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News from our partners at SAPPHIRE 2008

• attune – attune to Showcase Solution for the Apparel and Footwear Industry in Support of SAP Solutions at SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin
  BERLIN – May 19, 2008 – attune today announced it will showcase its newly introduced solution that leverages the power of SAP solutions and SAP Best Practices at the SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin conference, being held at Messe Berlin May 19-21. Targeted at mid-sized sports, fashion, apparel and footwear brand owners and manufacturers, the solution addresses industry-specific challenges and accelerates the implementation of the SAP applications. The best practices-based solutions can be implemented for a predictable price, offering an option with a lower delivered cost than the traditional implementation approach. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• BackOffice – BackOffice Associates to Exhibit Full Suite of Data Governance Solutions at SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin Conference
  BERLIN – May 19, 2008 – BackOffice Associates, LLC, a global leader in Data Migration and Data Governance solutions in support of SAP solutions, today announced it will participate in the SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin conference. This premier business technology event will take place May 19-21 at Messe Berlin. BackOffice Associates will exhibit at the conference in booth NW 2.15. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• BearingPoint – BearingPoint Presents Advisory Navigator at SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin
  FRANKFURT – May 15, 2008 – The management and technology consulting firm BearingPoint will be showcasing its new Advisory Navigator for use with SAP solutions at the SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin conference, being held May 19 - 21. With its Advisory Navigator, BearingPoint provides an innovative approach that helps clients adapt their SAP strategy systematically to new market demands: It assesses a company's current capability against its business goals and builds the optimum solution route to achieve the required end-state SAP solution-based environment. This offering helps allow organizations to unite their strategy, business and SAP solutions and achieve a system and application landscape ready to proactively support their individual business strategy. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• Cincom Systems – Cincom Enhances Quotation, Proposal, Bidding and Estimating Processes of Customers Using SAP Solutions
  BERLIN – May 19, 2008 – Cincom Systems presents at the SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin conference how its product and sales-configurator solutions can complement SAP solution-based environments. The Cincom offering helps customers enhance their quotation, proposal, bidding and estimating processes. It interfaces out-of-the-box with SAP solutions and shares its customer and quotation data with the SAP solution, feeding configured sales orders directly into the order management and variant configurator applications of SAP solutions. It's specifically designed to assist complex manufacturers – such as those specializing in engineer-to-order, made-to-order or configured-to-order manufacturing – with the most advanced product configurations and proposals. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• Cincom Systems – Cincom Launches New Cincom Acquire Business-Acquisition Software in Europe at SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin
  BERLIN – May 19, 2008 – Worldwide software provider Cincom Systems announces the first release of its new selling and business acquisition software, Cincom Acquire. The Cincom Acquire Solution Suite is the only end-to-end sales and business-acquisition solution for companies that sell complex products and services. It provides additional capability such as guided selling, channel and distributor collaboration, sales and product configuration, quotation and proposal management, project and bid management, contract and order management, which complements traditional CRM and ERP-based systems. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• Crossgate – Crossgate at SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin Conference
  STARNBERG – May 13, 2008 – Crossgate is showcasing its B2B 360° Services for use with SAP solutions at the SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin conference, SAP's international customer conference. Visitors at the event can meet with Crossgate clients such as Argo-Hytos, Nexans Autoelectric, Preh and Volkswagen and exchange experiences. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• Experior – Experior launches Software Lifecycle Management at SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin
  BERLIN – May 19, 2008 – Experior, an SAP services partner and a market leader in testing of SAP solutions, today announces the launch- of its Software Lifecyle Management (SLM) concept for use with SAP solutions. SLM can accelerate innovation within business, while helping to ensure business agility, enabling organizations to embrace change, reduce costs and improve quality. Today's announcement was made at the SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin conference, where Experior is exhibiting in booth BO 2.4. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• Gicom – Gicom, an SAP Services Partner, to Showcase Supplier Management Solutions at SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin
