{"id":80,"date":"2023-03-01T10:43:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.contata.com\/blog\/?post_type=news&#038;p=80"},"modified":"2025-11-07T14:20:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:20:57","slug":"contata-solutions-achieves-a-silver-microsoft-partner-certification","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.contata.com\/blog\/contata-solutions-achieves-a-silver-microsoft-partner-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Contata Solutions Achieves a Silver Microsoft Partner Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Data Analytics Specialist Certification Creates Synergistic Value For Microsoft Clients.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Minneapolis, July 11, 2018:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.contata.com\"> Contata Solutions<\/a> announced today that it has attained Silver Microsoft Partner Certification status in the Microsoft Partner Program as a Data Analytics Specialist. With fewer than 5% of Microsoft Partners ever achieving certification across different competencies, this distinguishes Contata as a premier specialist in the fast growing field of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contata.com\/data-analytics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Data Analytics<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Contata has been helping customers turn data into actionable insights using best practices in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contata.com\/business-intelligence\">business intelligence<\/a>, big data, and advanced data analytics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cWe are very happy to announce this certification. It further reinforces our position as a Microsoft -centric organization focused on the fast-growing data analytics solutions space,\u201d according to Ali Farnsworth, Vice President of Sales of Contata Solutions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Silver Microsoft Partner Certification process is by necessity challenging. It requires not only rigorous testing of concepts and practice of the Microsoft Certified Professionals, but also positive client references showing projects completed, skills applied and updates at regular intervals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Farnsworth adds, \u201cThe market is demanding expertise in Microsoft technologies, specifically around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contata.com\/data-science\">data science<\/a>. We want to be able to serve our clients in the best way possible, and that was part of how we formed our decision to unify on the Microsoft platform. Innovation is always a collaboration, in this case, a three-way partnership between Microsoft, our clients, and our custom solutions.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>About Contata Solutions:<\/strong><br \/>Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, USA, Contata is a data-analytics applications company with deep experience in the development of descriptive and predictive analytics algorithms based on machine learning, as well as their integration into functioning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contata.com\/application-development\">web and mobile based applications<\/a>. Our mission is to inspire ideas and unlock value through data science and technology. To learn more, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contata.com\/contact-us\">contact us<\/a> directly, or interact with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, or Instagram.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><br \/>Pradeep Sinha, PhD<br \/>Contata Solutions<br \/>info@contata.com<br \/>www.contata.com<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contata Solutions announced today that it has attained Silver Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program as a Data Analytics Specialist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":76,"parent":0,"template":"","news_category":[5],"class_list":["post-80","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-data-science"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Contata Solutions Achieves a Silver Microsoft Partner Certification<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Contata 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