Tenzing announced that it has been selected as a finalist in the Hosting Solutions Partner of the Year category for the 2009 Microsoft Partner Network IMPACT Awards. The seventh annual IMPACT Awards recognize excellence within the Microsoft technology partner community in Canada as well as the innovative solutions and value they deliver to customers.

“Partners are the heart of Microsoft’s business and we’ve always relied upon a their commitment to innovation and customer service to provide the foundation for delivering solutions to the marketplace.” said Corinne Sharp, National Director, Canadian Partner channel, Microsoft Canada Co. “We are happy to celebrate the accomplishments of industry leaders like Tenzing at the Microsoft Partner Network IMPACT Awards.”

Tenzing was chosen as a finalist in Hosting Solutions Partner of the Year for work to establish a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Enablement Service for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). As the first and only Microsoft Software + Solutions Incubation Partner in Canada, Tenzing worked with customer, ONE EIGHTY CORP, to migrate their SaaS application to an enterprise-class hosting platform with integrated disaster recovery in an astounding 22 days.

“We are pleased to receive this recognition as Finalist for Hosting Solutions Partner of the Year”, said Brian Shepard, President and CEO of Tenzing. “Tenzing is a long standing Microsoft Gold Partner and committed to the Software + Services Incubation Center program that is helping ISVs make the sometimes challenging move to SaaS.

Tenzing, along with other technology partner winners and finalists in each of the award categories, will be honoured at an award ceremony in Toronto on November 12, 2009.