  BERLIN – May 19, 2008 – gicom, an SAP services partner, today announced it will participate in the SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin conference, being held at Messe Berlin, May 19-21. The company will showcase how it helps customers design, implement and integrate SAP solutions; optimize business processes; and provide strategic business consultation. gicom will exhibit in booth RW 2.2, where the company's experts will demonstrate and discuss its supplier management solutions, based on SAP solutions, throughout the event. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• itelligence AG – itelligence AG becomes value added reseller for Business Objects in Germany and Switzerland
  BIELEFELD, May 16, 2008 – itelligence AG, the internationally successful full-service IT provider, announced its strategic partnership as a Gold Partner of Business Objects, an SAP company, in the company's partner program. The result of this is that itelligence is the first consulting house in support of SAP solutions to be received into the extensive partner program by the business intelligence leader, as part of the Go4Gold initiative. In return, itelligence is extending its offering and is now marketing Business Objects business intelligence solutions in combination and as a complementary function with existing business intelligence solutions from SAP AG. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• Logica – Logica to Showcase Offerings and Services at SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin
  LONDON – May 13, 2008 – Logica, a leading IT and business services company and an SAP® global services partner, today announced it will showcase offerings in support of SAP solutions at the SAPPHIRE® 2008 Berlin conference, being held at Messe Berlin, 19-21 May 2008. Logica's theme for SAPPHIRE will be 'Making the Difference,' and the company will exhibit in booth ER 2.4 in the ERP village area of Hall 3.2, where the company's experts will demonstrate solutions and propositions throughout the event. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• ORTEC LOGIPLAN – ORTEC LOGIPLAN an SAP® partner – presents Software Solutions for Logistics Planning at SAPPHIRE® 2008 Berlin
  BERLIN – 19 May 2008 – Logistics software specialist ORTEC LOGIPLAN – an SAP services and solution partner – will present the newest release of its Logistic Execution Optimizer (LEO) at the SAPPHIRE® Conference 2008 in Berlin, exhibition hall 2.2, booth CP 2.3. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• Pironet NDH – Energy Provider enviaM to Employ pirobase ECS for its Business-Customer Portal
  COLOGNE, Germany, May 20, 2008 – The old-fashioned electricity bill is a thing of the past: Business customers of the east German energy provider, envia Mitteldeutsche Energie AG (enviaM), can now view their ongoing electricity costs and energy usage via the eXtraNET portal. The SAP NetWeaver platform-based business-customer portal was developed by the Halle-based GISA GmbH in conjunction with Pironet NDH AG. The latter's content-management system, pirobase ECS, complements the SAP NetWeaver Portal component with high-performance editorial and workflow tools. The web design was carried out by nexum AG, a subsidiary company of Pironet NDH.Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• Pironet NDH – Service-oriented CMS: Pironet NDH Optimizes Integration Into Business Scenarios
  BERLIN – May 19, 2008 – Pironet NDH is showcasing at the SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin conference new content management solutions that facilitate the detailed administration and highly personalized output of content as well as easy integration into business scenarios. The new release, pirobase CMS 7, is characterized by its simplified operation and improved potential for integration with regard to service-oriented architectures (SOAs). Specially designed for use with the SAP NetWeaver Portal component, Pironet NDH presents cost-efficient CMS solutions that remove the need to develop a CMS infrastructure separate from the portal – and which enable users to work easily and with full CMS functionality in the portal. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• Redwood Software – Redwood Enhances Financial Close Solutions from SAP for World-Class Companies
  BERLIN – May 19, 2008 – Responding to the constant struggle of corporations to complete a timely and reliable financial period-end close, Redwood Software has unveiled a new offering aimed at helping world-class companies accelerate financial closing processes. The integration of the SAP Central Process Scheduling application by Redwood with SAP's latest financial solution for local close processes is being featured by Redwood at the SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin conference being held May 19-21. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• Sky Technologies – Sky Technologies Launches 1-2-3 SkyMobile to enable rapid deployment of mobility solutions
  BERLIN – May 19, 2008 – Sky Technologies, developers of mobility solutions for use with SAP applications, today announced the launch of 1►2►3 SkyMobile – incorporated into release 16 of its SkyMobile solution suite – which is designed to further simplify the development and deployment of mobility solutions. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

• Triple Point Technology – Triple Point to Showcase SAP Endorsed Commodity Management Solution at SAPPHIRE
  BERLIN – May 19, 2008 – Triple Point Technology, the leading global supplier of cross-industry commodity trading, risk management and logistics software platforms, will showcase Commodity Management, the only trading and risk management software solution endorsed by SAP AG, during the SAPPHIRE 2008 Berlin conference – SAP's premier business technology event. Click on the linked title above to see the full news release.

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