At a Networking Breakfast in Chicago last week, Oracle, AST, and Oracle Cloud Customers in Chicagoland discussed various options, benefits, and approaches for two critical components of Oracle PaaS deployment – Cloud Integration (SOA CS and ICS) and Cloud Security (IDCS, CASB, and OMC).

Missed this event?  Stay tuned for details on our next customer networking event near you!

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EoM MaleLet’s congratulate Imran M. for being selected the AST Employee of the Month for the month of January 2018 for his hard work and effort on the City of Detroit project. He has been instrumental in ensuring that AST continues to meet strict customer service standards and SLAs. His patience, attention to detail, and commitment to the deliverable deadlines have been critical to the success of the Managed Services engagement there at the City. At the same time, Imran has been involved in training his peers and has quickly become the go-to person for Cloud ERP.  We are so excited to have Imran as part of our team and look forward to many more of his accomplishments.

Great job Imran and keep up the good work!

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Yesterday at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento, AST and Oracle presented “Leverage Oracle Cloud to Improve EBS Experience”, a round-table event to learn about digital transformation with Oracle Cloud.

Our West Coast customers joined us for in-depth discussions on how to move and improve applications and maximize EBS on Oracle Cloud.  Our experts shared information and direction on Oracle Cloud products, as well as customer use-cases on successful migrations.

It was an exciting opportunity to network and learn more about cloud direction.  Stay tuned for details on our next round-table event and grab your spot early!

Have questions about Oracle Cloud?  Contact us today!

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People_Event_Food_NetworkingAST, together with Oracle Corporation, is hosting an exciting customer event this week focused on cloud transformation!

On Thursday, January 25, from 7:00 – 8:30 AM CST at The Ashburn at Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel, AST and Oracle will host a networking breakfast – “Oracle Cloud Platform (PaaS):  Security & Integration”.  Explore the Oracle Cloud Platform and hear special guest customers share their experiences working with the Cloud Platform for security and integration.  In this breakfast session, Oracle, AST, and Oracle Cloud Customers in Chicagoland will discuss various options, benefits, and approaches for two critical components of Oracle PaaS deployment – Cloud Integration (SOA CS and ICS) and Cloud Security (IDCS, CASB, and OMC).  Start your day out right with AST and Oracle – register here!

We’re looking forward to seeing our Midwest customers on Thursday at this can’t-miss event!

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EoM MaleLet’s congratulate Daniel D. for being selected AST Employee of the Month for December 2017!  He is being recognized for his exemplary work on AST’s Cook County Enterprise Service Bus project.  Daniel’s positive attitude is infectious and his team is inspired by how he can tackle any challenge and ramp up on any new project and technology.

Because of Daniel’s commitment and dedication, the client has reached out to AST for more exchanges and requests for additional services.  He is an excellent example of someone for this honor and seeing him mature in his role has been tremendous. Daniel has a bright future here and we look forward to many more of his contributions.

Keep up the great work Daniel!

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AST was founded in 1995 in Naperville, IL and has grown into a multinational, award-winning Oracle systems integrator.  To highlight this success that began just outside of Chicago over 22 years ago, local news channel NCTV17 has featured AST in its Business Connection segment!

Watch this exciting feature as interviews are conducted with AST’s CEO, Pravin Kumar; SVP, Human Resources, Fatima Beach; VP, Marketing and Communications, Melissa Sider; and a Program Manager from one our trusted clients.

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EoM-2BFemaleLet’s congratulate Beth T. for being selected AST’s Employee of the Month for November 2017!

Beth is being recognized for her leadership on the successful roll-out on our home building solution using Oracle Sales Cloud. Her up-selling management resulted in extra services. She elevated our relationship and helped AST become a trusted partner with the client as our single point of contact both from IT and our team. Under Beth’s governance, the team worked like a well-oiled machine to deliver a challenging product into a complete solution, along with a smooth roll-out that resulted in extremely high user adoption.

Keep up the good work Beth!

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shutterstock_458567878By now, most organizations are familiar with the benefits of a shift to the cloud, including scalability, agility, and cost-efficiency. Yet, the path to the cloud is not always clear and there are many lessons to be learned along the way.

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions are maturing, but limitations with functionality and integration prevent it from being the sole answer. Organizations often turn to Infrastructure–as-a-Service (IaaS) or Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions to meet company requirements.

The Lift & Shift (a.k.a. Move & Improve) cloud migration model involves moving the underlying infrastructure to run on virtual servers in the cloud, and replicating existing applications to run on the (public or private) cloud platform, without redesigning them.

With many satisfied customers migrated to the cloud, AST can assist your organization with determining the best path forward, using a system of Portfolio Rationalization, which includes strategies for:

  • Enterprise data center migration
  • PaaS solutions layered on IaaS
  • Transforming DevOps on Cloud PaaS
  • Cloud security and compliance framework
  • Optimized cloud service management
  • Cloud value measurement

AST’s Lift & Shift Methodology helps organizations seamlessly move both Oracle and non-Oracle workloads to Oracle Cloud with minimal disruption. A comprehensive, next-generation security model delivers core identity & access management capabilities, while our 100% cloud-certified consultants deliver on customer expectations.

Contact AST today to learn how our Oracle Cloud experts can help guide and manage your organization’s cloud migration journey.

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AST is attending and speaking at an exclusive event for Oracle’s top regional partners today.  The Oracle Regional Partner Summit, held at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Chicago, is focused on the resale and integration of Oracle’s cloud, technology, and cloud infrastructure solutions.

AST’s own VP of Managed Services, Subhasis Ganguly, is speaking at the event today about AST’s success with our Oracle Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Lift-and-Shift to the Cloud customers.  (Get a peek into what he’s discussing today, here!)

This event is a great way for us to connect directly with Oracle’s top sales executives and strengthen the solutions and services we provide our customers.

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