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Join us in Las Vegas on March 19-21, 2019 for Oracle’s Modern Customer Experience (#ModernCX) event! Click here to save $500 on your registration with AST’s exclusive code: CXASTCorp (That’s more than 25% off the onsite rate!)

Modern Customer Experience is the only place to connect with legends in marketing, service, sales, and commerce. Join your peers to carve the path forward in standout CX.

Spend 3 days networking with experts in Customer Experience, learning from more than 50 (!) Keynote and Featured Speakers, such as Earvin “Magic” Johnson, NBA Legend, Hall of Famer, Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist; Ann Handley, WSJ Best-Selling Author and Digital Marketing Pioneer; Mark Hurd, CEO at Oracle; and so many more, and enjoy unique networking and entertainment events, such as the Appreciation Event, Markie Awards, and Mindfulness Workshop.

You are at the center at Modern Customer Experience 2019. Your career. Your accomplishments. Your future success. You’ll be surrounded by CX luminaries, technology experts, partners, and peers who will share their knowledge and help you achieve legendary results for your company and your customers.

As a featured sponsor of this exciting event, AST is offering you an exclusive opportunity to register for the event for the lowest price of the season!

Act fast – this opportunity to save big doesn’t last long!

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This Tuesday, February 5, AST will sponsor Oracle Cloud Day at the Marriott Marquis in Chicago!

We will be exhibiting all day in the Innovative Lounge. Representatives from our Cloud Platform, Enterprise Security, Middleware, Managed Services, and Business Analytics teams will be on hand to field questions and talk all things Cloud.

Whether your race to the cloud is a marathon or a sprint, Oracle Cloud Day can help. This exciting event features a curated series of talks, hands-on experiences, and networking opportunities that will help you explore new cloud technologies, best practices, and successful use cases.

Stop by the Innovative Lounge to discuss how AST is helping clients flexibly, securely, and reliably move to and maintain their Cloud infrastructure in a variety of scenarios, from assessment to implementation. Anyone who stops by our kiosk will also be entered into a drawing for a pair of Apple AirPods.

Exciting things are happening at AST, from a new headquarters in Lisle to awards for cloud innovation recognized at Oracle OpenWorld. We also have a wealth of new thought leadership from AST’s team of experts on Secure Digital Transformation, Automated Testing, and Streamlining Finance Operations.

If you’d like to schedule some time to meet with us, contact Mike Milner, Midwest Manager of Business Development, at mmilner@astcorporation.com.

Register for the event here – we hope to see you Tuesday!

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AST has officially moved!  On Monday, December 10, AST officially opened the doors of its new global headquarters in Lisle, Illinois.  Employees packed up their offices in Naperville and settled into our new home at 4343 Commerce Court in Lisle, which includes upgraded workspaces, more collaborative conference rooms, a host of technology upgrades, and a beautiful view of the Lisle/Naperville area, to name a few.

On Friday, December 14, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the new office to commemorate this milestone event in AST’s history, celebrate the growth and success or our organization, and give current and former employees an opportunity to view the new space and mingle with colleagues.

Breakfast and lunch were both served to attendees, which bookended the ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the entry to AST’s offices on the 7th floor.  CEO Pravin Kumar gave a heartfelt speech about growth, success, and the value of a good team before he and President Shaji Zechariah officially cut the ribbon to open AST World Headquarters – Lisle, IL.

Thank you to everyone who attended this event, and a special thanks to everyone who has been involved in this process for the last year.

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cloudday-logoJoin AST this Thursday, December 6, at the Hyatt Regency in Dallas for Oracle Cloud Day!  Whether your race to the cloud is a marathon or a sprint, Oracle Cloud Day can help, offering a curated series of talks, hands-on experiences, and networking opportunities that will help you explore new cloud technologies, best practices, and successful use cases.

AST is a sponsor for this event and will be exhibiting all day in the Innovation Lounge.

Stop by to discuss how we are helping clients flexibly, securely, and reliably move to and maintain their Cloud infrastructure.  Here are a few of the topics we’ll be covering:

  • Cloud Migration Assessment: A comprehensive report on current organization maturity and key decision factors for selecting the right Cloud solution.
  • EBS & Cloud Co-Existence: AST has performed many “co-existence” implementations for EBS customers not ready to fully transition to the Cloud.
  • Accelerators and Templates: We take clients to the Cloud quicker and easier in a variety of scenarios (Siebel to Cloud, JDE to Cloud, EBS to CPQ) and industries (Hi-Tech, E&C, Media & Comms, Hospitality, Real Estate, Retail, Non-Profit).
  • Account Reconciliation Cloud Service: Our own Tina Moore, Practice Director for EPM, has written an article on how organizations are utilizing Oracle ARCS to eliminate “spreadsheet madness” and streamline financial operations.
  • PaaS for SaaS Security: In addition to expertise with Identity Management, AST is the only partner with CASB implementation experience.
  • Lift & Shift Cloud Transformation: AST’s proven methodology for Lift & Shift has successfully transitioned clients of all sizes to IaaS.
  • Managed Services: Maintain any Cloud implementation with flexible SLAs, Pricing, and Support Models built to suit the needs of each customer.

