Asteros Consulting (part of the Asteros Group) launches a project Microsoft Practice, which will focus on large and medium-sized businesses.

Opening the Microsoft Practice is another step in the development of Asteros Consulting’s technological expertise that combines management consulting and implementation of business applications.

Consolidation of consultants, specializing in Microsoft products, in a separate independent team will strengthen collaboration with partners and customers to ensure high-quality consulting services. Asteros Consulting will offer and implement the latest advanced Microsoft technologies. Consultants’ efforts will be focused primarily on public, finance and telecommunications sectors, as well as energy and retail markets.

Microsoft practice team has extensive track record of partner solutions implementation for such companies as MegaFon, Rostra Insurance Company, MGTS, Moscow Brewery, etc. The Practice specialists implement projects in consulting services, business applications and technical support in cloud computing, information management and customer relationship. The Practice portfolio includes a number of integrated offerings based on Microsoft technology, among them:

• Asteros Portal – a group of portal solutions
• Asteros Search – search engine
• Documents management system
• AstroCloud – a “cloud” product line

The new practice services and products are aimed at large and medium-sized business.

“We consider cloud services one of the most promising directions for the Practice development. Microsoft offers full range of products to create private and public clouds. And our team’s experience and competence allow us deploy Microsoft-based effective solutions for medium and large companies in various industries”, -  Inna Mironova, Head of Microsoft Practice, Asteros Consulting.

“Microsoft strategy of development in Russia is based on close cooperation with partners. And we welcome Asteros Consulting expertise extension for our products. Dedicated practice is a good basis to move our cooperation to a new level. It will enable Microsoft and Asteros Consulting to improve our mutual clients’ business performance using the best Microsoft technologies”, – Vasiliy Malanin, Product Manager for Data Centers, Microsoft Russia.