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Philippines - May 15, 2008 - SAP Philippines announced today the Fast-Start Program for SAP® Business All-in-One designed to deliver rapid business results and lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for midsize companies. The program offers midsize companies in the manufacturing, services and wholesale industries an SAP Business All-in-One solution based on the proven SAP Best Practices platform. Customers of the Fast-Start Program for SAP Business All-in-One will benefit from industry-specific, localized know-how of SAP Channel partners. Companies can view the solution’s full potential and receive an immediate online comprehensive cost estimate* through the SAP Business All-in-One Configurator currently available for local companies at www.sap.com/philippines/configurator. The Fast-Start Program for SAP Business All-in-One delivers to customers a complete solution. SAP Business All-in-One is coupled with IBM servers, and selected databases, helping to further lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) for an on-premise business solution. The Fast-Start Program enables companies to get industry-specific business processes up and running in six to eight (6-8) weeks and to make better-informed business decisions based on greater visibility across their operations. With a clearly defined set of pre-configured industry processes, deployment is fast and predictable. The solution fully addresses the core enterprise requirements of a typical customer. It addresses commercial processes like order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, financial accounting and management accounting. The coverage also extends to manufacturing and service scenarios. All of the above processes are fully localized for the countries where the solution is offered. “We are excited about the Fast-Start Program for SAP Business All-in-One. It further strengthens our play in the mid-market with faster implementation turnaround,” said Jennifer Ligones, SAP Philippines country manager. Already available in Australia and India with a total of 14 qualified SAP Channel Partners, the Fast-Start Program for SAP Business All-in-One will be available in additional countries in Asia Pacific Japan throughout the year. Ramp-up has started in China and Korea, with Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia rolling out throughout 2008. In the Philippines, the Fast-Start Program is available through four qualified SAP Channel Partners covering the manufacturing, services and wholesale industries: ABM Computech Enterprises Inc., FastTrack Solutions Inc., Strategic Synergy Inc. (SSI) and Questronix Corporation. One such company, UniOil, has already acquired the new solution through ABM Computech Enterprises, Inc.
Qualified SAP Channel Partners for the Fast-Start Program for SAP Business All-in-One are excited about the benefits of the solution for their customers’ businesses. ”As a dedicated SAP partner, we are all looking forward to the implementation of Fast-Start Program for SAP Business All-In-One. We are confident that this new offering will allow greater productivity for our customers.” said Kerwin Malabanan, managing director of FastTrack Solutions, Inc. “Elizabeth Baba, president of ABM Computech Enterprises commented that the “Fast-Start Program for SAP Business All-in-One guarantees to improve the business operations of small and medium-sized enterprises because of the industry-specific and specialized know-how of all SAP channel partners. It is designed to deliver rapid results and reduce total cost of ownership. In this critical business environment, it brings a big advantage over competitors.” “We believe that with the introduction of Fast-Start Program for SAP Business All-In-One, our customers will be able to improve the way they do business and realize better returns through business solutions that are relevant and dynamic.” said Reggie Bernardo, Questronix Client Executive for SAP. Customers Achieve Immediate Business Value For midsize companies that require an integrated, configurable and extensible on-premise business solution with deep industry capabilities, SAP Business All-in-One is the software solution of choice. With the new Fast-Start Program, SAP takes an additional step toward providing innovative ways for customers to easily access leading-edge enterprise resource planning (ERP) technology and achieve faster time to value, with long-term protection of the customers’ investment. “The Fast-Start Program for SAP Business All-in-One is a testament of our commitment to customers in finding ways to provide them with superior solutions that are continuously relevant to today’s business environment.” said Casey Francisco, managing director of SSI. About SAP Solutions for Small Businesses and Midsize Companies With more than 30,000 small and midsized customers worldwide, SAP is the leading provider of business applications and an established and highly successful player in the small and midsize enterprise market. SAP offers a broad and innovative solution portfolio for small businesses and midsize companies to meet the heterogeneous demands of SME customers. SAP Solutions for Small Businesses and Midsize Companies include SAP Business One, a single integrated, solution for successfully managing small businesses; SAP Business ByDesign, the software industry’s most complete, integrated and adaptable on-demand solution for midsize companies; and SAP Business All-in-One, a customizable and extensible solution for midsize companies with deep industry best practices built in. Sold, implemented and maintained through SAP and an expanding network of qualified partners, all of the solutions are competitively priced, easy and quick to implement and scalable to the customers’ growing business needs. The SAP solutions specifically designed for SME enable small and midsize companies to lower operating costs, improve operational excellence, gain better business insight and control as well as grow their businesses flexibly. Additional information available at www.sap.com/solutions/sme *Cost estimate is an SAP estimation only and not valid for partners; partner’s cost estimation may differ
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