20+ years of making enterprise smarter
From IOVIO to Qualibrate to Copado and now Aster. Two decades at the intersection of software quality, automation, and enterprise technology. Each chapter taught us something; this one brings it all together under the same north star as our brand.
20+
Years in enterprise tech
100+
Brands served
15+
Countries
3
Companies built
Our Journey
Many companies. One mission.
Every service, product or company we've built has pushed enterprise delivery forward. Aster is the culmination of everything we've learned, distilled into a new kind of agency.
2007
Hexaware acquires FocusFrame
Hexaware acquires FocusFrame just after SAP's acquisition of FocusFrame's SAP Test Accelerators, becoming the de-facto solution to power R/3 to ECC migrations worldwide.
2009
IOVIO Founded
Started as a boutique QA consultancy in Amsterdam, becoming SAP EMEA's preferred partner in the region focused on bringing engineering rigour to enterprise testing programs.
2017
Qualibrate Born
Launched Qualibrate Cloud as a no-code test automation platform for SAP and enterprise applications, adopted by 50+ brands as one of the 'easiest test automation solutions available in the market'
2018
European Expansion
Qualibrate grew across Continental Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, becoming the go-to partner for leading GSIs on their SAP transformation programs.
2021
Copado Acquisition
Qualibrate and IOVIO are acquired by Copado, validating our approach to enterprise test automation at global scale.
2025
Aster Launched
Founded Aster, combining 20+ years of enterprise expertise with an AI-first, outcome-based consulting model.
2026
Agentic Future
Pioneering AgentOps and agentic workflows for enterprise delivery. Building the benchmark agency.
Our Belief
Enterprise delivery should be intelligent, not just industrialised.
Most consultancies scale by adding bodies. We scale by adding intelligence. Every engagement we take on is an opportunity to prove that smaller, sharper teams (augmented by AI), can outperform traditional armies of consultants.
That's the benchmark we're building towards. Not just a better consultancy: a fundamentally different model for enterprise delivery.
We operate on two tracks: 20+ years of proven enterprise delivery across Automation, DevOps, QA, SAP, and Salesforce, and an AI-first practice building autonomous agent systems from day one. The bridge between them is what we call Delivery Intelligence.
“Software only becomes valuable when you ship it to customers. Before then, it’s just a costly accumulation of hard work and assumptions.”
The Aster Mantra
What Drives Us
Our values
Precision Over Volume
We'd rather deliver one transformational outcome than ten mediocre engagements. Every project gets our A-team.
Outcome Obsessed
We measure success by business impact, not hours logged, decks delivered, or meetings attended.
Radically Collaborative
We work ourselves out of a job on purpose. We embed with your teams, transfer knowledge relentlessly, and leave behind lasting capabilities.
Craft & Care
Enterprise work doesn't have to be boring. We bring craft, creativity, and genuine care to every solution we build.
European Roots, Global Reach
Headquartered in Amsterdam with a network spanning Europe and North America. Local expertise, global perspective.
AI-Native Thinking
We don't retrofit AI onto broken processes. We redesign workflows from first principles, with intelligence built in, and human judgment as the operating system.
Want to build something intelligent together?
Whether you need quality engineering, AI strategy, or a fresh approach to enterprise delivery — let's talk.