SAP HONOURS PARTNERS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE

Anne Abraham, Country Manager of SAP Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – April 7, 2008 – SAP Malaysia named the winners of its 2007 Partner Awards, recognizing the top-performing partners. The event, held recently at Sunway Lagoon, saw more than 200 partners and guests in attendance.Selected from SAP Malaysia’s wide-ranging partner base consisting of SAP Business All-in-One providers, SAP Business One and Services partners, nominations were evaluated on numerous criteria to determine winning partners in each product category.

The award nominees were selected from more than 40 certified SAP partners in the country via a combination of factors taken into account. This includes operations and client management, client servicing needs and offerings, management of customers’ human capital, company size, profitability, demonstrated capabilities and staff training or certifications.

Some of the awards were for Top Partner, Most New Customers, Best ERP Deal, Sales Operation Excellence and Country Services Excellence. The Top Partner Award went to Selatan Technology Sdn Bhd. whose small team did not deter them in their pursuit of excellence. They gave a sterling performance, achieving 150% of the forecasted numbers, to become the top contributor for revenue last year.

ObTech Asia Pacific swept the most awards including Country Top All in One partner, Highest Revenue Contributor (SAP Business All-in-One), Fastest Closure (SAP Business One) and Most New Customers for Business One, to name a few. Their focus, determination and discipline resulted in their strong understanding of their customers and market needs and how they were able to fulfill those needs.

Vantage Point Consulting Sdn Bhd won the award for Country Services Excellence 2007. The most prestigious award under the global and national services partner category, Vantage Point was the acknowledged winner based on their key wins and significant implementation of SAP projects as well as the highest contribution by a partner for incremental revenue. Apart from helping build a large pipeline for new and upcoming projects, Vantage Point played a significant role in working with SAP’s team for the wins in Pos Malaysia Bhd, Perbadanan Putrajaya as well as Proton Holdings Bhd.

Below is a list of the winners:
SAP Business One
§ Fastest Closure – ObTech Asia Pacific
§ Single Largest Deal Size – Selatan Technology Sdn Bhd
§ Sales Operation Excellence – ObTech Asia Pacific
§ Demand Generation – Selatan Technology Sdn Bhd
§ Achievement Award – ObTech Asia Pacific, Selatan Technology Sdn Bhd & SBOne Solutions
§ Most New Customers – ObTech Asia Pacific
§ Top Partner 2007 – Selatan Technology Sdn Bhd
SAP Business All-in-One
§ Quickest Closure – Axon Solutions
§ Most New Name Contributor – ObTech Asia Pacific
§ Highest Revenue Contributor – ObTech Asia Pacific
§ Single Largest Deal Contributor – Business Formula
§ Country Top All in One Partner for 2007 – ObTech Asia Pacific
Overall
§ Best ERP Deal Award for 2007 – Accenture Solutions Sdn Bhd
§ Best Netweaver Project for 2007 – ISS Consulting Sdn Bhd
§ Best Win for Right of Lines (ROTLs) Solution for 2007 – Atos Origin (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
§ Best win for Strategic Industry for 2007 – HCL Malaysia Sdn Bhd
§ Most Promising Partner for 2007 – BRISTLECONE (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
§ Country Services Excellence for 2007 – IBM Global Business Services Malaysia
§ Country Top Services Partner for 2007 – Vantage Point Consulting Sdn Bhd

“Since we partnered with SAP about a year ago, our revenue has increased 300%. Within the year, we doubled our resources to over 100 employees in Malaysia and we are aiming to boost it to 900 employees’ strength regionally by year 2011. Our strong commitment in growing our business with SAP made us win a number of awards during the Partner Awards including the prestigious Country Top SAP All in One Partner 2007 award; and within the 1st year!,” said Jeffrey Doss, General Manager, ObTech Asia Pacific.

“One important reason that drew Selatan to partner with SAP was that SAP was starting a new product targeted for the SMB market and building a new channel in Malaysia. We decided that SAP Business One was the way forward, in addition to SAP's proven track record, and its ability to provide training & support. Selatan has succeeded in our original goal, resulting in the largest customer gains in terms deal size and new names in the first 3 months of operations,” KP Tan, CEO of Selatan Technology Sdn Bhd said.

Rahim Osman, CEO of Vantage Point Consulting added, “Vantage Point has been an SAP partner since 1997. We recorded an average of 70% growth rate in the past three years and our main source of revenue has been derived from SAP related services. To date we have successfully implemented more than 30 SAP projects that encompass GLC’s, Public Sector, Telecommunications, BFSI and Utilities. We look forward to growing our business and strengthening our partnership further in the coming years.”

“Investing in a SAP solution is a significant undertaking. By winning an SAP Partner Award, clients are confident that they are working with an organization that is consistently recognized as one of the best SAP solution providers. Any single one of our awards is an apt recognition and is hugely important as it is the most crucial endorsement of our commitment to delivering and supporting successful client project implementations to our partners and ultimately, our clients,” said Anne Abraham, Country Manager of SAP Malaysia.