The Best-Run Businesses Run SAP

The SAP PartnerEdge program has received a “5-Star Partner Program Award” from U.S. channel publication CRN (Computer Reseller News). SAP joins an elite subset of vendors that offer exceptional partnering opportunities and resources to partners that serve companies of all sizes. (more…)

SAP today announced the SAP Business One OnDemand solution, a new offering that aims to build upon the broad market success of the SAP Business One application, addressing small enterprise preferences for minimal up-front cost and lower IT operations. The announcement was made at CeBIT 2012. Read the press release.

SAP today announced two new offerings that will deliver the benefits of SAP HANA to SMEs. With analytics powered by SAP HANA for SAP Business One and SAP HANA, Edge edition, SMEs will be able to leverage powerful in-memory technology from SAP. Read the press release.

SAP has appointed Kevin Gilroy to lead Global Indirect Channels. Reporting directly to Eric Duffaut, president of Global Ecosystem & Channels, Gilroy is tasked with accelerating global indirect revenue through key SAP partners and developing new business opportunities by extending both the SAP channel partner ecosystem and alternate channels. Read the newsbyte.

Usman Sheikh, vice president eChannels at SAP, spoke with blogger Dennis Howlett, JD-OD.com, at SAPPHIRE NOW in Madrid, about SAP’s eChannel strategy. Watch the video.

At SAPPHIRE NOW Madrid, Christopher Dinkel, IT Leader EAG Deloitte Services, talked with blogger Jon Reed, JD-OD.com, about SAP HANA and why business intelligence matters.  Watch the video.

SAP today announced an update in its portfolio of on-premise and hosted business management solutions for small businesses with the 8.82 version of SAP Business One. With this new release, SAP continues to demonstrate its commitment to addressing specific product needs requested by small businesses. Read the newsbyte.

SAP today introduced a “Build and Sell” program that enables SAP channel partners to build, market and sell analytic applications based on technology from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio. Through the build and sell program, SAP offers channel partners the means to more easily extend their reach by marketing and selling their intellectual property to others with similar needs throughout the SAP ecosystem. Read the press release.

Co-CEOs Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe recently appeared on “Fox Business,” where they discussed efforts to bring SAP technology to small and midsize companies in order to help their competitiveness and growth potential. Watch a replay of the interview.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Brazil, a Sao Paulo-based subsidiary of Tata Motors, is using software from SAP to manage the growing demand for its luxury automobiles. With the support of SAP Business One, car manufacturer JLR Brazil is able to manage and automate its most critical and complex functions, including logistics, financials, inventory and tax compliance. As the 30,000th customer running the application, JLR Brazil is one of many growing organizations around the world that relies on the application to manage changing business needs. Read the press release.