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Ergo named Microsoft Ireland Azure Partner of the Year

Ergo, Ireland’s leading IT solutions provider, has been named Microsoft Ireland Azure Partner of the Year 2025. Ergo received this prestigious award for its consistent excellence in leveraging Microsoft Azure technologies to drive transformative results for organisations.

This recognition highlights Ergo’s leadership in cloud migration and digital transformation, emphasising the company’s exceptional Azure expertise and its ability to deliver innovative and impactful cloud solutions. Ergo was distinguished by its ability to lead large-scale Azure migrations and deliver Azure AI solutions that address complex business challenges while prioritising security, cost efficiency, and agility.

Microsoft commended Ergo’s technical depth and its year-on-year growth with a strong focus on helping customers modernise their IT environments. The company’s track record of supporting organisations in migrating to the cloud and leveraging technology to improve efficiency and resilience was also highlighted.

Commenting on the announcement, Steve Blanche, CTO at Ergo, said:

“We are immensely proud to be named Microsoft Ireland Azure Partner of the Year once again. This award is a testament to the expertise and commitment of our people, who go above and beyond to deliver genuine value for our customers every day. Over the past three decades, we have built a strong and lasting partnership with Microsoft, one that continues to develop as technology advances. Together, we are helping organisations in Ireland to adapt, innovate, and maximise their investment in the cloud.”

Clare Hillis, Enterprise Partner Lead at Microsoft Ireland, extended her congratulations and added:

“Ergo has excelled at delivering impactful transformation for our customers, successfully managing some of the largest and most complex cloud migrations this year. Throughout this period, we have seen Ergo and our customers working in strategic partnership and going from strength to strength. I’m absolutely delighted to congratulate Ergo on this recognition, as there is no partner over the last 12 months that has deserved this award more.”

This latest award highlights the depth of expertise and collaboration between Ergo and Microsoft, reinforcing their shared commitment to support organisations in Ireland on their digital transformation journeys.

Ergo has also renewed its certification as a Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider. Having first achieved this elite accreditation in 2021, Ergo has successfully passed a rigorous independent audit of its IT service management capabilities across people, process, and technology. This certification confirms Ergo’s ability to deliver consistent, repeatable, innovative managed services on Azure, meeting the highest standards set by Microsoft for technical capability, customer service, and operational excellence.

Together, these achievements reinforce Ergo’s recognition as Azure Partner of the Year 2025 and reaffirm its position as one of Ireland’s leading Azure partners.

You can find more information on Ergo’s cloud migration and AI capabilities here.

Ergo Announced as Title Sponsor of Clontarf Rugby Club

Ergo, Ireland’s largest IT solutions provider, is proud to announce its sponsorship of Clontarf Rugby Club, ahead of the upcoming 2025/26 season. The partnership reflects Ergo’s commitment to investing in its local community, with their headquarters located in nearby Eastpoint Business Park, Clontarf.

Paul McCann, Chief Executive Officer at Ergo, said, “We are incredibly proud to partner with Clontarf Rugby Club ahead of the upcoming All-Ireland League Rugby season. At Ergo, we believe in empowering local organisations that unite communities and inspire excellence. Clontarf Rugby embodies ambition, teamwork, and community spirit – values that closely align with our own. Through this partnership, we aim to help nurture the next generation of sporting talent while demonstrating our commitment to local initiatives.”

Through this partnership, Ergo will serve as the title sponsor of Clontarf Rugby Club, providing essential support to enhance the club’s facilities, overheads and outreach programmes. The sponsorship will play a vital role in supporting Clontarf Rugby’s continued growth and development, building upon their storied legacy as one of the most successful and longest-running All-Ireland League clubs.

Eoin Daly, Chairman of Clontarf Rugby Club, said, “We are grateful for Ergo’s significant investment in Clontarf Rugby Club. Their support will directly strengthen our facilities, programs, and the opportunities we offer to our players. Through this partnership, Ergo is not only backing our teams on the pitch but investing in the future of our entire club and community. Such commitment is vital for ensuring that Clontarf Rugby Club remains a thriving institution for generations to come.”

Photo credit  – Shane O’Neill – Coalesce.

Ergo Achieves Microsoft Networking Services Specialisation to Further Advance Market-Leading Azure Capabilities

Ergo has become the only Irish IT services company to achieve the Networking Services in Microsoft Azure Specialisation, designed for Microsoft partners to demonstrate their deep knowledge, extensive experience and proven success in planning and deploying networks in Azure.

A rigorous and independent audit validated Ergo’s capability, not just for implementation but also for operating and optimising a customer’s network architecture, paying particular attention to performance, security and value. Strengths of Ergo’s public cloud and networking practices were praised in the audit, including its skilled and qualified staff in enterprise networking technologies, the accomplished standardisation of business processes and the strong focus on continual improvement.

The specialisation also recognises the breadth of Ergo’s competencies, a depth of knowledge around traditional networks that complements a range of virtual network solutions. For organisations pursuing hybrid strategies, where they need to connect on-premises infrastructure with cloud services, it’s a critical combination of skills to have at their disposal.

Des Curley, Head of Ergo’s Networking Practice, said, “Ergo has always recognised that the network is the backbone for every cloud strategy. This Microsoft Azure specialisation endorses our capability to provide customers with best-in-class combinations of physical and virtual networks, enabling complex hybrid environments to flourish with no impact on performance.”

Martina Naughton, Global Partner Sales Director of Microsoft Ireland, commented, “Ergo has been at the leading-edge of Microsoft technology for nearly 30 years in Ireland and I applaud their team’s work in adding another Azure specialisation to the six they have already achieved. I look forward to working closely with them on new projects in the years ahead.”

Kevin Greene, Public Cloud Practice Lead at Ergo, said, “This advanced Microsoft specialisation validates our leadership in the cloud connectivity market. All the networking skills we’ve fine-tuned over the years around on-premises environments have been successfully adapted, added to and enhanced for cloud.”

The new specialisation is the latest milestone in a journey that began when Ergo became a Microsoft Azure Expert MSP in 2021. The highest Azure status Microsoft sets for its elite global partners, it validates excellence in designing, building, operating and optimising cloud solutions. The networking specialisation highlights another strength in a growing portfolio of hybrid cloud propositions.

Alongside this latest advanced specialisation, Ergo have also achieved the following six specialisations across the Azure and Modern Work partner designations:

  • Windows Server and SQL Server Migration to Microsoft Azure
  • Threat Protection
  • Linux and Open-source Databases Migration to Microsoft Azure
  • Adoption and Change Management
  • Modernisation of Web Applications to Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop