Columbus Customer, Polaris Recognized for Outstanding Business Achievements

Earns Microsoft Dynamics® Award Excellence in Ongoing Achievement

Columbus is pleased to announce their customer, Polaris Industries, Inc. (NYSE: PII), was recognized by Microsoft® with a 2011 Microsoft Dynamics Customer Excellence Award for excellence in Ongoing Achievement and will be honored by Microsoft executives at an awards luncheon on Monday, April 11, at Convergence 2011 Atlanta, the premier Microsoft Dynamics user conference.

The 2011 Customer Excellence Awards, which are presented in 19 categories, recognize and celebrate Microsoft Dynamics customers that have achieved notable accomplishments using their Microsoft Dynamics solutions.

Polaris was recognized for its long term and continuous commitment to Microsoft Dynamics

Established in 1997, the Customer Excellence Awards are awarded each year at the Convergence user conference in the United States. Microsoft Dynamics customers, partners and team members submit nominations. Judging teams for each of the categories rated nominations on category specific criteria. Proposed winners for each category were then presented and reviewed by a panel of Microsoft executive judges for final approval. As part of that final review winning customers were chosen, including the Overall Excellence Award winning customers.

Microsoft Dynamics is a line of financial, customer relationship and supply chain management solutions that help businesses work more effectively.

About Columbus

With solid industry know-how, Columbus is a preferred business partner for ambitious companies within the retail, manufacturing and food sectors.

We know how to adapt and implement our proven Microsoft-based solution sets to maximise your efficiency and overall business performance – for immediate impact. Our key deliverables include truly flexible and future-safe ERP, CRM, BI and related business applications that deliver competitive advantage.

Exceeding 20 years of experience and 6.000 successful business cases, Columbus currently employs over 1.000 dedicated staff working out of 41 offices in 21 countries.

About Polaris

With annual 2010 sales of $1.991 billion, Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures and markets off-road vehicles (ORVs), including all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and the Polaris RANGER(TM), snowmobiles and Victory motorcycles for recreational and utility use and has recently introduced a new on-road electric powered neighborhood vehicle.

Polaris is a recognized leader in the snowmobile industry; and one of the largest manufacturers of ORVs in the world. Victory motorcycles, established in 1998 and representing the first all-new American-made motorcycle from a major company in nearly 60 years are making in-roads into the cruiser and touring motorcycle marketplace. Polaris also enhances the riding experience with a complete line of Pure Polaris apparel, accessories and parts, available at Polaris dealerships.

Polaris Industries Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PII", and the Company is included in the S&P Mid-Cap 400 stock price index.

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