Tech firm Fireminds has won a country partner of the year award from industry giants Microsoft.

The company was chosen by Microsoft after showing excellence in innovation and customer service based on Microsoft technology.

Phil Sorgen, corporate vice-president of Microsoft’s worldwide partner group, said: “Fireminds’ dedication to providing outstanding value for our mutual customers is a prime example of the excellence we see in our talented community of Microsoft partners.”

Fireminds CEO Michael Branco said: “I’m very proud of our software development and cloud solutions teams who have deployed a number of cloud-based solutions which have resulted in us being recognised by Microsoft as an award-winning partner.”

The firm was founded in Bermuda 14 years ago to work on web and software development, as well as cloud solutions and e-commerce.

it now has 30 staff, with teams based in Bermuda, Canada and Europe.