Acando has 1800 consultants in Sweden, Norway, Germany, Finland, and Latvia and has vast experience within Microsoft Dynamics, Azure, EPiServer, e-Commerce and the entire Retail Process Landscape. Acando has experience working with the leading global retailers in Northern Europe as well as small and medium businesses within the B2C and B2B segment. Avensia is a Swedish company who is a Scandinavian leader within e-Commerce. Avensia is appointed by Microsoft as a strategic partner and has developed a cloud based e-Commerce Solution based on Microsoft Azure, Dynamics AX and EPiServer.

"Our Retail clients have a strong demand for more flexible and agile e-Commerce Storefronts together with more efficient ERP solutions," says Carl-Magnus Månsson, President and Chief Executive Officer Acando. Acando has deep experience within Retail, Omni-Channel Operation, e-Commerce and is one of the 60 highest ranked Microsoft Dynamics partners globally. With the upcoming release of Microsoft's ERP Solution, Dynamics AX, we believe there will be a strong interest from the market and that there will be a demand for experts within business processes, usability and technology. Together with Avensia we can offer our clients in Northern Europe unique and proven expertise."

"Avensia has been working very close to Microsoft for many years and we are proud to be one of their appointed and highly prioritized partners globally within the Dynamics e-Commerce and Azure cloud platform areas. We have gotten to know Acando for the last years and we believe that our niche expertise within world class e-Commerce solutions together with their strengths within Retail, ERP and Business Transformation is a great match. Avensia offers a scalable, cost efficient and modern solution that is sold as a Service in the Azure cloud that now gets attention worldwide. Together with Acando we are convinced that we will be able to be a strong contender also on our home market in Northern Europe." says Jörgen Bertilsson, VP Global Sales Avensia.

"Microsoft welcomes this strong partnership and we are happy to support Acando and Avensia in their efforts to become a leader within Microsoft Dynamics AX and e-Commerce. We have noticed stronger demand for comprehensive partners that combines industry expertise, e-commerce excellence and the ability to implement cloud based ERP solutions such as Dynamics AX." says Mariette Larsson, Country Leader Dynamics Sweden.

"We see a huge interest for the new Storefront solution from our retail customers. The fact that it can be bought as a Service and rapidly deployed on Azure cross many markets give the customers an edge in the fast moving retail space." says Marcus Gullberg, Business Development Manager Microsoft Western Europe.