Contractors give time- and money-saving tester its third industry award

EVERETT, Wash. – Fluke Corporation, the global leader in portable electronic test and measurement technology, has been recognized for excellence in product design in the 6th annual Dealer Design Awards Program sponsored by The Air Conditioning Heating & Refrigeration Newsmagazine, the leading trade magazine in the heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration industries.

The Fluke 233 Remote Display Multimeter won the Silver Award in the Testing and Monitoring Products category. An independent panel of 30 contractors acted as judges in the contest that had 114 entries from different industry brands.

This is the third industry award collected by the Fluke 233, which was introduced in Q4 2009. Readers of Plant Engineering, one of the top publications for professionals in the manufacturing plant design, operations and maintenance industry, picked the Fluke 233 as 2009 Plant Engineering Product of the Year. The innovative test tool won an Honorable Mention in the Control Engineering Magazine Engineers’ Choice Awards, Process Control—Power Monitoring category. The Fluke 233 was also named a finalist in the Design News Magazine Golden Mousetrap Awards.

Winning entries in the Dealer Design Awards were featured in the July 12, 2010 issue of The ACHR News, which is distributed nationally to over 33,000 HVACR contractors, wholesalers and other industry professionals.

The Fluke 233 is the industry’s first digital multimeter with a detachable wireless display, which offers users three key benefits:

SAFETY – Now you can read measurements at a safe distance from live electrical equipment. You can place the Fluke 233 DMM on the inside of a machine enclosure, for instance, and take readings with the door safely locked while operating controls from the outside.

COST SAVINGS – Jobs that used to require two technicians can now be done by one. Rather than have an assistant holding the meter and yelling results to a second tech operating controls, one person can now do it all.

COMFORT AND ERGONOMICS – By placing the display where you can see it, regardless of where the meter and test leads are located, you can easily read results even when test points are hard to access.

In addition to functioning as a highly capable multimeter, the Fluke 233 Remote Display Multimeter gives users ultimate flexibility in unusual test situations. By simply sliding the wireless display out of the meter body, the user can place the display where it is most easily seen – up to 10 meters (33 feet) from the point of measurement – while putting the meter in the best position to take measurements. For a video demonstration, go towww.fluke.com/233_DMM.

Pricing and Availability

The Fluke 233 Remote Display Multimeter is available immediately at a suggested retail price of $299.95. A specification sheet on the Fluke 233 is available at http://www.fluke.com/233_DMM. For more information on Fluke tools and applications, or to find the location of your nearest distributor, contact Fluke Corporation, P.O. Box 9090, Everett, WA USA 98206, call (800) 44-FLUKE (800-443-5853), fax (425) 446-5116, e-mail fluke-info@fluke.com or visit the Fluke Web site at http://www.fluke.com.

About Fluke

Fluke Corporation is the leader in compact, professional electronic test tools. Fluke customers are technicians, engineers, electricians, metrologists and building diagnostic professionals who install, troubleshoot, and manage industrial electrical and electronic equipment and calibration processes for quality control as well as conducting building restoration and remediation services. In the past five years, Fluke tools won more than 50 industry awards, including Test and Measurement World Best in Test, Control Engineering Engineer’s Choice, and Plant Engineering Product of the Year. Fluke is a registered trademark of Fluke Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

SEATTLE – July 13, 2010 – Avanade, a business technology services provider, has been recognized by Microsoft as the 2010 Information Worker Solutions, Communications and Collaboration Solution Partner of the Year for the results Avanade delivered to its customer, the Telenor Group.

The Telenor Group is a global telecommunications market leader headquartered in Norway. The company has expanded into 13 countries and has more than 40,000 employees. The Way of Work (WoW) initiative is the reflection of a vision within Telenor that recognizes that connected people work smarter.

To connect Telenor’s geographically dispersed employees, Avanade worked in close cooperation with the company to create a portal virtual workspace using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Office Communication Server, and MS Outlook. The global collaborative infrastructure standard ensures employees across the company have access to companywide portals and dynamic virtual workplaces, which enable them to collaborate and share files and information. For example, users are now able to merge local and global news in multiple languages.

