With Fresh Concepts, AddOn managed to rouse up quite a commotion last year. The goal was to make training more attractive by using new ideas and innovative concepts. A concept that worked: AddOn was able to increase the number of seminar booking last year - only a few Microsoft Training partners managed to do this. A logical consequence when concept, price and quality are right.

AddOn would like to say a sincere "thank you" to all its customers, as well as to promise to keep up the good work in the future. That is why the success factors will be carried on into the next year: Customized Price, the most innovative pricing model in the training market; the unique AddOn Seminar Guarantee and the individual advanced training concept "Training in a Box".

Something else is quite certain: AddOn is not running out of ideas. The AddOn professionals have also thought about IT-training for 2007; old perceptions have been thrown overboard and new concepts have been developed for the customers. Customers profit from the new training bundles; official VMware training courses are available at AddOn or IT-Pro expertise can be gained at the practically orientated Xpert Series Workshops.

Get inspired by AddOn's new ideas. Our current training catalog can be downloaded in PDF (german language).

Quality training that convinces: AddOn's high turnover growth wins the title

AddOn has already achieved what the European football clubs dream of: winning the Champions League. With over 100% growth AddOn received first prize for the category "Turnover growth" within the Microsoft Partner Champions League. In this League, Microsoft partners that have performed extremely well in the categories Turnover, Turnover Growth, New Customers, Referential Projects, Customer Satisfaction and Social Commitments are nominated. 26.000 Microsoft partners in sales, service and solutions lined up for the start. It has been no easy task to be able to succeed and win this prize.

During the Partner Conference festivities in Weimar, Microsoft announced the winners of the "Partner-Champions-League 2005". In the category "Turnover Growth" the winner was: AddOn Systemhaus GmbH from Boeblingen.

Wolfgang Brehm, division manager of the Partner Program Sales Group, explained what is important to Microsoft: "At the Partner Champions League, the partners can earn points on quality or quantity performance. This suits the goal of the partner program; not only to measure an organization by turnover, but also by it's contribution to a long-term customer trust in Microsoft solutions".

AddOn receives "2006 service supplier of the year award"

Every two years, the Ministry of Finance in Baden-Wurttemberg awards the "Service Supplier of the Year Award". This is a contest with tradition, in which various service companies with exciting concepts and innovative ideas take part in. Over 100 companies sent in contributions for the category "Exemplary development, implementation and propagation of service ideas". AddOn Systemhaus GmbH took part in this category and was judged by the selection committee as being one of the best service companies.

Developing new services is one of AddOn's characteristic qualities. This is no surprise - as well as technological leadership, innovative excellence has been part of AddOn's company policy since its foundation. Consequently, creative concepts and innovative ideas have been the fruitful outcome of AddOn's employees. The service package originated 4 years ago, as a concept to offer services as a standardized and customized module package. It is a consulting or IT-service solution, which offers AddOn's customers the specified services at an attractive price. Since 2002 there have been 30 such "Consulting in a Box" bundles created, and hundreds of these packages have been delivered.

Simultaneously a broad consulting range developed, that now allows AddOn customers to book complete project assistance as standard modules, or to order specific aid for complicated project segments. The customer's advantage lies at hand: IT-Budget can be used accordingly and remains independent from the consultant; further services can be acquired when necessary and the customer profits from cost advantages that the packets offer.

The concept is new and innovative: complex services can be delivered individually according to standardized modules. A concept that is now standard in a modern industrial production - flexible modular fabrication - is still a topic of discussion in the service sector. The consequent delivery and further development of the "in a Box" conception into a comprehensive concept convinced the selection committee enough that AddOn was awarded the prize for the category "Exemplary development, implementation and propagation of service ideas".

.. VMware Authorized Consulting Partner

Authorized VMware expertise

AddOn consultants have been implementing virtualization projects as a VIP partner for quite some time now. The certification as VMware Authorized Consulting Partner gives the market leader the recognition it deserves for its consultants technological competence. The partner program was set up to reach an elevated level of customer satisfaction through a complete service solution range and a high level of service quality.

Solutions are offered together with VMware, which allow enterprise growth and innovation with simplified IT-infrastructure, and at the same time sink the total cost of ownership (TCO). The combination of AddOn's virtualization knowledge and VM software guarantees a complete solution for virtual machines. Competence that is qualified, VMware checked and certified, ensures AddOn's consultants that they have all they need for the successful integration and implantation of virtual servers. As Virtual Assistive Technology Center (VATC) and with Dell as our training partner, we offer comprehensive know-how with official VMware seminars.

