Wins Advanced Infrastructure Solutions Specialization Award at the Microsoft Partner Program Awards, held on July 12.

Verio Inc., a subsidiary of NTT Communications and a provider of managed hosting solutions, today announced that it has been recognized with a Specialization Excellence Award in Advanced Infrastructure, with a focus on hosting.

The company was recognized for excellence in delivering Microsoft-based customer solutions at the 2006 Microsoft Partner Program Awards. An awards ceremony was held July 12 in Boston at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. The Advanced Infrastructure Solutions Specialization Award recognizes partner excellence in delivering solutions including web-based applications, internal and external portals, solutions for managing large amounts of data and translating it into business intelligence, and more efficient communications both within the enterprise and from remote sites.

Verio was chosen for a 2006 Specialization Excellence Award for this competency in the Hosting category by showing the skills and expertise to design and implement innovative, cost-effective solutions that incorporate these technologies, claims the company. 

"Recognition by Microsoft for our infrastructure and hosting solutions reflects Verio's strong commitment to customers in providing the best Microsoft-based hosting and managed solutions possible," said Kiyoshi Maeda, President and acting CEO for Verio.