On Monday night at "Accelerate the Cloud Miami 2012," a CA Technologies MSP Symposium event, the team was very pleased to give out the first annual CA AppLogic Partner Awards to five very deserving partners. ScaleMatrix, DNS Europe, CorePLUS World, Cirrhus9 and Bird Hosting were recognized for their achievements with the CA AppLogic® platform - including technology innovation and success in thought leadership and driving awareness, as well as support and participation in the Cloud Commons® ecosystem.

Take a look at today's press release for more details, and click here for photos.

Following are a few highlights of the awards:

CA AppLogic Partners of the Year

ScaleMatrix (Americas recipient), a provider of cloud solutions with an infrastructure-based approach, and DNS Europe (EMEA recipient), a London-based European cloud hosting provider, were selected for their exemplary overall contributions to the CA AppLogic partner community, and for their ongoing commitment to driving platform advancements and awareness in the marketplace.  

I asked ScaleMatrix' Chief Sales & Marketing Officer Chris Orlando to share his thoughts about receiving the award. He said:

"The close relationship formed between ScaleMatrix and CA Technologies has been one of the contributing factors to our early success in the cloud and managed hosting space. Flagship products like CA AppLogic, CA ARCserve, and Nimsoft provide great differentiation and play a key role in providing the enterprise class solutions our clients demand. Being named Partner of the Year is a great honor, and we look forward to what our two organizations will be able to do together in 2012."

And Stephen Hurford, Cloud Services director of DNS Europe, had this to say:

"DNS Europe is honoured to receive this award from CA Technologies in recognition of the work we've been doing with CA AppLogic in Europe. It's very exciting for us to be part of the expanding community of AppLogic service providers and businesses taking advantage of this revolutionary private cloud platform. Looking forward we see significant opportunities for DNS Europe to expand our range of AppLogic support and development services throughout Europe and beyond, forging even stronger relationships with other leading partners in the global community of CA AppLogic MSPs."

CA AppLogic Cloud Trailblazer

CorePLUS World, an on-demand service provider delivering a complete outsourced solution for IT and application services, was recognized for its innovative approach to delivering IT services via the CA AppLogic platform.

CA AppLogic Market Influencer

Cirrhus9, a cloud computing systems integrator specializing in managed services, deployment and migration solutions, and qualification and validation services, was honored for its long-time commitment to driving market awareness and contributing to various CA AppLogic communities, such as the LinkedIn AppLogic Users Group and @AppLogic Twitter feed.

CA AppLogic Top Technical Contributor

Bird Hosting, a cloud service provider and longtime CA AppLogic customer, was recognized for its ongoing contributions to the advancement and development of the CA AppLogic platform.

Thanks to all who participated in the CA Technologies MSP Symposium and to all of the partners for all of their contributions to the ecosystem!