Stop by, have a chat, and enter for a chance to win a pair of Apple AirPods!

Register for the event here – see you Thursday!

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Happy Thanksgiving

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PRAST has successfully completed a year-long engagement to take Drop Tank, LLC live on Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Cloud Service (CS).  AST is Drop Tank’s end-to-end technology partner for its nationwide gas station customer rewards program and has successfully built and supported Drop Tank’s entire loyalty program rollout, including the infrastructure, mobile app, and website.

“Our partnership with AST has been productive from the very beginning,” says Dave VanWiggeren, Drop Tank CEO.  “The team worked quickly and efficiently to make the launch a success, even handling issues that were not in the scope of the engagement.  This is a true partnership that we’ve built with AST, as they have been able to work with us throughout this entire process to make this program a success and eliminate our biggest cost of doing business.  We’re thrilled to continue working with AST into the future as they support our technology platform and help us open up more avenues for growth.”

AST continues to support Drop Tank’s growth and success with development and new feature functionality for its rewards platform, including autonomous technology, such as a data warehouse and Oracle Management Cloud.

Read the full press release here.

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We hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!  Per tradition, AST held its annual costume contest at the Naperville headquarters, with the following entries:

  • What does the fox say?
  • La Muerte
  • Indiana Jones
  • Cat in the Hat
  • Wicked Witch
  • BeetleJuice
  • Renaissance Woman
  • The Voice Judge – Adam Levine
  • World Champ
  • Yellow M&M
  • King of the Cloud
  • Hippie
  • Unmanageable Services

…and the winner is… *drumroll*

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The Yellow M&M!

Honorable mentions go to the King of the Cloud and Beetlejuice.

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oow17_rgbOracle OpenWorld 2018, Oracle’s biggest conference of the year, is underway in San Francisco!  AST is onsite at booth #4601 in The Exchange South at Moscone Center to answer your questions and discuss your digital transformation journey.

Also, don’t miss our information-packed sessions today, Wednesday, and Thursday:

  • “TRN6963 – Enhancing Fusion Applications Security with Identity Cloud Service“, by Mrityunjay Kant today, 10/23 from 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM in Moscone West, Room 3024
  • “CAS4630 – Advanced Security for Oracle ERP Cloud and Oracle HCM Cloud with Oracle CASB Cloud Service“, by Mrityunjay Kant on Wednesday, 10/24 from 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM in Moscone West, Room 2002
  • “PRO4494 – Getting Started with Oracle Security Monitoring and Analytics Cloud Service“, by Abhay Kumar on Thursday, 10/25 from 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM in Marriott Marquis, Golden Gate A

We’re looking forward to chatting with you soon!

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Take the pain out of maintaining your Cloud applications! AST’s proprietary Autonomous Cloud Tester (ACT) is a Cloud-based subscription offering that automates and accelerates both functional and regression testing cycles using a unique test automation framework.

As cloud adoption has skyrocketed, organizations have struggled with the frequency, depth, and breadth of software updates.

Enter AST Autonomous Cloud Tester (ACT) – built specifically for Cloud!

  • Can be rapidly deployed for any Cloud application with zero impact to existing projects, testing processes, or tools
  • Enables users with real-time analytics for test execution, expected/actual results, issues, and test data
  • Built-in accelerators for industry-leading products (e.g., Oracle Cloud, Salesforce) can be quickly configured and mapped to critical business flows, requirements, and job roles
  • All code and transactional test data is provisioned and hosted independently and securely in AWS Cloud
  • Developed using leading open source technologies

Benefits include:

  • 75% reduction in regression testing timelines
  • Early detection of issues and defects in critical functions
  • Timely deployment to production environments
  • 70% increase in team bandwidth for priority tasks and new feature sets
  • Full audit trail and history of testing cycles, assignments, results, and defects
  • Flexibility to run smoke/sanity tests across browsers, platforms, and instances
  • Automated role-based security testing for key business roles and job functions
  • Real-time analytics into test execution results and quality traceability matrix

Contact us today to learn more!

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Improve your data, communications, and customer experience with Oracle CDM!

Effective data management is critical to your organization’s success. This is especially true when it comes to maintaining customer data. In today’s digital and global business world, customer data management is not just the responsibility of the Sales and Marketing departments, but many organizations still operate as if this were the case. Is yours one of them?

Nearly every department within an organization is responsible for effective marketing of their brand, with the lines between sales, customer support, product development, and marketing growing blurry. With this commingling of data and processes between functional areas, everyone must work together to contribute data that provides a 360˚ view of the customer.

The challenge for many organizations is not collecting customer data, but figuring out how to maintain and manage that data for effective business operations. In this respect, IT departments are getting more pressure from business units to consolidate and provide better data.

Enter Oracle Customer Data Management (CDM) Cloud.

Oracle CDM Cloud works seamlessly with any CRM system – Oracle, Salesforce, Microsoft, NetSuite – to create one common, efficient data management platform.

Learn more about the inherent features of Oracle’s CDM products here:

Contact AST today to discuss how Oracle CDM Cloud can break down your data silos and unlock the power of your customer data.

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