Wins Both 2011 Editors’ Best and Community Choice Award
Following Best of Connections Award

Woburn, MA – November 18, 2011 – Axceler,the leader in Microsoft SharePointgovernance, administration and migrationsoftware, today announced that the company’s ControlPointproduct was named by Penton Media’s Windows IT Promagazine as a gold medal winner of the “2011 Editors’ Best Awards” and a bronze medal winner of the “2011 Community Choice Awards” in the SharePoint category.  This announcement follows on the heels of another recent win by Axceler: ControlPoint 4.5 was named the winner in the SharePoint category of the “2011 Best of Connections Awards” from Windows IT Pro and SharePoint Prothis month.

WOBURN, MA – June 13, 2011 – Axceler, the leader in Microsoft SharePoint administrationand migrationsoftware, today announced its continued expansion into the federal government market through its partnership with IT Federal Salesand the addition of Axceler products to its General Services Administration (GSA) schedule (under contract #GSA is GS-35F-0494T).  Now, government agencies can significantly improve their SharePoint security and governanceby using Axceler’s ControlPointor migrate their old deployments to the latest SharePoint version using DavinciMigrator for  SharePoint 2010.

SharePoint users are increasingly putting sensitive, highly regulated data in the collaboration platform without considering the security implications.  In addition, the native management tools in some versions of SharePoint are difficult to use for some types of deployments.  Nowhere is this more important than in the government space, with strict regulatory requirements, big defense initiatives, and evolving security threats.  The recent appearance of sites like “Wikileaks” that exploit security breaches demonstrates how important SharePoint security is to government agencies. 

To fill this gap, many government organizations turn to Axceler’s ControlPoint, the award-winning SharePoint governance and administration product.  The latest release 4.2 of ControlPoint, the award-winning administration product for SharePoint, offers interactive and powerful analysis and reporting, expanded SharePoint policy enforcementcapabilities for better SharePoint governance, and new permission and security features.  Now, through the partnership with IT Federal Sales, all Axceler products including ControlPoint are accessible on the GSA Schedule.

“ControlPoint, a leader in SharePoint administration and control, will definitely enhance any SharePoint installation,” said Paul Cino, President of IT Federal Sales.  “Our clients, especially in DOD, are looking for this solution.  We’re excited to add Axceler products to our growing list of unique products available to US Government buyers.”

"We’re pleased to make Microsoft SharePoint solutions, and our firm's unique professional, training and maintenance services, available through the GSA program,” said Michael Alden, President and CEO, Axceler.  “Being accessible on the GSA Schedule 70 reduces the procurement challenges our government clients face, and gives them the ability to resolve critical SharePoint security challenges quickly, efficiently and economically.  This reflects our long history of successful collaboration with government entities."

WOBURN, MA– June 6, 2011 –Axceler,the leader in Microsoft SharePoint administrationand migration, today announced that it has entered a partnership with fellow Microsoft partner GraceHunt to collaborate on SharePoint solutions and services.  Under the partnership, GraceHunt will resell Axceler’s products, ControlPoint for SharePoint management and Davinci Migrator for SharePoint 2010 migration.  In addition, the two companies plan extensive joint marketing, events and service offerings designed to assist their mutual customers get control over their SharePoint deployments, with a special focus on governance, management and migration.

“We’ve been working with Axceler and their products for quite a while, so making our partnership formal and more extensive was a logical next step,” said Carol Swartz, vice president of sales and marketing for Hudson, MA-based GraceHunt.  “By combining their high-quality software for SharePoint administration and migration with our training and consulting services, it’s a win-win for customers who need SharePoint governance assistance.

"Our partnership with GraceHunt reflects the growing need of enterprises for help with their SharePoint governance, administration and migration challenges,” said Jill Kunkel, Axceler’s Channel Sales Manager, North America.  “We’re pleased to identify opportunities for our customers to benefit from GraceHunt’s excellent SharePoint governance planning services.  Together we can offer our customers more comprehensive support for their SharePoint governance needs.”

WOBURN, MA – May 23, 2011 –Axceler,the leader in Microsoft SharePoint administrationand migration, today announced that it has been selected to join  the Microsoft Partner Solutions Center (MPSC), to work with Microsoft and other MPSC partners on SharePoint solution development, marketing and sales.  As an MPSC partner, Axceler has access to Microsoft product teams, data centers, a state-of-the-art lab, technical support, training facilities and office space directly on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA.

Axceler announced its MPSC status following the Microsoft Tech-Ed North America 2011 conference, held last week in Atlanta, GA.  A Silver Sponsor of the conference, Axceler exhibited its SharePoint administrationand migration solutions at booth #1417, including ControlPoint and the recently announced FileLoader for Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

“We welcome Axceler to this unique facility where customer needs meet design innovation,” said David Hayes, director of the Microsoft Partner Solutions Center.  “We selected Axceler to be part of the MPSC based on their high-quality software for SharePoint administration and migration, and look forward to their active participation in developing, testing and selling SharePoint solutions as an MPSC partner.”

“The Microsoft Partner Solutions Center gives us the opportunity to increase our collaboration with Microsoft, specifically around solving SharePoint governance, administration and migration challenges for enterprises,” said Jill Kunkel, Axceler’s Director of Partner Programs who recently joined the company.  “At the same time, by working on-site at Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters, we can build on the synergies of our product teams to address the future needs of the Microsoft community, particularly in the areas of security, analysis and reporting.”

WOBURN, MA– Axceler,the leader in Microsoft SharePoint administrationand migrationsoftware, today announced record financial results for 2010 including 145 percent growth, more than doubling its year-over-year SharePoint management product revenues.  Demand for Axceler’s ControlPoint, the award-winning administration product for SharePoint, rose dramatically in 2010 as enterprises increasingly chose SharePoint as their collaboration platform.  Privately-held Axceler, which spun off from Percussion Software in 2007, continues to be profitable.

Adding to the company’s explosive growth was the addition of many new corporate customers during 2010, building on the continued demand around SharePoint governance and policy management.   New enterprise customers in 2010 included organizations such as Biogen, Krispy Kreme, Bristol-Myers Squibb, HP, Harvard Business School, Sanford Health, Cleveland Clinic, Financial Partners, University of New Hampshire, Texas Instruments, Vonage, and Yale Law School.  Axceler also continued to broaden its global market penetration with new European clients including Royal Bank of Scotland, AstraZeneca, Siemens and Credit Suisse.