AvePoint’s DocAve Software Platform Wins Gold Medal for Best Microsoft SharePoint Product from Windows IT Pro Community

“2012 Community Choice Awards” recognizes AvePoint’s products for governance, infrastructure management, and compliance in five separate categories

AvePoint (NASDAQ: AVPT), the global leader in data security, governance, and resilience, today announced that its DocAve Software Platform was named as a gold medal winner of the “2012 Community Choice Awards” in the Best SharePoint Product category by Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro magazine.

“Being recognized by the Windows IT Pro community with these honors offers even more evidence that the global SharePoint community continues to stand behind AvePoint’s decade-plus commitment to not just meeting, but exceeding the needs of its more than 10,000 customers and ever-growing partner ecosystem,” said Co-CEO and Co-Founder Dr. Tianyi (TJ) Jiang. “As needs evolve and challenges arise, AvePoint’s enterprise-ready products and global, live 24/7 support are here to ensure organizations’ business goals are achieved on SharePoint each day.”

In addition to winning the gold medal in the Best SharePoint Product category, AvePoint’s products also won awards in the following categories:

“For our 2012 Community Choice Awards, we continued our unique process of letting the tech community both nominate and vote for their favorite products,” said Jason Bovberg, senior editor at Windows IT Pro. “We don’t just present a predefined list of products and services, thereby limiting scope. Our Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Pro, and Dev Pro awards programs ensure a breadth of inclusion in the surveys. The winners of these awards are truly the community favorites. We want to congratulate the companies who deliver these outstanding products to consumers: They definitely stand out among their peers as winners of our Community Choice Awards.”

To learn more about AvePoint’s award-winning products, please visit www.avepoint.com.

About AvePoint

Securing the Future. AvePoint is a global leader in data security, governance, and resilience, and over 21,000 customers worldwide rely on our solutions to modernize the digital workplace across Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other collaboration environments. AvePoint’s global channel partner program includes over 3,500 managed service providers, value added resellers and systems integrators, with our solutions available in more than 100 cloud marketplaces. To learn more, visit https://www.avepoint.com.

About Windows IT Pro

The Windows IT Pro community is the heartbeat of the Windows IT world—a gathering of people, content and resources focused on Microsoft Windows technologies and applications. It’s a "community" in every sense, bringing an independent, uncensored voice to IT managers, network and systems administrators, developers, systems analysts, CIOs, CTOs, and other technologists at companies worldwide. Visit www.windowsitpro.com today to learn more.

About Penton Media

As a leading, independent, business-to-business media company, Penton knows business and how to create and disseminate vital content that moves markets. Penton is where professionals turn to gain the critical insight, expert analysis and relevant connections needed to compete and succeed. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.

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