Customer Satisfaction Index survey made by Microsoft in the end of 2009 within the frame of Gold Partnership program, indicate that customers give high value for NED's services. Subjects of the standard CSAT survey included such issues as overall performance, quality, degree of commitment, loyalty, easiness of doing business, communication, etc.  

According to the survey

During January and first half of February 2010 NED's consultants have been helping Teamware Group with localization of Teamware Collaboration Suite and configuration of the Teamware to SharePoint integration environment. At the same time, customized SharePoint training has been delivered to the Customer.

NED has achieved a new competency in Microsoft Partner Program. Business Intelligence Competency will complement Custom Development Solutions and Information Worker Solutions, Portals and Collaboration competencies achieved earlier. Our next goal is to earn SOA and Business Processes Competency during next months.

In the very end of the year NED Software Consulting Oy has become a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Achieved competencies include Custom Development Solutions and Information Worker Solutions, Portals and Collaboration.

Two experienced MOSS 2007 consultants have started in Helsinki in October serving our long-term customers. Both nominations resulted from relocation of NED's personnel from Saint Petersburg's office. One of those two people is MCM Ilya Belomutov, whos expertise is now available for our customers in Finland.

Our employee Ilya Belomutov, who is working in NED's office in Saint Petersburg, became Microsoft Certified Master for SharePoint Office Server 2007 after three weeks intensive training in US. It's apparently the first MCM for SharePoint outside Microsoft's own organization both for Finland and Russia. All in all globally where are currently less than thirty MCM's for SharePoint.

NED and Logica Finland have signed a new agreement concerning subcontracting services. According to the agreement NED will provide Logica's Digital Media business unit both on-site and near-shore consulting in the area of Microsoft technologies, such as BizTalk Server and MOSS 2007. Current agreement is an update to the one signed about a year ago.

Recently, NED Software Consulting Oy has completed certification procedure for Microsoft Certified Partner status with Custom Development Solutions Competency. For a company employing about fifteen certified professionals it was just a matter of time to initiate the procedure and acquire MS partnership.

We have continued strong growth in year 2008. Annual turnover has exceeded for the first time 1 ME and the result of the year will be positive. The personnel at the end of the year was 25, which is well in accordance with goals set for 2008. Thus, solid basis has been built for the current period of uncertainty and the main target for 2009 will be to ensure competitiveness of NED by buillding internal infrastructure, keeping existing personnel and developing existing customer relationships.

NED team has grown by five new consultants during August-September, four in Saint Petersburg and one in Helsinki. Three of them are MCSD/MCPD -level certified specialists. New personnel will be distributed among existing customers. After new recruitments NED employs twenty two top-level software professionals. Among them twelve have MCP, MCPD, MCSD or MCAD certificates, eight in Saint Petersburg and four in Helsinki.

Two experienced ASP.Net consultants have started in Helsinki from the beginning of March. In addition two new MOSS consultants have joined the Saint Petersburg team. Both new consultants in Helsinki will be allocated to customer premises as on-site resources.

After recent recruitments the total amount of software consultants in NED has reached 15 people.

Our Russian subsidiary OOO NED Software Rus has moved to Aviator Business Center at ul. Zastavskaya 23, Moskovskiye Vorota metro station. The new office is located close to Moskovskiy Prospekt and has a direct connection to Pulkovo International Airport.

NED Software Consulting Oy moves to Helsinki. Due to that change we are able to provide more flexible service to our customers in Helsinki downtown.

Since the beginning of 2007 New Era Development will transfer software related operation to newly established NED Software Consulting Oy Ltd. The change is a part of rebranding operation that includes new service concept and new organization structure. All ongoing customer relationships as well as Russian subsidiary OOO NED Software Rus will be transfered to NED Software Consulting.