Mariner: Partners with Microsoft and Leaders in Business Intelligence & Data Warehouse

Partners

Experts, Innovators, Associates

Mariner's partners and affiliates share our commitment to excellence and dedication to customer service.

Business Partners

Microsoft (www.microsoft.com)
As a Microsoft Gold Partner with competencies in Business Intelligence and Information Worker Solutions, Mariner has early and direct access to Microsoft products, technical resources and training. Mariner regularly participates in Microsoft beta programs for products such as SQL Server 2005, Business Scorecard Manager and Office 12.

Mariner's strong relationship with Microsoft includes key achievements:

Being named Top 10 Partner in the SouthEast Region
Having established relationships with both enterprise and SMB divisions
Having 3 SQL Server Most Valued Professionals (MVPs)
Earning an average of 96% customer loyalty from Microsoft-administered customer satisfaction surveys
Participating in focus groups establishing testing standards for Microsoft BI Certified Professionals
Participating in beta programs & TAPs including SQL Server 2005, Office 12, and PerformancePoint Server 2007

Industry Affiliations

The Data Warehousing Institute (www.tdwi.org)

Charlotte Chamber of Commerce (www.charlottechamber.com)
Information Technology Charlotte (http://itc.charlottechamber.com)
North Carolina Technology Association (http://www.nctechnology.org/)
Women in Information Sciences & Engineering
(http://www.nctechnology.org/engaged/ncta-wise-women-in-information-science-and-engineering)
MS BI Central, a community site for BI pros (www.msbicentral.com)
Charlotte SQL Server User Group (http://www.charlotte-sql.org)

For more information about these partnerships, contact us.

CASE STUDIES

Education Data Warehouse Migration

"We are pleased with the responsiveness and quality of Mariner's service!" Chief Accountability Officer<more>

Utility Performance Scorecard

"In three months, Mariner accomplished what would have normally taken a year or longer!" Project Manager<more>

Utility Reporting & Analysis

"We never would have attempted this without Mariner's help." Project Director<more>

Energy Monitoring & Management Reporting

"We're pleased to have Mariner on this important project with us." Supply Chain Manager<more>

Metrics Dashboard

"We appreciate your hard work and responsiveness to this critical need." VP, Research & Development<more>

Digital Cockpit

"We have easy access to information that, until now, was too expensive to produce." Director of Business Intelligence<more>

K-12 Data Dashboard

"The Data Dashboard is a powerful online tool to monitor progress at CMS because it gives direct access to current district data in a user-friendly format. It will allow our parents, our administrators and anyone who is interested to see how we are meeting our goals and how well our students are learning." District Superintendent<more>

NEWS RELEASES

Mariner & CMS Roll Out Data Dashboard to Community Via Web
September 24, 2008

Website built on Microsoft technology allows community to see how CMS is doing while protecting students’ privacy<more>

Mariner Named Microsoft's Partner of the Year for Performance Management
June 16, 2008

Microsoft selected Mariner out of an international field of highly-qualified Microsoft Partners, recognizing Mariner's ability to provide solutions that enable organizations to monitor, analyze, and improve business performance.<more>