Accelera Solutions announced it has been named Microsoft 2015 Federal Cloud Partner of the Year.

The Partner of the Year awards highlight and recognize excellence and achievement among Microsoft partners who are transforming organizations via the cloud and producing exceptional results for government, healthcare and education customers.

The U.S. Public Sector Partner of the Year awards are presented during the 2015 Microsoft Public Sector Industry Solution University (ISU) yearly event, where Microsoft's Public Sector executive team was on site to congratulate Accelera Solutions for its achievements. Winners and finalists were chosen from more than 100 organizations across public sector segment areas of healthcare, education and government.

"Our award winners showcase the best work taking place to bring about transformation in government, healthcare and education," said Vince Menzione, General Manager of Microsoft's U.S. Public Sector Partner business. "The Partner of the Year achievement recognizes Accelera Solutions for exemplary commitment to Microsoft and to the Federal field."

Over the last year, Accelera has been working with the Microsoft Federal team to craft innovative cloud solutions to bring to market. These Microsoft Azure solutions support applications such as storage & archive, disaster recovery, Desktop-as-Service (DaaS), as well as test & development environments. Accelera drove the first significant Microsoft Azure Government win with a national security organization.

"Accelera is thrilled to receive this honor as the Microsoft Federal Cloud Partner of the Year," said Joe Brown, President and Chief Operating Officer of Accelera Solutions. "This award really speaks to how committed we are to Microsoft's 'mobile-first, cloud-first' vision."

Accelera is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions with a focus on desktop, application and server virtualization; private, public, and hybrid clouds; and mobile computing. Accelera provides its customers with flexibility and speed for accessing and utilizing critical information by simplifying complex systems into a cloud-oriented architecture that improves manageability, efficiency, and security while optimizing an organization’s resources. Accelera has successfully deployed virtualization and cloud solutions for hundreds of Federal, state, and municipal government clients.