WoW is delivering measurable improvements based on the success criteria established by Telenor. This criterion included faster response times to new opportunities and customer issues, decreased cost and travel expenses, and a program that measures the reduced carbon footprint of the company and its employees.

The Partner of the Year Award reflects Avanade’s continued commitment to extend the Microsoft platform and help global companies realize business results. Microsoft selected Avanade to receive this honor from more than 3,000 partner entries. Winners and finalists demonstrated significant customer impact, solution innovation, speed to market, deployment, and utilization of advanced features in Microsoft technologies over the past year.

“Avanade’s work with Telenor to deliver innovative collaboration solutions is just one example of how Microsoft and Avanade effectively partner to deliver real business value to Avanade’s customers around the globe,” said Simon Witts, corporate vice president, Enterprise & Partner Group (EPG), Microsoft. “Avanade has demonstrated its dedication and willingness to take on these important business issues and help customers achieve results.”“Avanade is in the business of delivering world-class solutions that enable our customers to innovate and meet their business objectives,” said Aziz Virani, executive vice president, global technologies and solutions, Avanade. “We are honored that Microsoft continues to acknowledge Avanade as a distinguished partner.”

About Telenor ASA

Telenor is one of the world’s leading suppliers of telecommunication services. The company has a strong presence in Central and Eastern Europe and Asia, and is a leader in mobile, broadband and TV services in the Nordic region.

The Telenor group is listed on the Oslo stock exchange, with its main offices in Fornebu, outside Oslo. It has over 150 years’ experience in telecommunications, is ranked as one of the world’s largest mobile operators, with 174 million mobile subscriptions on a global basis (as of Q4 2009), had an operating revenue of NOK 107 billion in 2009 (including Kyivstar), operations in 12 countries, and over 40,000 employees.

About Avanade

Avanade provides business technology services that connect insight, innovation and expertise in Microsoft technologies to help customers realize results. Avanade’s services and solutions help improve performance, productivity and sales for organizations in all industries. The company applies Microsoft expertise from its global network of consultants, drawing on the right mix of onshore, offshore and nearshore skills, which together are designed to help deliver results faster, at lower cost and with less risk. Avanade, which is majority owned by Accenture, was founded in 2000 by Accenture and Microsoft Corporation and serves customers in more than 24 countries worldwide with more than 10,000 professionals. Additional information can be found at www.avanade.com.

Avanade and the Avanade logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Avanade Inc. Other product, service, or company names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. ®2010 Avanade Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Universal platform for automating pressure calibration

EVERETT, Wash. – Fluke Corporation, a global leader in electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced COMPASS^® for Pressure 3.0, software that helps calibration professionals organize and accelerate the task of calibrating pressure devices.

COMPASS for Pressure is a universal platform for all pressure calibration software needs. It provides an off-the-shelf software tool to maximize the automation of calibration and testing processes. COMPASS for Pressure integrates calibration functions with pressure-specific factors that are missing from more generic software packages.

This industry-leading pressure calibration software enables calibration professionals to advance from individual automated hardware components to a fully automated calibration system quickly, without consuming internal engineering resources. COMPASS software, and the expert assistance available from the product application specialists at the Fluke DH Instruments Division, removes the unknowns often associated with getting automated systems online.

COMPASS Software is structured around unit under test and test definitions. Unit under test definitions identify devices to be tested with all their characteristics. Test definitions define test sequences and all the details of test execution. The pressure reference devices, data acquisition equipment and auxiliary measurement and control devices available to COMPASS software are set up and stored in a hardware database. All DH Instruments devices and many commonly used data acquisition products are already set up as examples to simplify the implementation of actual test hardware. Users can change hardware selections without programming or interfacing skills.

And now, COMPASS software also enables users to export test data directly to MET/BASE database used by the MET/CAL^® Plus Calibration Management System. Users can now manage their inventory, calibration location, maintenance and customers through MET/TRACK^® software.Users gain the benefits of COMPASS software’s specialization in pressure calibration while maintaining the link to their organization’s overall calibration management system.

