SAP Grows U.S. Channel Partner Network to Serve Small Businesses and Midsize Companies

SAP Grows U.S. Channel Partner Network to Serve Small Businesses and Midsize Companies

New Partners, Increased Geographic Coverage and New Solutions Highlight SAP Americas’ 2007 Summer Partner Summit

Continuing to build its partner channel to deliver business management solutions to midsize companies and small businesses, SAP America Inc., a subsidiary of SAP AG , today announced the introduction of seven new SAP(R) All-in-One value-added resellers (VARs), 26 new SAP(R) Business One partners and expanded coverage for nine existing SAP Business One partners serving customers across the United States. The new and expanded partnerships allow SAP to better meet the evolving business needs and vertical industry requirements of its rapidly growing base of midsize and small customers. The announcement was made at SAP Americas’ 2007 Summer Partner Summit, being held July 30-31, in Washington, D.C., where SAP also showcased new SAP All-in-One partner solutions and the latest version of SAP Business One, which provides new and enhanced tools to help small businesses grow.

SAP Business One and SAP All-in-One solutions are designed to suit the needs of today’s small businesses and midsize companies, respectively, supporting growing organizations across all industries through quick implementations, affordable pricing and flexible process alignment. By joining SAP(R) PartnerEdge(TM), a global framework providing partners with the resources and support to successfully deliver SAP solutions, members of the SAP partner channel receive training, solution development tools, market expansion resources and innovative solution collaboration opportunities. SAP PartnerEdge recognizes and rewards partners of all sizes for not only sales success, but capacity-building activities such as sales training, solution development and customer reference activity, providing all partners with the appropriate tools to better serve their customers.

“Initially joining SAP PartnerEdge to deliver SAP Business One to local small companies, we were quickly impressed by the company’s solution expertise and its strong track record of creating new opportunities for its partners,” said Rob Delf, partner, Business Systems, Tryarc. “Now that we’ve also begun to deliver SAP All-in-One solutions, we are reaching a whole new cross-section of customers and delivering solutions specifically enhanced with our knowledge of the media and entertainment industries.”