SAP PINNACLE AWARDS 2010
SAP PINNACLE AWARDS 2010 PROGRAM INFORMATION
SAP Pinnacle Awards – SAP's global partner award program – recognizes SAP partners who have excelled in developing their partnership with SAP and our mutual business by providing quality products, solutions, and services to our customers. The nomination process for the SAP Pinnacle Awards will begin on January 4, 2010.
For the 2010 SAP Pinnacle Awards, we are providing all relevant information about the program, including award categories and criteria for evaluation. To help you understand the key performance indicators that SAP will use to judge and select the award winners, criteria are now available to you much earlier than in previous years. This availability should help you better focus activities in your partnership with SAP.
2010 SAP Pinnacle Award Categories and Selection Criteria
SAP Pinnacle Award Candidates
Partners who have a valid SAP partner agreement in these areas will be considered:
- Service and integration
- Software solutions
- Technology
- Channel
- Hosting
- Business process outsourcing
- Run SAP certification
SAP may extend the program to include additional partners associated with strategic initiatives.
Award Ceremony
All finalists will be invited to a special award ceremony, when the winners will be announced (date to be determined).
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- SAP internal nominations – The respective SAP business units, field organizations, and strategic initiatives will provide these nominations.
- Partner nominations – Partners may provide nominations for each performance category within each area, with the focus on business activities or solutions completed in 2009. SAP will accept for evaluation one nomination per partner per category. Nominations will begin in January 2010. You will need access to the SAP Partner Portal (S-User required). If you do not know it or your partner number, please contact your partner manager or your dedicated contact at SAP.
- Award winner selection – Upon completion of a review of the nominations according to predefined criteria, a committee headed by SAP Global Ecosystem and Partner Group will determine award winners. The jury will publish the three finalists from each category approximately one month prior to the award ceremony.
SAP Pinnacle Award winners will receive a number of benefits. Here are just a few:
- Celebration – Enjoy an exclusive award ceremony with SAP board members and executives, and receive a custom-made award trophy by world-famous designers.
- Promotion and Branding – Receive the following benefits:
- Press release template including a quote from Zia Yusuf, Executive Vice President, SAP Global Ecosystem and Partner Group
- Finalist and winner logos for further marketing activities
- Finalist promoted in the SAPPHIRE guide
- SAP.com presence
- SAP Info Magazine, print and online
- Global Partner Newsletter – finalist and winner announcements
- Partner Portal presence – finalist page and winner update
- Communities of Innovation web presence
- SAP Newsflash
- Custom-made award trophy by world famous designers
- Certificate
- Event documentation CD, including all winner logos
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