COMPASS for Pressure 3.0 is available in two versions. The basic version performs basic calibration and testing on units under test, even those that may have complex outputs. The enhanced version supports complex tests, including custom user macros within the test sequence and multiple outputs from a single unit under test. Each version is available for a single user or for a multi-user worksite.

For more on Fluke calibration and pressure products, visit the online Fluke Calibration Center. For information on other Fluke tools and applications, or to find the location of your nearest distributor, contact Fluke Corporation, P.O. Box 9090, Everett, WA USA 98206, call (800) 44-FLUKE (800-443-5853), fax (425) 446-5116, e-mail fluke-info@fluke.com or visit the Fluke Web site at http://www.fluke.com.

About Fluke

Fluke Corporation is a leader in precision calibration instrumentation and software for electrical, temperature, pressure, flow, and RF measurements. Calibration products from Fluke and its Hart Scientific and DH Instruments Divisions are found in calibration facilities around the world, including National Metrology Institutes, that demand the highest levels of performance and reliability, backed by state of the art metrology and uncompromising support. They are relied on by quality engineers, calibration technicians, and metrologists to instill confidence in the measurements that are critical to their organizations for quality, safety, reliability, and cost. In the past five years, Fluke tools won more than 50 industry awards, including Test and Measurement World Best in Test, Control Engineering Engineer’s Choice, and Plant Engineering Product of the Year. Fluke and DHI are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Fluke Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Tough, reliable, affordable tool designed for building applications

EVERETT, Wash. – Thermal imaging is now within reach!

Fluke Corporation, the global leader in portable electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced a new entry level Fluke TiS Thermal Imaging Scanner for Building Diagnostics. Specifically designed for building and home inspectors, electricians, energy auditors, HVAC/R professionals, insulators, roofers and window installers, the Fluke TiS is the perfect tool to identify hidden issues, find moisture intrusion, detect energy losses or missing insulation, and spot overheating in electrical components.

Now Fluke quality, durability and performance are available in a thermal imager engineered for the value-conscious building professional. Priced at $2495, the Fluke TiS Building Diagnostic Thermal Imaging Scanner is the top-performing imager in its price class and the most affordable thermal scanner to meet the proposed RESNET infrared standards.

The Fluke TiS Thermal Scanner has the highest resolution (120×120) in its price class and the largest display size (3.7 inches)—that’s 30 percent larger than comparable imagers. And it is the only imager in its class with versatile manual focus. The award winning design includes a three-button menu designed for intuitive operation and navigation.

You can’t earn money with a broken tool so, unlike many competing products, the rugged Fluke TiS Thermal Scanner is tested to withstand a drop of 6.5 feet (2 meters), and is IP54 rated to withstand water and dust. To see why rugged matters, click here.

With a widescreen, full color LCD display, increased thermal sensitivity </= 0.1 °C at 30 °C target temp (100 mK) -10 to 100 °C (-4 °F to 212 °F), the Fluke TiS Thermal Imager is optimized for building diagnostics applications.

The Fluke TiS Building Diagnostic Scanner is designed for applications including:

• Weatherization and Energy Audits: Increase the thermal efficiency of a home or building by scanning for thermal heat loss, air infiltration or exfiltration, or air delivery problems.
• Roofing Surveys: Detect wet areas in roofing systems quickly and efficiently to repair or replace before the entire roof is damaged.
• Moisture/Restoration: Accurately detect moisture issues located behind exterior and interior walls, in ceilings or under carpet-covered floors.
• Mold Remediation: Control mold by finding unknown sources of moisture.
• Electrical Inspection: Detect overheated components in circuits, switch panels, motors, pumps and more.
• HVAC Inspection: Identify leaking ductwork, inspect steam traps and check compressors, motors and pumps.

