bowers said the award recognised the strong collaborative approach that is at the heart of every customer engagement.

“I’ve been coming to the Australian Partner Conference for many years now and winning an award is always a special moment for the team.”… [Keep reading] “Kloud named among top winners for the 2016 Microsoft Australia Partner Awards”

Kloud — MAPA 2016 Finalist in five categories!

7th of July, 2016 / / No Comments

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Melbourne, Victoria, — On Tuesday Kloud proudly announced it was named as a finalist in five categories in the 2016 Microsoft Partner Awards:

  • Excellence in Cloud Platform
  • Excellence in Social Enterprise
  • Excellence in Managed Service
  • Excellence in Technological Impact
  • Excellence in Solution Sales Specialisation

The company was selected from a national field of top Microsoft Partners for delivering market-leading customer solutions built on the Microsoft platform.

Kloud managing director Nicki Bowers said she was thrilled by the recognition and said it demonstrates the company’s commitment to providing innovative solutions for its customers, working with best-of-breed technologies.… [Keep reading] “Kloud — MAPA 2016 Finalist in five categories!”

Kloud recognised as winner for 2016 Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Partner of the Year

1st of June, 2016 / / 1 Comment

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – 1 June, 2016 – Kloud today announced it has won the 2016 Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Partner of the Year Award.

The company was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

Kloud managing director Nicki Bowers said the award recognition honoured the incredible hard work of an exceptional group of people.

“To be recognised two years in a row at a global level is an outstanding honour.… [Keep reading] “Kloud recognised as winner for 2016 Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Partner of the Year”

Kloud joins Telstra

21st of January, 2016 / / 1 Comment

Kloud is pleased to confirm that Telstra has announced its intention to acquire the company.

Nicki Bowers, Managing Director, Kloud, said “Kloud and Telstra have been longstanding partners for many years so the potential for our people, our customers and partners was clear to see. We have watched and worked closely with Telstra in their move into ICT services and were keen to become a more integral part of it.”

In an announcement issued by Telstra today, it stated the acquisition would support Telstra’s objective of providing customers with market leading technology solutions.… [Keep reading] “Kloud joins Telstra”

Kloud Solutions named as Microsoft Australia Partner Awards finalist in four categories!

10th of August, 2015 / / No Comments

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA – 10 August, 2015 – Today, Kloud Solutions proudly announced it has been named a finalistin four categories in the 2015 Microsoft Australian Partner Awards (MAPA):

  • Cloud Productivity
  • Cloud Platform
  • Managed Service
  • Social Enterprise

Earlier this year, Kloud won Cloud Productivity Partner of the Year and was recognised as a finalist for Enterprise Mobility Suite Partner of the Year at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Kloud’s managing director Nicki Bowers is proud of the recognition, saying it is representative of the way customers entrust Kloud with their journey to the cloud.… [Keep reading] “Kloud Solutions named as Microsoft Australia Partner Awards finalist in four categories!”

Kloud recognised as winner for 2015 Microsoft Cloud Productivity Partner of the Year and Finalist for Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Partner of the Year!

3rd of June, 2015 / / 3 Comments

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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia — 03 June, 2015 — Kloud Solutions today announced it has won the 2015 Microsoft Cloud Productivity Partner Award. The company was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

“We are thrilled to be recognised at a global level for our ongoing work with Office 365! This award is testament to our hard working team and all of our customers who entrust us with ensuring a safe and prosperous journey to the cloud,” said Nicki Bowers, managing director, Kloud Solutions.… [Keep reading] “Kloud recognised as winner for 2015 Microsoft Cloud Productivity Partner of the Year and Finalist for Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Partner of the Year!”

Kloud develops online learning portal for leading education organisation

8th of January, 2015 / / No Comments

Customer Overview

Catholic Education South Australia (CESA) is made up of the South Australian Commission for Catholic Schools (SACCS), Catholic Education Office of South Australia (CEO) and 103 Catholic schools across South Australia. The organisation comprises 6,000 staff who care for more than 48,000 students.

Business Situation

Catholic Education South Australia recently made the decision to offer the capabilities of Office 365 to its 103 schools across the state (including Exchange email, Lync, SharePoint and Office on Demand).… [Keep reading] “Kloud develops online learning portal for leading education organisation”

Kloud places 3rd in CRN’s Fast50

2nd of December, 2014 / / No Comments

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Kloud grew by 135.09 percent to hit $19.2 million in the 2014 financial year to place in the top 10 in the CRN Fast50. The annual awards were held in Sydney at the Four Seasons on Thursday with both Kloud (3rd) and Chamonix IT (46th) making the list. The annual CRN Fast50 awards are the leading Australian IT industry awards honouring the 50 best resellers, systems integrators and managed service providers in the country.

Nicki Bowers spoke to CRN’s Tony Yoo about Kloud’s success and its substantial growth over the past 4 years in an article published on Friday:

Kloud is the definition of that increasingly popular channel label: “born in the cloud”.… [Keep reading] “Kloud places 3rd in CRN’s Fast50”

Australia’s leading wholesale distribution company transforms IT with Office 365

13th of November, 2014 / / No Comments

Customer Overview

Metcash is one of Australia’s leading wholesale distribution and marketing companies, specialising in grocery, fresh produce, liquor, hardware and automotive parts and accessories.

Business Situation

Metcash required the transition of a number of on-premises workloads to a cloud based service to alleviate infrastructure, support and performance issues experienced by the organisation.

Metcash evaluated several alternative SaaS options and requested to roll-out the Microsoft Office 365 suite of products in the form of a technology pilot.… [Keep reading] “Australia’s leading wholesale distribution company transforms IT with Office 365”

Kloud turns 4!

10th of November, 2014 / / No Comments

Born in the cloud in 2010, Kloud celebrated our 4th birthday over the weekend. As far as birthdays go this was certainly one to celebrate as we took time to reflect on the past 12 months and what we’ve achieved as a company.

Kicking off in January (and in just over 3 years of business) we had deployed in excess of 1 million seats in Office 365, to cement our position as one of the top Microsoft partners in Australia.… [Keep reading] “Kloud turns 4!”