Noventiq Philippines, the Makati arm of a global IT group with more than $2.4 billion in yearly turnover, has won back Microsoft’s top country honor, a year after losing it to rival Tech One Global.
Key Takeaways
- Noventiq Philippines is the 2026 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year for the Philippines, announced November 12.
- Microsoft says winners and finalists were picked from more than 4,500 nominations worldwide.
- It is Noventiq’s second Philippine country title in three years, after its 2024 win and Tech One Global’s 2025 win.
- The company says it will keep pushing AI adoption, secure data modernization, and cybersecurity for local businesses.
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The Noventiq Microsoft Partner of the Year award was announced ahead of Microsoft Ignite, which runs November 17 to 20 in San Francisco.
Microsoft hands out one country-level award per market. It goes to the partner that delivered the strongest customer results on Microsoft Cloud, AI, services, and devices over the past year.
Noventiq says the win reflects its work helping clients take first steps with AI and modernize their data securely. General manager Lilibeth Tumbali credited Microsoft, the company’s customers, and the local team for their resilience.
Noventiq did not name the Philippine customers or projects behind the award. Microsoft also did not publish the scoring criteria or the revenue figures it reviewed.
Why the Noventiq Microsoft Partner title keeps changing hands
The Philippine country award has become a two-company contest. Tech One Global Philippines won it in 2023, Noventiq took it in 2024, and Tech One reclaimed it in 2025, according to Tech One’s own newsletter and earlier Microsoft partner announcements.
Tech One also lists earlier country wins in 2016 and 2018. Before that, homegrown firms such as Microgenesis Business Systems and PLDT’s enterprise arm ePLDT held the title in 2013 and 2017.
That makes 2026 a comeback year for Noventiq. Its Philippine unit had collected smaller local Microsoft honors before, including an Azure Customer Recruit award in 2020 and a Teamwork Excellence Award in 2022.
Microsoft’s Philippine partner bench is deep, so a back-and-forth like this tells buyers one thing: no single integrator has locked down the market.
The AI gap Filipino companies want closed
The timing lines up with Microsoft’s own data on Filipino workers. In its 2026 Work Trend Index, Microsoft found that 25% of surveyed Philippine workers qualify as “Frontier Professionals,” or people who use AI agents for complex, multistep work. The global figure is 16%.
The same survey shows the catch. Only 35% of Filipino AI users say their leadership is clearly aligned on AI, and 66% fear falling behind if they don’t adapt fast.
That gap has been there for a while. Microsoft’s 2024 index found that 86% of Filipino knowledge workers used AI at work, and 83% of them brought their own tools because their employers hadn’t rolled out any. Microsoft warned that this creates privacy, security, and legal risks.
Companies like Noventiq make money by closing that gap. They sell the licenses, set up the secure rollout, and train the staff, so employees stop pasting company data into free chatbots.
The spending is real. Research firm IMARC Group valued the Philippine cloud security market at about $1.75 billion (roughly ₱100 billion) in 2025, and projects it to reach $4.56 billion by 2034.
What Noventiq does for Filipino businesses
Noventiq is a reseller and services partner. It sells Microsoft licenses such as Microsoft 365 and Azure cloud, then handles migration, managed services, and security monitoring for its clients.
Its local pitch centers on three jobs: starting companies on AI tools like Copilot, moving old data into the cloud without exposing it, and defending those systems against attacks.
The company operates as Softline Services International Philippines Inc. in Makati City, based on Microsoft partner records.
From Softline to Noventiq
The group was founded in 1993 by Igor Borovikov as Softline, which began as a scientific software reseller. It moved its headquarters to London in 2020.
In October 2022, Softline Holding sold its Russian business and started trading as Noventiq. The group now says it operates in more than 60 emerging markets across Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
The $2.4 billion figure is group-wide turnover supplied by the company, not Philippine revenue. Noventiq does not break out how much its Philippine unit earns.
The challenge
The award confirms Noventiq can deliver Microsoft projects in the Philippines. It does not show how many local companies have moved past AI pilots into daily use.
Noventiq now has to prove it can hold the title for two straight years, something it couldn’t do after 2024, with Tech One Global still competing for the same enterprise clients.
For Filipino businesses, the real test is whether that 35% leadership alignment number moves. Until it does, the Philippine market will keep producing more AI-ready workers than AI-ready companies, and Microsoft’s top local partner title will stay up for grabs every year.
FAQ
Who won Microsoft Partner of the Year Philippines 2026? Noventiq Philippines won the 2026 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year award for the Philippines, announced November 12, 2026, ahead of Microsoft Ignite.
What is Noventiq Philippines? It is the Makati-based local unit of Noventiq, a London-headquartered IT group formerly called Softline. It resells Microsoft licenses and provides cloud, AI, and cybersecurity services to businesses.
Is Noventiq a Russian company? Noventiq began in Russia as Softline in 1993, moved its headquarters to London in 2020, and sold its Russian business in 2022 before rebranding. It is now headquartered in London.
What does the award mean for Filipino businesses? It signals which partner Microsoft rated highest locally this year. Noventiq did not disclose the Philippine customers or projects behind the win, so buyers should ask for case studies directly.