Dell and AddOn - successful partners since 2005

Dell and AddOn have been working closely together in the field of technology training and IT-service. The cooperation ranges from training seminars for Dell's OpenManage management software, Dell Power Edge servers as well as Microsoft, Linux and VMware. Additionally, AddOn is a Dell Professional Services Partner and offers complete consulting and support services for Microsoft and SAP NetWeaver technology on Dell based system infrastructure.

Because of Dell's partnership with a top training house that has branches in Germany and in German speaking countries, Dell can profit from a standardized broad portfolio that is system-orientated. Dell's new partnership gives it direct access to a partner that meets specifications for technical IT training.

"With AddOn we have gained an extremely competent and professional partner" explains Stefan Bachman, solutions director for Dell central Europe. "This wraps up our range of solutions for our customers. We are able to offer our customers the A to Z of introduction, optimization and support of a high performance IT infrastructure"

Together with SAP, AddOn develops technology seminars for an optimal SAP system administration.

A successful partnership for training

Only when the operating system, database and application platform are harmonized with each other, do SAP applications show their real performance and stability. Until now, a search for technology training for a system tuning would have been unsuccessful. In the new training package range for the SAP NetWeaver Application Platform, SAP AG has now furthered its portfolio with new platform seminars. The main goal of these seminars is the mediation of special administrative know-how of the operation system, database administration and the interface to SAP NetWeaver technology.

The consulting and services range from relaying necessary know-how for a SAP functional environment, to the planning, development and configuration of a Windows cluster system with SAP R/3 as well as SAP specific database knowledge. The function of a SAP system with different operating system landscapes remains as a focus. The administrator learns everything necessary for a functioning SAP-system within a Microsoft or Linux environment. These seminars demonstrate that concentrating on a SAP-specific topic has a high time-saving potential. Educational time and cost expenditures are reduced by as much as 80%.

Compact, clearly structured and practically orientated - these specialized system and database seminars have been developed by the consulting and training house AddOn together with SAP AG.

.. the state of Baden-Wurttemberg puts its trust in AddOn

For several years the state of Baden-Wurttemberg has trusted AddOn with the education of its employees. Some of the state organizations that profit from this arrangement are:

• Parliament of Baden-Wurttemberg
• Public authorities and establishment of the state of Baden-Wurttemberg
• the central communal data processing in Baden-Wurttemberg
  (communal computer centers)
• Organizations and persons within the secretary of law, under supervision of the state of Baden-Wurttemberg. Persons and organizations included as lawful representatives of county activities

.. optimize Microsoft and SAP infrastructures

Dell and the Boeblinger system integrator AddOn support their customers Microsoft and SAP projects with a complete range of consulting and service for implementation, migration and support.

With Dell as the principle partner, and AddOn as a Dell Professional services (DPS) partner, AddOn provides European-wide partner consulting, training and support services as well as performing Microsoft and SAP installations of Dell based technology. The partnership between Dell and AddOn covers all enterprising needs for professional Microsoft and SAP solutions - these solutions consist of pre-sales consulting, installation and post-sales services. Dell server solutions and innovative AddOn service and consulting solutions increase the power of an IT environment and ensure an uncomplicated operation. The enterprising advantage: it lowers operating costs and secures an enduring investment.

"With AddOn we have gained an extremely competent and professional partner" explains Stefan Bachman, solutions director for Dell central Europe. "This wraps up our range of solutions for our customers. We are able to offer our customers the A to Z of introduction, optimization and support of a high performance IT infrastructure"

Thomas Grimm, managing director of AddOn Systemhaus GmbH, explains further: "Together with Dell we offer high quality seminars. These training courses and advanced workshops make it possible for companies to use technology more efficiently and quicker. Furthermore, the costs of administrative work can be lowered; the availability of the IT can be increased as well as to improve the project performance of human resources.

The ultimate grading: Quality and customer satisfaction

AddOn has always sought to win over its customer with superior quality. Since the foundation of AddOn the employees have lived out this mission on a daily basis as consultants and trainers with their customers.

In order that this not only remains as it is but also continues to improve, the AddOn management has decided to document and certify this quality. The quality management system, based on DIN EN ISO 9001:2000, has just been certified. What it is all about at AddOn is explained in the quality handbook: the measurement of our performance quality is made by the customer. His judgment is conclusive.