NEWARK, Ohio (PRWEB) August 3, 2005

Main Street Access has become the first Microsoft Small Business Specialist in the Central Ohio area.

This special designation demonstrates Main Street AccessÂ’ expertise in delivering high-value, strategic solutions for small businesses based on Microsoft Small Business Server 2003.

Created earlier this month, Microsoft Small Business Specialists are partners who recognize that small business customers have needs for information technology and who are able to provide high-quality solutions built with Microsoft technologies. These solutions are configured according to the customersÂ’ needs and supported to ensure customer satisfaction.

As one of the requirements for attaining Small Business Specialist status, Main Street Access had to pass MicrosoftÂ’s Small Business Sales and Marketing Skills Assessment, designed to test the companyÂ’s knowledge of the dynamics and dependencies of the small-business market, as well as the value to small business of several software solutions, including Windows® XP Professional, Microsoft Office 2003 and Windows Small Business Server 2003.

The Small Business Specialist Community, available as a competency-like designation as part of the Microsoft® Partner Program, was developed in response to input from customers and partners that expressed a need to build easier connections that enable small-business customers to quickly and easily identify technology partners best suited to support them.

The Small Business Specialist Community was announced earlier this month at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2005.

About Main Street Access:

Main Street Access, based in Newark, Ohio, has provided Internet and technology management solutions to small businesses throughout Central and Southeast Ohio since 1995.

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