AIS Honored with Microsoft Partner Competency Award

Reston, VA - July 10, 2008

At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008, held in Houston, TX from July 7th - 10th, Microsoft announced that Applied Information Sciences (AIS) was awarded the annual Partner of the Year Award in the "Competency" category for the Mid-Atlantic region. The Microsoft Regional General Manager, Efrem Stringfellow, presented the award with kind words about AIS' stellar performance and track record; highlighting our commitment to success and our dedication to the Microsoft Partner Program.

"AIS received this recognition through the hard work, dedication and significant investments of several AIS team members who have strived to grow our Business Intelligence competency, readiness plan, solutions offerings, and staff certifications in this area," said AIS Regional Sales Manager, Scott Mitchell. "We are pleased to see AIS' efforts be acknowledged at this Worldwide Microsoft partner forum and are especially proud that AIS received the Partner Competency Award from the regional team for our work and investment in building a world-class Business Intelligence competency."

In attendance at the conference were Scott Mitchell and Bill Pearce, of the AIS East Region Sales Team, to represent AIS and accept the award on the behalf of AIS.

"This award is especially significant to us as it recognizes our commitments to the Microsoft Partner Program as well as our commitment to be on the forefront of new tools and technologies that Microsoft brings to market," said AIS Executive Vice President and Co-owner, Tom O�Connell. "We have invested significantly to be thought leaders in the Business Intelligence space, and see a real opportunity to help our customers implement and gain value from these solutions. It is very nice to be acknowledged by Microsoft as a leader in this space." AIS was also honored to be a finalist for the Marketing Excellence Award from the local Microsoft team.

About AIS (Applied Information Sciences, Inc.)
Since 1982, AIS (Applied Information Sciences, Inc.) has provided software and systems engineering services to government agencies and Fortune 1000 companies looking to modernize their existing applications, automate business processes, gain better business insight and create more effective workflow solutions for their employee, partner and customer experiences. A 15-year Microsoft Managed Gold Partner, AIS is a recognized thought leader and developer of software solutions using Microsoft technologies. For more information, please visit: http://www.appliedis.com.