Pricing and Availability

The Fluke TiS Building Diagnostic Thermal Imaging Scanner is available immediately for a suggested US list price of $2495. For more on the full range of Fluke thermal imaging products, visit www.fluke.com/thermography or contact Fluke Corporation, P.O. Box 9090, Everett, WA USA 98206-9090, call 800-760-4523 or e-mail thermography@fluke.com or visit http://www.fluke.com/thermography.

For more information on Fluke tools and applications, or to find the location of your nearest distributor, contact Fluke Corporation, P.O. Box 9090, Everett, WA USA 98206, call (800) 44-FLUKE (800-443-5853), fax (425) 446-5116, e-mail fluke-info@fluke.com or visit the Fluke

Web site at http://www.fluke.com.

About Fluke

Fluke Corporation is the leader in compact, professional electronic test tools. Fluke customers are technicians, engineers, electricians, metrologists and building diagnostic professionals who install, troubleshoot, and manage industrial electrical and electronic equipment and calibration processes for quality control as well as conducting building restoration and remediation services. In the past five years, Fluke tools won more than 50 industry awards, including Test and Measurement World Best in Test, Control Engineering Engineer’s Choice, and Plant Engineering Product of the Year. Fluke is a registered trademark of Fluke Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Ratio Self-Calibration ensures accuracy

EVERETT, Wash. – Fluke Corporation, a global leader in electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced the new 1594A/1595A Super-Thermometers from Hart Scientific, designed to combine accuracy, value and innovative features for calibration of SPRTs, PRTs and thermistors.

The Fluke 1594A and 1595A Super-Thermometers are accurate enough for the primary lab, providing accuracy as good as 0.06 ppm (0.000015 °C), and economical enough for the secondary lab. Metrologists can feel confident that every measurement made with the Super-Thermometer falls within expected limits, easily verified at any time. Among their market-leading features:

Ratio Self-Calibration for confidence in every measurement

The 1594A and 1595A feature patent-pending “Ratio Self-Calibration” that enables users to test the accuracy or calibrate the resistance ratio linearity of the Super-Thermometer’s measurement circuit – regularly, easily, and without requiring any external devices or special training.

Now metrologists can verify accuracy and performance automatically in about thirty minutes, at the touch of a button. Although unlikely, measurement circuit defects would be detected and reported automatically. No other temperature measurement instrument on the market more fully empowers the metrologist to determine and improve instrument performance.

Calibrate internal reference resistors, quickly and easily

Users can also calibrate the Super-Thermometer’s internal reference resistors using the resistance calibration function and an external standard resistor. The Super-Thermometer assists with the calibration through an easy-to-use setup utility. Once the calibration is complete, the Super-Thermometer reports the results to the display and provides the option to write the results to a USB memory device. You can also choose whether or not to adjust the calibration parameters of the internal reference resistor by pressing the password-protected Adjust Resistor function key.

Low measurement noise

Measurement noise is caused by electrical noise and other random errors that can negatively influence measurement accuracy. New patent-pending design innovations incorporated into the Super-Thermometer reduce measurement noise and interference to levels that are unprecedented for a digital thermometry bridge. In a typical temperature calibration application, uncertainty due to measurement noise is as low as 0.00002 °C.

Fast measurement speed

Super-Thermometers offer speeds as fast as one second per measurement (full accuracy with a two second sample rate). This means users can complete tests in less time, track temperature changes more accurately, and even evaluate thermal response in sensors. When measuring fixed-point temperatures that require the highest levels of accuracy and lowest levels of noise, users have complete control to change the measurement speed to meet their requirements.

For more information on Fluke calibration products, visit the Fluke Calibration Solution Center or contact Fluke Corporation, P.O. Box 9090, Everett, WA USA 98206-9090, or call 1-800-438-4278.

