The iGaming security company has now joined the Microsoft Partnership Network of the IT giant, joining other well-known software companies who have "proven expertise in delivering quality solutions."

Achieving a silver certification is difficult, but it puts a business in the top 5% of Microsoft's partners and enables it to offer Microsoft-related goods and services.

A corporation must pass multiple tests and undergo extensive examination as part of the ranking process before Microsoft will even consider giving it the highly coveted silver competency level.

The exams provide the tech giant with an opportunity to assess a company's capacity to provide Microsoft technology-based software, solutions, and support of the highest calibre.

Michael Tobin, the founder and CEO of Continent 8 Technologies, stated, "Achieving Silver Partner status with Microsoft is a strategic step for Continent 8 and forms part of continued efforts to be the leading multi-cloud solutions provider to organisations in the global gambling industry."

Continent 8's current cloud offering will be improved with the addition of Microsoft Azure Stack, a hybrid cloud platform that enables businesses to deploy services from its data centres, as a result of its new status.

When the solution goes live in the upcoming weeks, "partners will be able to refresh their virtualization host using a hybrid and hyperconverged solution integrated with Azure," the business claims.

"Our cloud offering continues to develop, and I'm delighted that Continent 8 has joined the Microsoft Partner Network having achieved Silver Partner status," said Justin Cosnett, Chief Product Officer of Continent 8 Technologies.

"Many thanks to the group that worked to get this accreditation. The certification attests to our demonstrated proficiency in providing our clients with high-caliber cloud solutions.