Lionbridge Wins the Prestigious Microsoft à¢â‚¬à…“Vendor of the Year Excellence Award
Microsoft Selects Lionbridge among 17,200 Service Providers across Industries; Recognizes Lionbridge for its Exceptional Service
WALTHAM, Mass. October 03, 2008 Lionbridge Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq: LIOX), today announced it has been selected by Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) as its à¢â‚¬à…“Vendor of the Year as part of the 2008 Microsoft Vendor Program (MSVP) Excellence Awards. Chosen from among more than 17,200 Microsoft vendors in the U.S., eight companies were selected across seven categories. Lionbridge was selected as the sole winner of the 2008 à¢â‚¬à…“Vendor of the Year award. Winners in other categories include Marriott International Inc., Grubb & Ellis Co., Compass Group PLC, CRG Events, Toshiba America Inc., MV Transportation Inc., and Revonet Inc. The vendors received their awards during the seventh MSVP Annual Vendor Summit on Microsoft's corporate campus in Redmond last night.
In a Microsoft press release issued last night, the Company commented à¢â‚¬à…“The MSVP Excellence Awards recognize those Microsoft vendors that stand head and shoulders above the rest for the quality and consistency of their service," said Tim McBride, general manager and chief procurement officer at Microsoft. "Numerous companies make exceptional contributions to the success of Microsoft, making the selection process challenging each year. We congratulate our 2008 MSVP Excellence Awards recipients and look forward to continued partnership and collaboration.
Selected by a panel of Microsoft executives, recipients of the MSVP Excellence Awards are recognized for the exceptional service they provide to the company. To be considered for this award, vendors must first be nominated by a Microsoft employee based on the characteristics of value, quality, flexibility, innovation, security and privacy.
à¢â‚¬à…“This award recognizes the 4,600 Lionbridge team members across 26 countries who excel 24 hours a day, every day to ensure Microsoft´s products and content meet the language and technology requirements of its customers worldwide, said Rory Cowan, CEO, Lionbridge. à¢â‚¬à…“As a world leader in innovation, Microsoft holds its providers to the highest standards for quality, value and creativity. As a leading Microsoft provider for translation, localization, testing and development services, we are honored to meet and exceed those expectations.
About Lionbridge
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIOX) is a leading provider of globalization, development and testing services. Lionbridge combines global onshore, near shore and offshore resources with proven program management methodologies to serve as an outsource partner throughout a client´s product and content lifecycle - from development to globalization, testing and maintenance. Global organizations in all industries rely on Lionbridge services to increase international market share, speed adoption of global products and content, and enhance their return on enterprise applications and IT system investments. Based in Waltham, Mass., Lionbridge maintains solution centers in 26 countries and provides services under the Lionbridge® and VeriTest® brands. To learn more, visit http://www.lionbridge.com.