itelligence AG Receives 2012 SAP® Pinnacle Awards

BIELEFELD, Germany, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Prestigious Global Partner Awards Presented to "Best of the Best" SAP Partners Delivering Outstanding Value to Customers Across Wide Variety of Categories

itelligence AG today announced it is the recipient of two 2012 SAP® Pinnacle awards in the categories SAP PartnerEdge Global Volume Reselling Partner of the Year and ITO Outsourcing and Cloud Services Provider of the Year. SAP Pinnacle awards are presented annually to the top SAP partners that have excelled in developing and growing their partnership with SAP (NYSE: SAP) and driving customer success.  Winners were selected based on over 150 nominations in 22 categories received from partners and SAP employees.

Herbert Vogel, CEO of itelligence AG, commented: "We are very proud to have won two SAP Pinnacle awards this year. Being named SAP PartnerEdge Global Volume Reselling Partner of the Year is yet another incentive for us to keep on giving our best for our customers worldwide. Of course, we particularly benefited from SAP's increased involvement in the channel in 2011. Additionally, I see other fundamental, positive changes that have confirmed the innovative strength and technological leadership of SAP and enabled us to perform so well."

The SAP Pinnacle awards recognize the leading SAP partners across a wide variety of categories, including resellers, OEMs, sustainability, technology, support, services and outsourcing. They underscore SAP's commitment to a sound ecosystem strategy, which SAP recognizes as a key driver in delivering unmatched value to customers and enabling SAP to reach its business goals.

"As a winner of two 2012 SAP Pinnacle awards, we recognize and congratulate itelligence for its outstanding achievement in delivering strong value to our mutual customers and for its commitment to partnering with SAP," said Eric Duffaut, president, Global Ecosystem and Channels, SAP. "SAP has chosen to be an open innovator, with customers' success as the ultimate goal. Through close collaboration with our expanding partner ecosystem, SAP provides customers with choice and value second to none. Together, we help our customers adopt innovations easily, gain results rapidly, grow sustainably and ultimately run better with SAP solutions."

As well as being one of SAP's most successful partners in the SME segment worldwide, itelligence is also one of the most established. The fruitful combination of technological leadership by SAP and rigorous implementation by itelligence in line with market conditions is a hallmark of this long-standing joint collaboration at international level in well over 20 countries.

As a recipient of a 2012 SAP Pinnacle award, itelligence has also been invited to participate in the SAP Leadership Forum at SAPPHIRE® NOW, SAP's international customer conference being held in Orlando, Fla., May 14 - 16. During the forum, winners will receive their 2012 SAP Pinnacle awards. The SAP Leadership Forum will bring together an exclusive group of executives from SAP's top customers, prospects and partner organizations, providing an opportunity to network and exchange business ideas. Visit itelligence at SAPPHIRE NOW, where it will be exhibiting in booth 1909.

About itelligence

itelligence is one of the leading international full-service providers of solutions in support of SAP solutions, employing more than 2,250 highly qualified employees in 20 countries and in five regions (America, Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Germany/Austria/Switzerland). itelligence is an SAP gold channel partner authorized to resell SAP® Business All-in-One, SAP Business ByDesign™  and SAP BusinessObjects™ solutions, and is one of only six SAP global services and global hosting partners also SAP-certified as a global provider of application management services. In addition to that itelligence AG has a global value-added reseller (VAR) agreement with SAP AG. itelligence realizes complex projects in the SAP solution-based environment for over 4,000 customers worldwide. The company's services in support of SAP solutions range from consulting and licensing to outsourcing and services to proprietary industry-specific SAP. In 2011, itelligence generated total sales of EUR 342.4 million.

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