About Fluke

Fluke Corporation is a leader in precision calibration instrumentation and software for electrical, temperature, pressure, flow, and RF measurements. Calibration products from Fluke and its Hart Scientific and DH Instruments Divisions are found in calibration facilities around the world, including National Metrology Institutes, that demand the highest levels of performance and reliability, backed by state of the art metrology and uncompromising support. They are relied on by quality engineers, calibration technicians, and metrologists to instill confidence in the measurements that are critical to their organizations for quality, safety, reliability, and cost. In the past five years, Fluke tools won more than 50 industry awards, including Test and Measurement World Best in Test, Control Engineering Engineer’s Choice, and Plant Engineering Product of the Year. Fluke is a registered trademark of Fluke Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Product lines complement Fluke Calibration’s growing pressure calibration business, solidifies position as a global metrology leader

Everett, WA, June 1, 2010 – Fluke Corporation today announced that it has acquired the Ruska and Pressurements businesses from GE’s Sensing & Inspection Technologies division for an undisclosed amount. Ruska and Pressurements will be integrated into the Fluke Calibration organization, which is a global leader in metrology and calibration products and services for electrical, temperature, pressure, and flow measurements.

“We are excited to welcome Ruska and Pressurements to the Fluke family,” said Barbara Hulit, Fluke president. “Our product lines complement each other, with the Ruska and Pressurements piston gauges and pressure controllers expanding our existing offering. This will allow us to provide our customers with an even stronger set of pressure calibration solutions and increase the overall size of the market we serve.”

“Ruska and Pressurements are strong, respected industry brands, known for their reliability and commitment to quality,” said Martin Girard, Fluke Calibration general manager. “Combining our organizations will position us to bring customers a greatly expanded range of pressure calibration solutions backed up by worldwide support and a focus on new product development.”

Ruska, founded in 1944, is a leading global manufacturer of precision laboratory instrumentation, offering highly accurate primary pressure standards, transfer standards, and air data test sets. Ruska also offers calibration services for virtually any pressure device. Pressurements products, originally from Pressurements, Ltd in the UK, include a comprehensive series of instruments for the accurate measurement of pressure. Versatile, easy to use, and extremely accurate, these instruments include hydraulic deadweight testers and combined pressure and vacuum deadweight testers.

“Fluke Calibration is a strong fit for our product lines and we are excited to be joining their team,” said Kirk Mosher, Site Leader, Ruska/Pressurements. “They understand the value we bring to customers and are committed to investing in our growth and future innovation. Together, our technology and expertise will provide a full suite of calibration solutions for our customers.”

There are no immediate plans for changes in staffing and facility location. “Our top priority is our customers and meeting their needs,” said Girard. “Our goal is for the transition to be as seamless as possible.”

About Fluke Corporation

Fluke Corporation is a global leader in professional electronic test tools and precision calibration standards. Fluke customers are technicians, engineers, electricians, metrologists and building diagnostic professionals who install, troubleshoot, and manage electrical and electronic equipment and calibration processes for quality control, as well as conducting building restoration and remediation services.

Fluke is a registered trademark of Fluke Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. The company’s international headquarters are in Everett, WA, USA, with European sales and service headquarters located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. For more information contact Fluke Corporation, P.O. Box 9090, Everett, WA USA 98206, call (800) 44-FLUKE, fax (425) 446-5116, or visit www.fluke.com.

About GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies is a leading innovator in advanced measurement, sensor-based and inspection solutions that deliver accuracy, productivity and safety to customers in a wide range of industries, including oil & gas, power generation, aerospace, transportation and healthcare. The business is part of GE Energy Services and has more than 40 facilities in 25 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.gesensinginspection.com.

High compliance and built-in protection

EVERETT, Wash. – Fluke Corporation, a global leader in electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced the new Fluke 5080A Calibrator, engineered to accurately and easily calibrate both analog and digital test instruments.

International quality standards such as ISO 9000, as well as safety, nuclear, environmental and other regulations require a wide variety of electronic test tools to be calibrated traceable to nationally recognized standards.

The Fluke 5080A Multi-Product Calibrator calibrates both analog and digital test instruments accurately and economically. Its high voltage and current compliance makes analog workload calibration easy and precise. And built-in protection circuitry protects it against potentially damaging input voltages.

This easy-to-use instrument calibrates a wide workload that includes analog meters, panel meters, digital multimeters, watt meters and, with optional accessories, clamp meters, megohmmeters, oscilloscopes to 200 MHz and more.

