Selected by Microsoft for its Desert Mountain Region Partner Marketing Excellence Award.

USA.NET, a hosted eMessaging service provider, today announced that it was selected by Microsoft for its Desert Mountain Region Partner Marketing Excellence Award.

According to the company, the outcome of USA.NET and Microsoft co-marketing efforts has resulted in an increase of over 60 percent growth in USA.NET's Hosted Microsoft Exchange business for the first half of 2006, compared to the same period in 2005. Denver-based USA.NET was selected for developing innovative marketing campaigns that effectively promote hosted Microsoft Exchange email solutions.

"We appreciate this recognition from our partners at Microsoft, and we're very pleased with the results of our co-marketing efforts," said
Jason Masten, USA.NET's Vice President of Sales. "Our team of professionals is committed to building on these results in anticipation of the launch of Hosted Exchange 2007 by continuing to provide industry-leading customer service, and a superior hosted email experience for our customers."