WALLDORF, Germany, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 750 companies have joined the SAP BusinessObjects original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partner program to date, selling business intelligence (BI) software to help generate revenue and increase their bottom line. Benefitting companies that specialize in software as a service (SaaS), packaged applications or both, the program helps businesses accelerate their time-to-market with less risk and reduced product-development times. The program also helps partners increase deal sizes by offering customers expanded product portfolios that enable better insights and promote faster decision-making.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050310/SFTH009LOGO-a)

In a recent study conducted by industry analyst IDC and sponsored by SAP, SaaS vendors that partner with SAP for BI and analytics functionality from the SAP® BusinessObjects(TM) portfolio achieved an average of 235 percent return on investment (ROI) versus developing the functionality on their own. The 64 SAP BusinessObjects partners interviewed in the study also reported the benefits of a mean payback period of 6.3 months, and the ability to focus their developers on creating innovation and value. The White Paper, "Enabling Software and SaaS Vendors to Gain Competitive Advantage: Partnering with SAP for Business Intelligence and Analytics to Achieve Rapid ROI," can be found here.

Contact: Jeff Shadid, Burson-Marsteller, +1 (214) 224-8419, jeff.shadid@bm.com, CST

SOURCE SAP AG

Back to top

RELATED LINKS
http://www.sap.com