The Fluke 5080A calibrates analog instruments accurately and reliably, thanks to its high voltage and current compliance. With maximum burden up to 800 mA for ac/dc voltage, and maximum compliance voltage up to 50 V for ac/dc current, the 5080A can drive a wide range of analog meters.

Options and accessories enable users to calibrate an even broader workload with the Fluke 5080A, including:

• Clamp meters. The Fluke 9100-200 10/50 turn coil and the 5500/COIL 50-turn current coil both enable the Fluke 5080A to calibrate most popular clamp meters at currents up to 1,000 RMS amps.
• Oscilloscopes. Calibrate oscilloscopes to 200 MHz quickly, easily, and cost effectively. Verify dynamic response, bandwidth, timing, multiple triggering functions, and input resistance.
• Megohmmeters. This option sources high ohms, high voltage resistors up to 18 G ohms. It also measures high voltage outputs.

Main voltage applied into a calibrator can cause damage that requires costly repairs. The 5080A calibrator incorporates innovative protection circuitry that prevents it from being damaged by reversed input voltage, so you can use it with confidence day after day.

Optional 5080/CAL Software provides automated calibration as well as reporting and record management capabilities for the Fluke 5080A Multiproduct Calibrator. It is very easy to use, while effectively providing the tools needed to:

• Create calibration procedures quickly and easily – no programming required.
• Automate calibration of analog and digital workload with the 5080A.
• Manage your calibration asset database.
• Store calibration records.
• Export data.
• Produce and print customized reports.

The 5080A also works with the widely adopted MET/CAL software platform via an upgrade available in the third quarter of 2010.

The Fluke 5080A Calibrator is available immediately for a suggested list price of $12,995.  The oscilloscope calibration option, megohmmeter calibration option, and 5080/CAL software will be available in the third quarter of 2010. For more information on Fluke calibration products, visit the Fluke Calibration Solution Center or contact Fluke Corporation, P.O. Box 9090, Everett, WA USA 98206-9090, call 800-760-4523.

About Fluke

Fluke Corporation is a leader in precision calibration instrumentation and software for electrical, temperature, pressure, flow, and RF measurements. Calibration products from Fluke and its Hart Scientific and DH Instruments Divisions are found in calibration facilities around the world, including National Metrology Institutes, that demand the highest levels of performance and reliability, backed by state of the art metrology and uncompromising support. They are relied on by quality engineers, calibration technicians, and metrologists to instill confidence in the measurements that are critical to their organizations for quality, safety, reliability, and cost. In the past five years, Fluke tools won more than 50 industry awards, including Test and Measurement World Best in Test, Control Engineering Engineer’s Choice, and Plant Engineering Product of the Year. Fluke is a registered trademark of Fluke Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Avanade Becomes the Leading Dedicated Provider of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Services

SEATTLE – May 18, 2010 – Avanade Inc., a business technology service provider, today announced it has completed its acquisition of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM assets of Ascentium Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, Ascentium Federal, Inc., making Avanade the leading dedicated provider of services for Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

Approximately 90 Ascentium CRM professionals joined Avanade as part of the acquisition, most of them located in Baltimore, Md., and Bellevue, Wash. The company announced in April its intent to acquire the CRM assets of Ascentium. Exact terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

“This acquisition supports our business strategy to maintain Microsoft market leadership so our customers can realize the best results from the Microsoft platform,” said Adam Warby, CEO of Avanade. “We now have the most comprehensive set of Dynamics CRM expertise, assets and solutions available to help our customers build deeper, longer term profitable business relationships.”

The acquisition also extends Avanade’s portfolio of industry specific solution offerings and delivery options. With Avanade’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering, Avanade Online Services (AOS), customers now have the choice to realize benefits from Dynamics CRM delivered onsite or as SaaS.

For more information about Avanade CRM, please visit us at http://www.avanadexrm.com or Avanade CRM blog at http://www.avanadeblog.com/xrm.

