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Please join us on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 1:00 PM CST for valuable information on Oracle’s Planning and Budgeting Cloud Services.
 
bi-epm-practice-astIs your budgeting process cumbersome or primarily manual? Are you tired of maintaining a growing number of spreadsheets? Do you need better insight into forecasting to keep up with market or organizational changes?  Moreover, do you face infrastructure challenges (resource or otherwise) that make initiating a budgeting software project overwhelming?  We’ll provide a complete overview of Oracle’s Cloud release of their world-class Hyperion Planning & Budgeting Suite, Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service. 
 
You will learn how your organization can leverage this proven, industry-leading planning solution, including how to: 

  • Effectively integrate with your financial systems
  • Centralize your planning data
  • Easily roll up your data
  • Compare scenarios and ‘what-ifs’ on-the-fly
  • Deliver reports for all user types
  • Leverage pre-built AST models, where applicable


Don’t miss this opportunity to discover how you can deploy this solution in weeks with a zero infrastructure footprint.  Register Now!

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crm-practice-astThe AST CRM/CX practice was launched to enable a 360-degree solution to our clients, and we have matured it’s capabilities in main-stream CRM/CX modules such as Service Cloud and Siebel CRM. In addition, we are generating momentum by expanding our footprint into Oracle Fusion Applications, Cloud Strategy and Master Data Management. While our competitors may currently be growing quickly, many of them lack strong knowledge of any particular vertical, which will challenge their continued growth. AST, on the other hand, has an impressive list of clients in the Public Sector and have grown >40% YOY since 2010.  AST’s CRM/CX practice should be able to maintain long-term sequential growth by leveraging our Public Sector and Transportation verticals as well as winning new opportunities within commercial accounts. AST’s CRM/CX Practice has partnered with Oracle to create distinctly packaged go-to-market solutions in the Transit & Utilities Industry. We are currently targeting the top 100 transit organizations in the U.S.
 
We are proud to be recognized as Oracle’s Go-To- Partner for CX solutions in the Public Sector.  Jeff Quade, Oracle Director of CRMPublic Sector Sales in the West Region had this to say about us, “I am very excited about AST as a trusted CRM partner.  AST has made the investment in hiring and training fantastic Oracle CRM/CX resources and is well on their way to great success in CRM/CX.  Utilizing AST’s strong relationships in areas of expertise, such as the transportation, financial and 311 markets, I have seen many new opportunities, and new momentum building for Oracle products. The relationship between Oracle and AST continues to grow stronger and I look forward to many years of success.”

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Let’s congratulate George for becoming AST’s Employee of the Month for December 2014. George is being recognized for his efforts in covering multiple modules for two clients. He has such an extremely positive and client pleasing manner while working on complex issues. He always makes sure that his deliverables and tasks have been done on time and with high quality. Moreover, he has spent many hours outside of already long days/weeks to meet client and project requests while doing it all with a great attitude. Keep up the good work George!

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December 17, 2014 – Mark your calendars to get the update on Oracle’s mobile strategy: Rethink Mobile: Beyond Mobile First with Oracle. Oracle will be available to answer your questions via live chats.  Read more @ the Oracle Mobile Platform Blog.  

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ast-best-and-brightest-companiesAST is proud to have been selected as one of the ‘101 National Best and Brightest Companies to Work For’ in 2014. Hundreds of competing companies throughout the country vie for the title, but only companies with the highest quality human resources initiatives are named to the list.  This national program celebrates companies that are making better business, creating richer lives and building a stronger community as a whole.

http://www.101bestandbrightest.com/

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oracle-hcm-cloudHere’s a reminder of our next webinar, “Oracle HCM Cloud: The New Approach to Recruitment”, taking place this Thursday, December 4 at 1PM CST. Nick Prevatt, Senior Principal Consultant, and Bruce Sebree, Regional Sales Director, will present the key features and the benefits of Oracle HCM Cloud Recruiting. Click to reserve your spot and join the discussion @https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/475982311

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AST congratulates Edgar E. and Tejas P. for completing the Oracle Fusion Financials 11g General Ledger Certified Implementation Specialist and Oracle Essbase 11 Certified Implementation Specialist. 

Keep up the good work!

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AST Thanksgiving 2014

So much to be thankful for here at AST, particularly a team that pitches in and knows how to cook!  Our HR team works hard throughout the year planning and running events that make our culture fun and collaborative.  Each thanksgiving they coordinate our Thanksgiving Potluck, with everyone in the corporate office contributing a dish to make a delicious Thanksgiving celebration.  We’re thankful for our HR team’s leadership and creativity, and for a prosperous 2014.  From all of us at AST Corporation, a very happy Thanksgiving to all!

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Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11 SpecializationFollowing close on the heels of our recent achievement of two Oracle Middleware Specializations as well as the concurrent Specialization for the Utilities Industry comes another hard-earned Specialization for our BI/EPM Practice.  We’re proud to announce we have achieved Specialization for Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 11 (HFM), adding to our long list of established Specializations for Enterprise Performance Management (EPM or Hyperion), Business Intelligence (BI), and specific industries, among others.

To achieve OPN Specialized status, Oracle partners are required to meet a stringent set of requirements that are based on the needs and priorities of the customer and partner community. By achieving a Specialized distinction, we are recognized by Oracle for our expertise in delivering services related to Oracle’s financial consolidation and reporting solutions through competency development, business results and proven success on projects.

As a distinguished Oracle Pillar Partner for both BI and EPM, we are determined to continually expand our footprint of Oracle Specializations that reflect our expertise and the experience that our team brings to our customers.   Certainly, we are happy to have achieved the HFM Specialization, and this recognition emphasizes the strength of our AST team and our continued innovation and capabilities in the Oracle EPM community in the financial management arena. Moreover, it reminds our current and prospective clients they are working with the leader in the Oracle Hyperion arena.

With our continued efforts towards BI and EPM Oracle Specializations, keep a look out for our Oracle Essbase and Hyperion Data Relationship Management (DRM) Specializations coming soon. Keep up the great work AST team…there’s obviously much more to come!

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Patrick Callahan – Sr. Practice Director, BI & EPM

As Sr. Practice Director of BI & EPM, Mr. Callahan oversees delivery for business intelligence, data warehousing and enterprise performance management initiatives. Mr. Callahan is also serving as product manager for AST’s ASTRA BI product for Transit and Airports.

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Chicago Tribune Top 100 Workplaces for 2014AST Corporation is pleased to announce that it has been selected as one of The Chicago Tribune Top 100 Workplaces for 2014.

“This recognition truly belongs to our employees who deliver our services with the highest level of professionalism, work as a team and maintain excellent customer relationships,” said Pravin Kumar, AST President and CEO. “This is a milestone that makes all of us proud of our shared accomplishments and motivates us to aim even higher in the coming years.”

AST’s merit as a top workplace has been demonstrated in recent years as well; Inc. Magazine and Winning Workplaces named AST one of the Top Small Company Workplaces for 2011, and the National Association for Business Resources named AST one of the ‘101 National Best and Brightest Companies to Work For’ in 2012.

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The Tribune’s Top Workplaces are determined solely on employee feedback. After being invited to participate as a company, a survey was sent asking employees about their feelings toward their workplace with focus on issues such as: direction of the company (“I have confidence in the company’s leadership”), execution (“We do things efficiently and well”), and connection (“My job makes me feel like I am part of something meaningful”).

The Chicago Tribune published the complete list of Top Workplaces on November 14th. For more information about the Top Workplaces visit www.topworkplaces.com.