The $150 thousand dollar software donation will enable the Women?s Business Enterprise National Council to further support the success of women-owned small businesses.
REDMOND, Wash., June 28, 2007: Tami Reller, corporate vice president of business solutions at Microsoft Corp., today announced a software donation worth $150,000 for the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation's leading advocate of woman-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. The technology donation from Microsoft will provide WBENC and its 14 organizational partners with Microsoft software and hardware to meet the organization's goal of expanding opportunities and eliminating barriers in the marketplace for woman business owners.
"As WBENC enters its second decade of operation we understand the important role technology plays in the success of our organization to meet the needs of woman-owned businesses across America," said Linda Denny, president of WBENC. "As a result of Microsoft's generosity, WBENC and our organizational partners will have the technology needed to enhance our wide array of programs from providing a national standard of certification for woman-owned businesses to providing our corporate members and certified women's business enterprises with better access to our programs."
The donation was announced at WBENC's 8th National Conference and Business Fair, an event designed to unite women business owners with senior corporate executives, supplier diversity and procurement professionals and government representatives.
The $150,000 worth of software donation will be distributed to WBENC over the next year to enhance programs that target woman-owned businesses. "Technology is clearly key to the on-going growth and development of a strong woman-owned business community," Rellar said. "Microsoft recognizes the importance of a strong technology infrastructure. We are honored to add this donation to our on-going support of WBENC and their organizational partners. We hope that this technology infusion will help drive forward our shared goals of expanding the success of woman-owned businesses."
About WBENC
Founded in 1997, WBENC is the nation's leading advocate of woman-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. It also is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC works to foster diversity in the world of commerce with programs and policies designed to expand opportunities and eliminate barriers in the marketplace for women business owners.
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