Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Satyam and SAP Ink Deal, Helps Businesses Accelerate Co-innovation

In an announcement at SAPPHIRE 2008, SAP’s international customer conference, Satyam and SAP got into a new deal to help businesses accelerate co-innovation and improve their return on investment. With this deal, Satyam becomes an SAP global services partner to help Fortune 1000 companies worldwide to reliably and rapidly implement SAP solutions and transform business processes, claimed Satyam.

Satyam, as an SAP global services partner, 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, with one of the largest SAP practices worldwide, plans to expand from 5,000 to 6,800 SAP consultants by the end of this year.

According to SAP, the company 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.