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Infosys, Satyam become SAP global service partners news
07 May 2008

Two Indian software majors, Infosys and Satyam, today announced their individual tie-ups with the largest developer of business software, SAP, at the latter's international customer conference titled Sapphire 2008, held over the last four days at Orlando, Florida.

Both the Indian companies signed agreements that recognized them as SAP global services partners. Under the terms of the agreements, the companies will be in a better position to deliver extraordinary value to clients as far as SAP products are concerned. The SAP Global Service Partner Program is expected to help Fortune 1000 companies worldwide to reliably and rapidly implement SAP® solutions and transform business processes.

The agreement with Infosys marks the culmination of a five-year relationship with SAP, and is expected to take it further forward. Infosys SAP Practice has been growing at nearly 70 per cent annually over the past five years and is a key contributor to the expansion of the SAP ecosystem. Many major companies like ABB and Kodak have already opted for its expertise in this field.

According to the December 2007 report Forrester Wave: SAP Implementation Providers, Q4 2007, Infosys has the best pre-implementation process consulting expertise of any other pure-play Indian provider, and comes closest to successfully competing against the legacy multinationals in this area. The company plans to establish an additional solution center in Bangalore to cope with the increasing demand for SAP professionals.

S.D. Shibulal, chief operating officer and member of the board, Infosys Technologies, Ltd., speaking on this agreement, said, ''Infosys's SAP Practice has grown rapidly as customers globally have responded to our unique value proposition combining pre-implementation business consulting with delivery excellence.''

''Today's partnership expansion underscores our commitment to SAP applications and our vision of enabling businesses to win in a flat world. Through this partnership, we can provide our customers with access to some of the finest expertise in the world. We'll help service their implementations of SAP applications, leading to faster ROI,'' he added.

''Having a strong ecosystem is critical to SAP's success and something that has been instrumental in helping SAP extend its global reach,'' said Zia Yusuf, executive vice president, Global Ecosystem and Partner Group, SAP. ''To become an SAP global services partner, a company must not only demonstrate repeated implementation success, but, more importantly, be committed to SAP's vision of enabling enterprise SOA for our global customers. We have found this in Infosys, and look forward to working on future customer collaborations with them.''

As a SAP global services partner, Satyam will further invest in joint marketing resources and strategic planning to support the growth with SAP and serve customers worldwide. The partnership is wholly focused on enhancing value for customer investments in SAP solutions. Satyam has one of the largest SAP practices globally and plans to expand from 5,000 to 6,800 SAP consultants by the end of this year.

SAP will leverage Satyam's deep industry-specific knowledge and technology expertise in creating vertical solutions for customers across various industries. Satyam's strategic investments are in developing composite solutions with an SAP focus on domains such as the automotive, retail, banking, telecom and oil and gas industries.

In March 2008, Satyam had signed on as one of the first accredited strategic partners for SAP in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Manish Mehta, director and senior vice president and global head, SAP/Testing Practices, Satyam, said, ''This agreement represents an important milestone for Satyam to be included in this prestigious group of SAP partners…We will continue to invest in and grow our already significant SAP business, not only in established markets, but in emerging ones such as the Middle East and Eastern Europe.''

As with Infosys, Manfred Heil, senior vice president, Global Ecosystem and Partner Group, SAP, welcomed Satyam's entry into their list of global partners. "SAP is pleased to take its relationship with Satyam to the next level by making it a global services partner,'' he said, adding that, ''Satyam has a strong track record of transforming customers' business processes together with SAP, and will help extend the value of our customer-focused ecosystem."

SAP AG is the largest European software enterprise and the third largest in the world, with headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. Founded in 1972 by five former IBM engineers in Mannheim, it is the world's largest business software company and the third-largest independent software provider in terms of revenues, which were in excess of $10 billion last year. With more than 47,800 customers in over 120 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE.

Infosys Technologies Limited is an information technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. Founded in 1981 by seven former employees of Patni Computer Systems, it is now one of India's largest IT companies, with nine development centres in India and over 30 offices worldwide. Infosys employs over 88,601 professionals (as of December 31, 2007). Its annual revenues for the fiscal year 2006-2007 exceeded US$3.1 billion with a market capitalization of over US$30 billion.

Satyam Computer Services Ltd. is a consulting and information technology services company based in Hyderabad, India. Founded in 1987, it is one of India's premier IT companies and employs 51,000 IT professionals across development centres around the world. With annual revenue of $2.1 billion last year, it is considered India's youngest software consulting company to breach the two-billion-dollar mark.


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Infosys, Satyam become SAP global service partners