As a software solution partner, you will receive valuable rewards and benefits through the SAP PartnerEdge program. These partner offerings provide you with the best tools and means to help you deliver cutting-edge software solutions to customers.

After you have applied for partnership, you many join SAP PartnerEdge for software solution partners as a provisional-member while preparing to attain an integration certification. As a provisional member, you will sign the software solution partner agreement, pay the annual program fee, identify an SAP sponsor, and complete computer-based training on membership. Then you have nine months to prepare technically and organizationally for the integration certification, while taking advantage of the precertification support available in the SAP Partner Service Benefits Package. Marketing and sales benefits are not available to the software solution partner candidate at this level.

Software Solution Partners in the SAP PartnerEdge Program

Provisional Member Requirements Member Requirements Signed software solution partner agreement and annual program fee of €3,400 All provisional member requirements must be met Completed partner profile Identification of SAP sponsorship or approved complementary solution Computer-based training for software solution partners on the SAP PartnerEdge program SAP integration certification of complementary solution   Demonstrated reference accounts

After you have met all provisional-member and regular member requirements, you will be upgraded to member status. As a member of SAP PartnerEdge for software solution partners, you will receive an impressive array of partnership, technical, marketing, and sales enablement benefits.

Partnership Enablement

The SAP PartnerEdge program for software solution partners offers access to valuable resources that help you navigate the SAP partner environment and meet critical program requirements, including:

• Partner liaison
• Globally executed software solution partner agreement
• SAP PartnerEdge Partner Portal
• "Manage My Partnership" application
• SAP communities
• Global partner newsletter
• SAP Education resources

Technical Enablement

In order to help you address the challenges of technical ramp-up in software development, SAP PartnerEdge offers a variety of benefits, services, and resources to help you to develop solutions that seamlessly integrate with SAP solutions. These benefits include:

• SAP partner services benefits package
• Partner services advisor
• SAP Developer Network (SDN)
• Test, demo and development software (subject to additional fees)

Marketing Enablement

Designed to accelerate the go-to-market cycle and help you reach SAP customers, SAP provides a variety of marketing enablement tools, services, and activities to software solution partners with member status, including:

• SAP software partner logo kit and usage guidelines
• Invitations to participate in partner conferences
• SAP EcoHub replaced the SAP Ecosystem and Partner Catalog on June 30, 2009.
• Press release and analyst guidelines
• SAP image library
• Marketing product content blocks
• Partner playbooks
• Partner campaign accelerators

Sales Enablement

SAP also provides you with several tools, services, and activities that are designed to help you accelerate your sales cycle. Software solution partners with member status can take advantage of the following benefits:

• SAP Financing
• SAP fact book
• Customer success stories

Discover more about the valuable rewards and benefits of SAP PartnerEdge for software solution partners.