Company Celebrates Ten Year SAP Solution Extension Partnership
Anniversary with Tenth Consecutive Pinnacle Award Win
WATERLOO, Ontario, May 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenText™
(NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTEX), a global leader in Enterprise
Information Management (EIM), today announced that it has
received the 2017 SAP® Pinnacle Award for both Solution Extension
Partner of the Year and SAP Database and Data Management Partner of
the Year, which recognize its outstanding contributions as an SAP
partner. SAP presents these awards annually to the top partners
that have excelled in developing and growing their partnership with
SAP and helping customers run better. Winners and finalists in 19
categories were chosen based on recommendations from the SAP field,
customer feedback and performance indicators, including a
Customers' Choice award, which recognizes a customer-nominated SAP
partner.
"OpenText is thrilled to celebrate our 10 year anniversary as an
SAP solution extension provider with our 10th
consecutive Pinnacle award, certainly a milestone in which we take
great pride," said Mark J.
Barrenechea, OpenText CEO and CTO. "As companies embark on
their digital journey with SAP, SAP S/4HANA and SAP Solution
Extensions by OpenText help simplify that journey, digitize
processes and re-imagine their digital transformation. Thousands of
customers benefit from our ongoing roadmap alignment and
co-innovation with SAP to successfully navigate the digital
world."
Through the OpenText and SAP partnership, customers have made
dramatic improvements across a wide range of areas that positively
impact relationships with their customers, employees, partners,
suppliers and regulatory agencies. SAP Solution Extensions are part
of the OpenText EIM strategy, enabling organizations to discover
and manage information to spur growth and innovation and decrease
time to competitive advantage.
"SAP is proudly committed to our ever-open, expanding partner
ecosystem," said Bill McDermott, CEO
of SAP. "No company can or should go it alone in this digital
economy. SAP's partners bring domain expertise, global scale and a
shared commitment to our customers. The SAP Pinnacle Awards give us
the chance to salute the best of the best."
SAP Pinnacle Awards shine a spotlight on SAP's partners'
remarkable contributions, acknowledging their dedication to
teamwork, innovative approach and capacity to challenge what is
possible to help customers achieve their goals. Award winners will
be formally recognized at the SAP Global Partner Summit in
Orlando, Fla. on May 15. The SAP Global Partner Summit is held in
conjunction with SAPPHIRE NOW® and ASUG Annual Conference, the
largest global business technology event, hosted by SAP and ASUG
May 16–18.
About OpenText
OpenText enables the digital world, creating a better way for
organizations to work with information, on premises or in the
cloud. For more information about OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX:
OTEX) visit opentext.com.
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