Leading Microsoft Consultancy Opens Three Offices in China

DALLAS--ePartners® (www.epartnersolutions.com), a leading business and technology consultancy based in Dallas, TX, announces today their expansion into Asia with the addition of three offices in China - Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin. ePartners now has more than 20 offices spanning North America, Europe, and Asia.

ePartners Asia is being established to address the needs of current and potential Microsoft customers in Asia, and to better serve ePartners’ existing North American and European clients. ePartners will have over seventy employees in China by the end of the year ,with additional expansion in China and other major Asian economies anticipated.

“Many global companies are looking for guidance and experience as they evaluate and deploy Microsoft Dynamics and other business applications and tools,” says Howard S. Diamond, CEO of ePartners. “Our success in North America and Europe makes expansion into Asia (and China specifically) a logical next step in our growth strategy. We are very excited to represent Microsoft solutions in this market and to expand our global footprint.”

Paul Dyhr will head ePartners interests in Asia as Chairman. Jane Lin Baden will lead the Shanghai and Beijing offices and Scott Carlson will lead the office in Tianjin.

Dyhr has fifteen years of sales management and business development experience in China, including Microsoft, Grape City, Fourth Shift and Macola Software. He served as the Director of Sales and Marketing for Microsoft Business Solutions in Asia Pacific and has completed more than 100 ERP implementation projects for foreign companies in China. Dyhr was one of the pioneers of PC-based ERP in China as the first China Sales Manager for Fourth Shift, launched in China from Tianjin in 1992.

"Being able to understand and communicate with our customers is key to our success in China,” said Dyhr. “With our local experience and industry focus, ePartners is well positioned to help global firms succeed in Asia."

As a leading Microsoft Dynamics consultancy, ePartners will bring a comprehensive choice of Microsoft products and services to China and other Asian markets. ePartners will offer vertical solutions for Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, portal solutions and other business applications.

“Providing customers with familiar software that connects their business vision, people, processes and community in order to increase productivity and usability, regardless of where they do business, is a key value of the Microsoft Dynamics products,” said James Utzschneider, general manager, Microsoft Dynamics. “Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics CRM are truly global solutions, and we are excited to see ePartners using these solutions to expand into Asia.”

“ePartners is well-known for world-class project management and implementation methodologies,” said Jeff Margolies, Executive Vice-President of Corporate and Business Development at ePartners. “Our US and China teams will work closely to ensure our clients the same level of innovation and services excellence around the globe.”

For more information about ePartners, visit www.epartnersolutions.com or call 888-883-9797.

About ePartners Incorporated

ePartners is one of largest and most respected Microsoft software and services consultancies in the world. We help our clients align their IT strategy with business objectives, resulting in improved business performance and a fast return on their IT investment. ePartners delivers results through a comprehensive offering of consultation, custom development, systems integration, implementation, training and support. Our solutions create clear competitive advantages for a wide variety of organizations including those in healthcare, manufacturing, financial services and many more. ePartners specializes in implementing market-leading enterprise software applications from Microsoft.