{"id":15682,"date":"2021-06-14T17:42:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T00:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devwww.3cloudsolutions.com\/post\/bluegranite-earns-coveted-analytics-on-microsoft-azure-advanced-specialization-3\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T15:02:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T23:02:45","slug":"bluegranite-earns-coveted-analytics-on-microsoft-azure-advanced-specialization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/resources\/bluegranite-earns-coveted-analytics-on-microsoft-azure-advanced-specialization\/","title":{"rendered":"BlueGranite Earns Coveted Analytics on Microsoft Azure Advanced Specialization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BlueGranite is honored to now hold the Advanced Specialization title for Analytics in Microsoft Azure, one of only 18 Microsoft partners with only 3 that are U.S. based, to hold this honor. Azure offers a differentiated range of analytics technologies that span the breadth of customers\u2019 needs for advanced analytics and business intelligence. This advanced specialization is an assurance that we meet the highest standards for service delivery and support and validates our capability to plan and deliver tailored Microsoft analytics solutions using <a href=\"\/blog\/azure-synapse-and-power-bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Synapse Analytics<\/a>, Azure Data Lake, <a href=\"\/blog\/the-right-tool-for-the-job-azure-data-factory-v2-vs.-integration-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Data Factory<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/resources\/3-reasons-to-choose-azure-databricks-for-data-science-and-big-data-workloads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Databricks<\/a>, enabling the use of the full breadth of data assets to help build transformative and secure analytical solutions at enterprise scale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 1800px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Advanced-Specialization-Logo-1.png\" alt=\"Advanced Specialization Logo\" width=\"1800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdvanced specialization\u201d is a label for expertise, success, and partnership \u2013 according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/en-cee\/2021\/02\/17\/advanced-specialization-a-label-for-expertise-success-and-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #007cba;\">Microsoft\u2019s blog<\/span><\/a>. Microsoft advanced specializations build on the related <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/partner-center\/learn-about-competencies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #007cba;\">gold competencies<\/span><\/a> that a partner can earn. Earning gold competencies, along with their related advanced specializations, allows partners to further differentiate their capabilities. Only partners that meet stringent criteria around customer success and staff skilling, as well as pass an audit of their migration practices, can earn Microsoft Azure advanced specialization. Microsoft utilizes this approach to determine the most <a href=\"\/blog\/microsoft-endorses-bluegranite-as-a-leading-ai-partner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #007cba;\">trusted partners and advisors<\/span><\/a> that can work with the most demanding cases, where the highest levels of quality and responsibility are required.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 175px; float: left; margin: 5px 39px 0px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AmyFord_square.png\" alt=\"AmyFord_square\" width=\"175\" \/>Amy Ford, Director of Strategic Partnerships at BlueGranite commented,\u201cThis advanced specialization provides BlueGranite with a third-party verification and confirmation of our highly skilled and specialized technical capabilities. Whether a Microsoft partner has 100 team members or 1,000, earning the Analytics on Microsoft Azure Advance Specialization levels the playing field to showcase the true expertise and strong credibility that BlueGranite provides as an Azure-only Data and Analytics partner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Azure advanced specialization partners undergo rigorous and independent technical validation of their capabilities to ensure they meet Microsoft standards. Like any other certification, earning an advanced specialization is equal to passing an exam, but on an enterprise level. This implies passing a compressive 3rd party audit of subject-related processes and methods, including documentation and reporting, the professionalism and knowledge of in-house specialists, and overall company expertise in the selected area. To pass the external audit, the company must comply with all audit requirements without exceptions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rodney-clark-4b69b16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 175px; float: right; margin: 5px 0px 0px 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1598637761645.jpg\" alt=\"1598637761645\" width=\"175\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rodney-clark-4b69b16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rodney Clark<\/a>, Corporate Vice President, Global Partner Solutions, Channel Sales and Channel Chief at Microsoft added, \u201cThe Analytics on Microsoft Azure advanced specialization highlights the\u202fpartners who can be\u202fviewed as most capable when it comes to building transformative and secure analytics solutions on Azure. BlueGranite clearly demonstrated that they have both the skills and the experience to help our customers harness the power of insight and transform their businesses in a scalable, secure, and cost-effective way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Data-driven insights and <a href=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/cloud-roadmap\/\">cloud adoption<\/a>\u00a0will\u00a0continue to\u00a0gain prominence\u00a0for organizations of all shapes and sizes, opening massive opportunity for organizations.\u00a0Adoption of Microsoft Azure has continued to increase\u00a0rapidly\u2014last year,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/2020\/07\/22\/microsoft-cloud-strength-drives-fourth-quarter-results-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #007cba;\">Azure grew\u00a047\u00a0percent\u00a0year-over-year<\/span><\/a>. This\u00a0mass\u00a0<a href=\"\/cloud-migration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">migration\u00a0to the cloud<\/a> has been amplified by the widespread\u00a0move\u00a0to remote work, as many organizations seek to <a href=\"\/blog\/the-tipping-point-when-is-the-boring-option-better\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #007cba;\">modernize aging on-premises systems<\/span><\/a> and analytics\u00a0capabilities.<\/p>\n<h2>About BlueGranite<\/h2>\n<p>As technology and the ways in which we access and utilize data continue to evolve, you can move forward confidently, knowing BlueGranite has proven our abilities and is committed to your success. BlueGranite offers a variety of <a href=\"\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #007cba;\">resources<\/span><\/a> to help you learn how you can leverage Modern Data Analytics. Please <a href=\"\/get-started\/\">contact us<\/a> directly to see how we can help you explore your about modern data analytics options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlueGranite is honored to now hold the Advanced Specialization title for Analytics in Microsoft Azure, one of only 18 Microsoft partners with only 3 that are U.S. based, to hold this honor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[260],"tags":[306,303,304],"class_list":["post-15682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-ai","tag-general-news-and-updates","tag-modern-analytics","tag-modern-data-platform","topics-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}