About Avanade

Avanade provides business technology services that connect insight, innovation and expertise in Microsoft technologies to help customers realize results. Avanade’s services and solutions help improve performance, productivity and sales for organizations in all industries. The company applies Microsoft expertise from its global network of consultants, drawing on the right mix of onshore, offshore and nearshore skills, which together are designed to help deliver results faster, at lower cost and with less risk. Avanade, which is majority owned by Accenture, was founded in 2000 by Accenture and Microsoft Corporation and serves customers in more than 24 countries worldwide with more than 9,700 professionals. Additional information can be found at www.avanade.com.

Avanade and the Avanade logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Avanade Inc. Other product, service, or company names

Avanade, one of the leaders in SharePoint Server Deployments and SharePoint Certifications, Develops Avanade Expert Source Solution to Help Companies Identify and Collaborate with Knowledge Experts

SEATTLE– May 12, 2010 – As more organizations are pressured to make their employees more productive and achieve business results, and as social computing takes hold in the workplace, there are new opportunities to efficiently connect dispersed teams in new ways. Avanade, a business technology services provider, today announced the launch of Avanade® Expert SourceTM, a new social computing solution developed on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, to help companies better connect with a distributed workforce and make the best use of experts in their global organizations.

Today’s fluctuating and competitive business landscape requires that employees increasingly work more effectively with teams across geographies to act more quickly amid business changes. This creates a growing need for highly advanced technologies and communication tools that support rapidly changing business requirements.

The Avanade Expert Source solution helps organizations by: Connecting people with experts who have the right skills and knowledge, widely recognized as a major obstacle in collaboration among global teams. Reducing deployment risks by identifying and engaging the most qualified specialists for critical initiatives. Providing horizontal application methodology, and code with guidelines for vertical industries to establish a catalog of experts across their organizations. Creating a unified platform and process for users to access centralized information and locate experts.

As part of Microsoft’s Technology Adoption Program (TAP), Avanade is an early adopter of SharePoint Server 2010, using the platform’s latest features in development of its internal portal and website, Avanade.com. Avanade is currently one of the leading systems integrators for SharePoint Server-based solutions and also is one of the leaders in SharePoint Server certifications, with 1,600 experts worldwide, 1,000 of which are located in the company’s Global Delivery Network.“We’re seeing strong interest in SharePoint Server 2010 as organizations improve performance through effective collaboration,” said Aziz Virani, executive vice president, Global Technologies and Solutions, Avanade. “With SharePoint Server 2010, collaboration and social computing capabilities are now a pervasive benefit of the platform. Avanade’s collaboration services, including Expert Source, allow companies to utilize the best available resources, helping organizations do more with less and deepen customer relationships.”

The Avanade Expert Source offering is part of Avanade’s Information Management and Collaboration service line and is available to Avanade’s new and existing customers. The solution is rooted in the firm’s deep expertise in the SharePoint Server platform, its long-running executive surveys about social networking and collaboration issues, and its deep understanding of enterprise IT attitudes and adoption trends. Avanade’s Information Management and Collaboration service line includes enterprise search, enterprise content management, collaboration, business intelligence and information architecture practices.

“The potential for Avanade to use SharePoint Server 2010 to offer customer solutions with significant productivity and cost savings benefits is paramount to regaining business stability and growth,” said Jeff Teper, Corporate Vice President of SharePoint at Microsoft. “The Avanade Expert Source solution complements the features and functionality in SharePoint Server 2010, powering productivity and collaboration across the applications people already know and use.”

About Avanade

Avanade provides business technology services that connect insight, innovation and expertise in Microsoft technologies to help customers realize results. Avanade’s services and solutions help improve performance, productivity and sales for organizations in all industries. The company applies Microsoft expertise from its global network of consultants, drawing on the right mix of onshore, offshore and nearshore skills, which together are designed to help deliver results faster, at lower cost and with less risk. Avanade, which is majority owned by Accenture, was founded in 2000 by Accenture and Microsoft Corp. and serves customers in more than 24 countries worldwide with more than 9,700 professionals. Additional information can be found at www.avanade.com.