Today, GNet Group LLC, a leading services and solutions company specializing in business intelligence and digital marketing, announced it has been selected as a finalist for the Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) Partner of the Year Award. GNet Group was selected based on its success implementing a digital marketing BI solution that enables a leading global manufacturer of recreation and utility vehicles to put its marketing dollars to better use.

“This Microsoft award is exciting in many respects, as a milestone in GNet Group innovation, an acknowledgement of our customer’s forward-thinking and business success as well as a major convergence point between BI and digital marketing,” says Venkat Kavasseri, CEO, GNet Group.

Awards were presented in multiple categories, with winners chosen from a set of more than 3,000 entrants worldwide. The Business Intelligence Partner of the Year Award honors a partner who has delivered a Business Intelligence solution based on the Microsoft Business Intelligence platform. This award recognizes GNet Group, who has empowered a customer's resources with self-service analysis and enabled the customer to create more aligned and informed decisions with better team collaboration.

“We are proud to recognize this outstanding group from our highly valued worldwide partner network as our 2011 Partner Award finalists,” said Jon Roskill, corporate vice president, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. “We applaud the unique perspective and creativity each of these companies brings to solving customer business and technology challenges. Our strong partnership along with their commitment to customers plays an essential role in our mutual, long-term success.”

The Microsoft Partner Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the past year.

About GNet Group

Founded in 2005, GNet Group is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with competencies in Business Intelligence (BI) and Digital Marketing. GNet’s rapidly growing BI and SharePoint Practices help decision makers drive business performance, while also enforcing corporate governance. With deep experience in enterprise solution delivery and unparalleled best practices expertise, GNet enables organizations to successfully implement end-to-end solutions encompassing: BI Strategy; Data Warehouse Architecture; Data Analytics; Dashboards; Scorecards; Content Management & Search; SharePoint Governance; Collaboration; Forms & Workflows. GNet Group is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, with offices in Dallas, Texas, and Pune, India. For more information, contact sales@gnetgroup.com  or visit www.gnetgroup.com.