Recognition and third-party signals — and what each one establishes
EPC Group — founded in 1997, headquartered in Houston, a Microsoft Solutions Partner holding all six solutions designations — publishes every recognition it cites with the same discipline it applies to its engagement records: the issuer, the period, what the signal measures and what it does not establish. A marketplace ranking, a review-site badge and a partner designation are each maintained by someone other than EPC Group; none of them is a delivery audit. The ten entries below are the canonical list; every other page on this site that mentions a recognition links here.
Last updated by Errin O'Connor, Founder & Chief AI Architect, EPC Group
Newest: 50Pros Top Agency Award, Q3 2026
EPC Group was named a Top 10 Management Consulting Firm by 50Pros for Q3 2026 (50Pros Top Agency Award, ranked No. 8). 50Pros is a business-to-business marketplace and directory; this is its ranking of the firms in its own Management Consulting category, and it is read as that — an outside signal for a shortlist, not an audit of delivery. The same marketplace lists EPC Group as a 50Pros Verified agency (verification completed October 2, 2026) and listed second of six on 50Pros' Top Artificial Intelligence Companies in Houston, Texas (listing updated October 2, 2026). The release and what the placement does and does not establish: the 50Pros Q3 2026 award.
The ledger — ten entries, each with its issuer and period
Unordered: the entries are grouped by what they are, not ranked. “Measures” is what the issuer evaluates; “does not establish” is the claim a reader should not draw from it.
1.Microsoft Solutions Partner — six designations (Data & AI · Modern Work · Infrastructure · Security · Digital & App Innovation · Business Applications)
- Issuer · period:
- Microsoft · current
- Measures:
- Microsoft's assessment of partner capability per solution area
- Does not establish:
- Client outcomes
2.Leader, Business Intelligence Consulting — 7 consecutive quarterly reports through Fall 2026
- Issuer · period:
- G2 · the quarterly reports through Fall 2026; badge files on this site: Spring 2026, Fall 2026
- Measures:
- Verified client reviews and market presence, calculated by G2
- Does not establish:
- A delivery audit
- Source:
- G2 profile · the seven-quarter record
3.Momentum Leader, Business Intelligence Consulting
- Issuer · period:
- G2 · Fall 2026
- Measures:
- Growth in reviews and presence over the period
- Does not establish:
- A delivery audit
- Source:
- G2 profile
4.Top Agency Award — Top 10 Management Consulting Firm, ranked No. 8
- Issuer · period:
- 50Pros · Q3 2026 (notified October 1, 2026)
- Measures:
- A marketplace's ranking of the firms in its own Management Consulting directory
- Does not establish:
- Delivery; it is not a review-based score
- Source:
- the 50Pros release page · EPC Group on 50Pros
5.Listed second of six — Top Artificial Intelligence Companies in Houston, Texas
- Issuer · period:
- 50Pros · listing updated October 2, 2026
- Measures:
- Placement on a marketplace's geographic category listing (default sort)
- Does not establish:
- A ranking by outcome; listings move
- Source:
- the listing
6.50Pros Verified agency
- Issuer · period:
- 50Pros · verification completed October 2, 2026
- Measures:
- Identity and contact verification by the marketplace
- Does not establish:
- Reviews or delivery
- Source:
- EPC Group on 50Pros
7.GCC High data-foundation checklist release carried on EIN Presswire
- Issuer · period:
- EIN Presswire · October 2, 2026
- Measures:
- Distribution of a company statement
- Does not establish:
- Editorial endorsement
- Source:
- the release on EIN · the canonical copy
8.TAR-8 standard release carried by the EIN network and AP News
- Issuer · period:
- EIN Presswire / AP News · September 23, 2026
- Measures:
- Distribution of a company statement
- Does not establish:
- Editorial endorsement
- Source:
- the standard
9.Four books on SharePoint and Power BI
- Issuer · period:
- Microsoft Press; Sams/Pearson · 2007–2018
- Measures:
- Published authorship
- Does not establish:
- —
- Source:
- the author page
10.17 engagement records with claim levels and hashed source files
- Issuer · period:
- EPC Group Evidence Center · current
- Measures:
- Primary documents, each labeled by what it does and does not establish
- Does not establish:
- See the methodology
- Source:
- Evidence Center · methodology
The G2 line, stated once
G2 Leader in Business Intelligence Consulting for 7 consecutive quarterly reports through Fall 2026, plus a Momentum Leader badge for Fall 2026. The badge files this site carries are the Spring 2026 and Fall 2026 Leader badges and the Fall 2026 Momentum badge; the quarter-by-quarter record is on the seven-quarter page, and the rating itself appears only as text with a link to the G2 profile — never as review markup.
What this page deliberately leaves out
Marketplace fields a buyer can read on the issuer's site but that EPC Group does not repeat (rates, minimum budgets, team-size bands, view counts, “established”-type badges); any recognition without an issuer and a period on file; any review score as structured data. The counting rules behind every figure on this site are on the evidence methodology page.
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