Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) and SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced an expansion of their longstanding technology partnership in the services area. In support of their commitment to help companies adopt a flexible IT infrastructure that will come from a services-based IT approach, Fujitsu has become a SAP global services partner and the first Japan-based services company to achieve this standard. Fujitsu and SAP will team worldwide to market and deliver SAP's business applications based on Fujitsu's cutting-edge, high-reliability platform products and consulting services. The combined offering will enable companies around the globe to boost competitiveness by optimizing their overall operations. The announcement was made at SAP® TechEd'06, SAP's largest ecosystem education event of the year, being held in Tokyo, Japan, October 5 to 6.
Fujitsu - A New SAP Global Services Partner
Fujitsu joins a select group of the IT market's largest consultancies to join the "SAP Global Partner – Services" program. Under this program, Fujitsu and SAP will leverage their respective strengths, including Fujitsu's extensive industry knowledge and service capabilities and SAP's comprehensive range of enterprise applications, to conduct joint sales promotion programs for mutually agreed upon target regional and industry markets. Fujitsu will expand its corps of SAP consultants to approximately 2,500 worldwide by the end of 2008 to serve prospects and customers on a global scale. In addition, Fujitsu plans to establish a services unit in the Global Fujitsu SAP Competence Center at SAP's global headquarters in Walldorf, Germany.
"As an SAP global technology partner, Fujitsu has been providing business value to many customers worldwide through our highly reliable IT infrastructure offerings optimized for SAP applications," said Chiaki Ito, corporate senior executive vice president, Fujitsu Limited. "Now, as an SAP global services partner as well, we are broadening and strengthening the services we provide to customers to deliver end-to-end solutions supporting SAP software installations, from consulting and systems integration to IT infrastructure."
Fujitsu - SAP Partnership
While the formal partnership between Fujitsu and SAP began in 2000, the roots of the global technology partnership reach back to the founding days of SAP, based on the alliance with Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Through their global technology collaboration, Fujitsu significantly contributed to the successful introduction of "adaptive computing," a capability of the SAP NetWeaver® platform. The capability was brought to the global marketplace as an IT infrastructure by Fujitsu; "FlexFrame for mySAP™ Business Suite." (See June 17, 2003 announcement, titled "
SAP NetWeaver Slashes Operational TCO with Adaptive Computing Infrastructure.") In an effort to significantly increase its global footprint as a new global SAP services partner, Fujitsu will provide a compelling end-to-end service and technology offering to SAP customers and prospects.
"This is another important milestone in SAP's growing relationship with Fujitsu," said Léo Apotheker, member of the executive board and president of Global Customer Solutions and Operations, SAP AG. "It exemplifies our strong commitment to help businesses around the globe accelerate growth and innovation. We look forward to working with Fujitsu and leveraging its customer-centric approach to ultimately help speed the journey to enterprise SOA for our customers."
SAP® TechEd ’06 in Las Vegas, Tokyo, Amsterdam and Bangalore
More than 5,000 SAP customers, partners and technical community are convening at SAP® TechEd '06 to learn how to transform existing business processes and IT landscapes and take advantage of the power and flexibility of enterprise service-oriented architecture. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, SAP's largest ecosystem education event of the year offers more than 900 hours of lecture-driven and hands-on sessions. Following a successful event in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sept. 12 – 15, SAP TechEd is being held in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 5 - 6; Amsterdam, Oct. 18 - 20 and Bangalore, India, Nov. 8 - 10, 2006. For more information, please visit
www.sapteched.com.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of about 4.8 trillion yen (US$40.6 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. See
http://www.fujitsu.com for further information.
About SAP
SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software*. Today, more than 34,600 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP® applications—from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small and midsize enterprises to suite offerings for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises of all sizes around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP." (Additional information at http:
www.sap.com)
(*) SAP defines business software as comprising enterprise resource planning and related applications such as supply chain management, customer relationship management, product life-cycle management and supplier relationship management.
Voor meer informatie:
Hans Nonner, Marketing Manager Fujitsu Services B.V.
Tel: +31 (0)346 598 691 Fax: +31 (0)346 568 613 Email:
hans.nonner@nl.fujitsu.com