Jetstream Software Attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program

Kirkland, Wash. -- May 18, 2007

Jetstream Software, a locally-headquartered provider of outsourced software development services and technology consulting to Fortune 500 and newly emerging companies, today announced it has attained Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status for both Networking Infrastructure Solutions and Mobility Solutions - recognizing Jetstream Software’s expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. As a Gold Certified Partner, Jetstream Software has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customers’ needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the channel.

After more than a decade of serving Pacific Northwest technology leaders, Jetstream Software has deepened its relationship with Microsoft by meeting the stringent requirements to earn Gold Certified Partner status. The recognition is also based on Jetstream Software’s proven track record and commitment to successfully serving customers, including assisting many local startups in their path to success. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Jetstream Software will receive additional resources to help it develop and deploy robust Microsoft-based software solutions and products that will help speed customers time to market and reduce costs.

We are extremely pleased to have attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. This allows us to clearly promote our expertise and relationship with Microsoft to our customers in providing high-quality software development services,” said Mike Moskowitz., president and CEO of Jetstream Software. “The benefits provided through our Gold Certified Partner status will allow us to continue to enhance and extend the offerings that we provide for customers.”

"It’s a tribute to the expertise, talent, and dedication of the Jetstream team. They go the extra mile every day for our clients,” Jetstream Software Marketing and Sales Director, Jon-Jacques Umphrey. Umphrey added, ” The essence of our continued success lies in our ability to closely collaborate with our clients.”

“Customers are looking for partner companies that can bridge the gap between their business demands and technology capabilities,” said Allison Watson, vice president of the Worldwide Partner Sales and Marketing Group at Microsoft Corp. “They need to trust in a company that can act as an expert adviser for their long-term strategic technology plans. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, which have certified expertise and direct training and support from Microsoft, can build a positive customer experience with our technologies. Today, Microsoft recognizes Jetstream Software as a new Gold Certified Partner for demonstrating its expertise providing customer satisfaction using Microsoft products and technology.”

As one of the requirements for attaining Gold Certified Partner status Jetstream Software had to declare a Microsoft Competency. Microsoft Competencies are designed to help differentiate a partner’s capabilities with specific Microsoft technologies to customers looking for a particular type of solution. Each competency has a unique set of requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry. Jetstream has achieved several competency levels and is in the process of being recognized for several more.

Partners that attain the Mobility Solutions Competency have proven competency in developing and deploying Windows Mobile-based solutions and applications using Microsoft products including Windows Mobile software for Pocket PC and Smartphone, Windows CE, MapPoint, and AutoPC.

 “Solutions competencies such as Mobility Solutions make it easier for partners to position their skills to customers, better align their business with Microsoft’s marketing initiatives and form closer relationships with other partners,” said John Traynor, director of business and partner marketing at Microsoft Corp. “By ensuring that our partners are proficient in delivering Windows Mobile-based solutions and applications more quickly and easily, we are able to help our partners provide solutions that enable customers to access information on the go, increasing employee productivity and customer response rates while reducing business cycles and, ultimately, costs.”

Microsoft Gold Certified Partners enrolled in the Networking Infrastructure Solutions Competency have proved their expertise in implementing technology solutions based on either the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server operating system, with a particular focus on Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 and Windows Small Business Server 2003. These implementations may include crafting solutions that connect Windows-based servers, PC locations and the Internet; installing a server farm; or building a small-business Windows Server stand-alone solution that includes file and print capabilities.

 “We place tremendous value on our partners, which help us deliver solutions and applications to customers,” said Allison Watson, vice president of the Worldwide Partner Sales and Marketing Group at Microsoft Corp. “Solutions competencies provide an integrated partnering framework that recognizes an enterprise’s expertise and rewards it for the effect it has in the technology marketplace. It also allows companies to demonstrate for customers their knowledge of building solutions based on Microsoft technologies, such as setting up networks using Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Small Business Server 2003.”

About The Microsoft Partner Program

 The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in October 2003 and represents Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners’ businesses be successful.

About Jetstream Software

Jetstream Software delivers technical solutions to real-world business problems by advising, enhancing, extending and accelerating the software development capabilities of its clients to develop Microsoft .NET Framework applications.  Founded in 1994 and privately held, Jetstream has clients across the software, telecommunications, healthcare, education, financial services, and retail markets. A recognized leader in commercializing .Net, XML, XSL and Web Services, Jetstream has helped several Fortune 500 companies chart their roadmap concerning these and other next-generation technologies. Jetstream has developed products for Microsoft, Siemens, AT&T, Xerox, and other Fortune 500 companies, as well as for established software companies such as Rational Software, and software startups like HouseValues, Allstar Directories, SC-Integrity, Entellium, Concur, Confirma, and Captaris.

Jetstream is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a member of the Washington Software Alliance.  The company has been recognized repeatedly by Washington CEO and Deloitte & Touche as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the United States. Jetstream’s product, InstallWizard - the first commercially available add-on for Microsoft’s C++ Foundation Classes, was acquired by Microsoft and incorporated into their Visual Studio product. For more information, contact marketing@jetsoft.com.