Aspyra attains Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status

Aspyra Inc. last week announced attainment of the Gold Certified level of the Microsoft Partner Program. As a Microsoft Certified Partner (Organization ID 1120876), Aspyra reached the highest level within the program by earning the ISV/Software Solutions Competency for its PACS product--AccessNET, and the Networking Infrastructure Solutions Competency. The certified competencies were earned by having the AccessNET software independently tested to perform on the Windows XP and 2003 Servers, employing Microsoft Certified Professionals and obtaining a required number of customer references.

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