The AST Group, one of the country`s largest providers of development and integration services for the Microsoft platform, has been awarded Microsoft Gold Certification for Collaborative Solutions. This is AST`s fourth Gold Partner certification, in addition to being named as Microsoft`s Gold Partner of the Year.
AST has a strong commitment to the Microsoft platform and delivers customised development solutions to provide customers with a competitive advantage in the market. The Gold Partner Certifications is recognition of AST`s constant effort in achieving tangible business benefits for customers through the deployment of workable solutions using the Microsoft platform.
"As a Gold Certified Partner, we will have access to early product information, thus enabling us to draw up deployment plans for our customers and upgrading their systems to the latest Microsoft technology," explains Mari Gaertner of AST Microsoft Solutions, a business unit of the AST Group.
"Our customers will also have the assurance that they are dealing with a certified Microsoft partner, as we have clearly demonstrated that we not only have the capacity, but also the commitment, to develop the intimate knowledge of Microsoft technology solutions necessary to drive the functionality and reliability essential to them," adds Gaertner.
"We are particularly pleased to recognise AST as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Collaborative Solutions and look forward to working with them during the coming year to assist themselves and their customers to realise their full business potential," says Amory Gordon, enterprise partner sales manager at Microsoft South Africa.
The other Microsoft Gold Partner Certifications include AST Microsoft Solutions for E-Commerce Solutions, AST Distributed Technology Services (DTS) for Enterprise Systems and AST IT Consulting for Business Intelligence.
AST has also been involved in several joint development programmes (JDPs) with Microsoft, the most recent being the Microsoft Exchange 2003 JDP at Iscor.
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