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Idea Integration is one of six companies inthe U.S. chosem by to offer Microsoft Stimulus360. “They’ve cobbled togethef a lot of Microsoft technology as a solutioh that can drop into a system and immediatelyg track stimulus dollars and appl y forstimulus dollars,” said Sandy Bateh, a seniord vice president at Idea Integration and the company’w Microsoft alliance manager. The package is aimed at state and local governments trying to get their sharr of the stimulus money and to tracjkits use. Idea Integration and the otheer five companies offering the package were chosenm because of their familiarity with all of the applicationxs inthe package.
“You have to understand the five underlyintg pieces ofthe technology,” Bateh Idea Integration will be competing with the otheer five companies for government clients. Bateh said the most promising sector islocakl governments, since most of the stimulus moneyh ultimately gets spent at that level. Bategh said the alliance with Microsoft gives Idea Integration a chance to landnew “It’s a great opportunity for companies like us because it givea another entry, it’s a door-opener,” he