London – July 16, 2012 - Tribold, the world’s leading provider of product agility software for Communication Service Providers (CSPs), has been awarded by the Microsoft I&GA organization as the Microsoft Alliance ISV Industry Partner of the Year Award for the Communication & Media Sector.

Simon Muderack, CEO, Tribold, commented: “We are delighted to be recognized with this prestigious partner award for the 2nd time in 3 years having also won partner of the year in 2010. Tribold and Microsoft have had a long-standing relationship which has allowed us to leverage their technology in underlying platform, server, database and reporting products, and latterly the Azure cloud, for our Tribold solutions.   Together we enable CSPs to accelerate speed to market for new offerings, improve offer conversion rates, and improve efficiency in the fulfillment of orders.”

Awards were presented in multiple categories, with winners chosen from a set of nearly 3,000 entrants worldwide. The Microsoft Alliance ISV Industry Partner of the Year Award honors the alliance ISV partner that has added business value to customers by deploying new and innovative solutions based on Microsoft technologies.  The award acknowledges the partner that has demonstrated excellence in driving Microsoft-based solutions that solve new or existing business needs for the industry.  Tribold, the winner for 2012, has been recognized as the most valuable alliance ISV partner in developing and delivering Microsoft-based solutions to mutual customers in Communication & Media Sector.