HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. ? 2 May 2007 ? Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced it was selected by Microsoft Corp. as the recipient of the North American Windows Embedded CE Partner Excellence award in the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) category. This award recognizes Motorola's expertise in the embedded market and proven ability to consistently deliver a wide range of innovative Microsoft Windows Embedded powered devices.
Presented in a ceremony at Microsoft's annual Windows Embedded Developers' Conference (MEDC) in Las Vegas, this award celebrates Motorola's demonstrated industry leadership and ability to develop, market, and sell a strong line of Windows Embedded devices and solutions. Motorola's enterprise devices provide a proven competitive advantage to some of the world's leading companies, helping to increase workforce productivity, reduce costs, and drive operational efficiencies.
?Motorola continues to demonstrate its history of innovation by bringing to market world-class enterprise devices on the Windows Embedded platform,? said Ilya Bukshteyn, director of Windows Embedded marketing, Microsoft.
"Winning the Microsoft Partner of the Year Award acknowledges Motorola's leadership position in enterprise mobility and demonstrates our ability to enable Windows Embedded developers to quickly and efficiently deliver innovative solutions," said Boris Metlitsky, senior vice president of enterprise mobility products organization, Motorola Networks & Enterprise. "This award is also indicative of Motorola's strong relationship with Microsoft to provide best-in-class enterprise mobility solutions for mission-critical applications.?