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Open Text Wins SAP Pinnacle Award in the Category Software Solutions: Field Engagement
Wednesday 21. May 2008 - Global Partner Award Recognizes Open Text for Exemplary Contributions to the SAP User Community and Ecosystem in 2008
Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in enterprise content management (ECM), announced that it has received the SAP Pinnacle Award in the category of Software Solutions: Field Engagement. SAP Pinnacle Awards are granted to a select few SAP partners that have excelled in developing their partnership with SAP by providing high-quality products, solutions and services to customers. Each year, SAP partners are eligible for awards in performance categories ranging from sales and marketing, to development of solutions and applications.
SAP announced the winners of its coveted SAP Pinnacle Awards 2008 Sunday at an exclusive ceremony during the SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin conference. Around 300 representatives from partner companies from all over the world as well as SAP executives attended the ceremony.
The award comes after SAPs announcement a year ago that it would begin reselling solutions from Open Text on a global basis . Open Texts powerful capabilities for secure, long-term archiving and document access complement the existing document management capabilities of SAP applications. The solutions help customers increase business process efficiency, reduce risks and ensure compliance with government regulations. Open Text is the only ECM vendor with solutions that are resold by SAP.
The global reseller agreement builds on over two decades of partnership and co-development between SAP and Open Text. Open Texts ECM suite for use with SAP applications is a mature and well-established offering deployed in more than 2,700 SAP customer sites around the world. An industry leader in ECM solutions for use with SAP applications, Open Text offers a complete range of capabilities for managing and archiving business documents — incoming/outgoing invoices, orders, delivery notes, quality certificates, human resources documents – that originate from customers SAP solutions.
“This award recognizes Open Texts long-standing dedication to delivering world-class ECM solutions to the SAP customer base,” said Patrick Barnert, Vice President, SAP Solutions Group at Open Text. “Over the past year, we have worked extremely hard to engage with the SAP field. As this award demonstrates, Open Text and SAP have enjoyed tremendous success in jointly delivering ECM solutions that help customers globally further improve business operations.”
“SAP is committed to extending the customer experience by orchestrating a unique ecosystem to foster co-innovation between SAP, customers and partners,” said Zia Yusuf, Executive Vice President, Global Ecosystem and Partner Group, SAP. “This year’s Pinnacle Award recipients have demonstrated industry-focused excellence, innovative solutions and reliable services that address high-priority business needs and deliver exceptional customer value. We thank Open Text for their dedication and passion in teaming with SAP to help redefine the customer experience.”