Perficient Consultant Designated Microsoft Certified Master

CHICAGO--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Perficient, Inc., a leading information technology consulting firm serving Global 2000 and other large enterprise customers throughout North America, today announced technical consultant Keenan Crockett has earned a Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) certification, an exclusive designation recognizing technical excellence. Crockett, a senior solution architect of unified communications for Perficient, was certified in the Lync Server 2010 platform. He joins an elite group of approximately 40 Microsoft consultants in the world to receive the MCM designation in the Lync track.

“It is an honor to be designated as a Microsoft Certified Master for Lync. Microsoft Lync is an extremely powerful platform that fulfills many different communication needs for Perficient’s clients”

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 combines voice, instant messaging, audio, video, and web conferencing into a richer, more simplified solution for organizations looking to transform their business communications into more collaborative and engaging interactions. As one of only seven Microsoft Worldwide National Systems Integrator (NSI) Partners, Perficient partners with clients to implement Lync technologies that integrate with client’s current applications and enhance professional communications.

“It is an honor to be designated as a Microsoft Certified Master for Lync. Microsoft Lync is an extremely powerful platform that fulfills many different communication needs for Perficient’s clients,” said Crockett. “Having gone through the rigorous training process to become an MCM, I now have a deeper level of product knowledge and expertise, and can help our clients achieve improved workforce productivity, enhanced collaboration, and better business value from their information technology investments.”

Through its partnerships with leading technology innovators, Perficient provides clients in all industries business-driven technology solutions and support in a wide range of practice areas. Perficient’s Microsoft consultants specialize in several practice areas including Unified Communications, SharePoint, Microsoft BI and Microsoft Cloud to provide digital marketing, portals and collaboration, mobile development and customer relationship management solutions to clients.

“As one of the top Microsoft NSI partners in the country, Perficient strives to always uphold these standards. Our business and technical consultants are dedicated to continually learning about Microsoft technologies, growing our expertise and providing innovative and integrated end-to-end solutions that meet our customers’ unique needs,” said Mike Gersten, general manager of Perficient’s Microsoft East division. “We are proud of Keenan’s prestigious MCM designation for Lync. Through his hard work and commitment, Perficient will continue to be recognized as a leader in the Unified Communications space.”

For more information on Perficient’s expertise in Microsoft technologies across all industries, visit www.perficient.com/Partners/Microsoft or follow @Perficient_MSFT.

About Perficient

Perficient is a leading information technology consulting firm serving Global 2000 and enterprise customers throughout North America. Perficient’s professionals serve clients from a network of offices across North America and three offshore locations, in Eastern Europe, India, and China. Perficient helps clients use Internet-based technologies to improve productivity and competitiveness, strengthen relationships with customers, suppliers and partners, and reduce information technology costs. Perficient, traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, is a member of the Russell 2000® index and the S&P SmallCap 600 index. Perficient is an award-winning “Premier Level” IBM business partner, a TeamTIBCO partner, a Microsoft National Systems Integrator and Gold Certified Partner, a Documentum Select Services Team Partner, and an Oracle Certified Partner.

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