itelligence Named 2009 SAP(R) Business All-in-One Partner of the Year, U.S.

CINCINNATI, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- itelligence today announced it has been named the 2009 SAP® Business All-in-One Partner of the Year, U.S.  Awards were granted by SAP America, Inc. and SAP Canada, Inc. to the top-performing SAP channel partners and SAP BusinessObjects™ partners in North America for outstanding contributions in revenue, marketing and customer service.

"itelligence is very proud to have once again received this honor from SAP, especially because the award represents tremendous achievement for a top-priority program despite historic economic challenges," said Steve Niesman, itelligence U.S. president and CEO.  "Our close, strategic partnership with SAP continues to be a big reason for our success, and we are determined to continuously increase our value to SAP and our customers in every way."  

Selected from SAP's wide-ranging North American partner base of SAP channel partners and SAP BusinessObjects partners, nominations were evaluated on numerous criteria to determine winning partners in each product category. As the recipient of the 2009 SAP Business All-in-One Partner of the Year, U.S. award, itelligence has been honored as the SAP channel partner that delivered the most new accounts, performed against targets, and exceeded customer satisfaction measures in the U.S.

itelligence received the award at a special awards ceremony held on March 2 in Las Vegas at Partner Summit Americas 2010, an annual gathering of SAP sales executives and partners to learn about SAP's sales methodology, best practices, business growth opportunities and product innovations. The theme of this year's summit was "The Clear Path Forward" and the focus was on helping the SAP channel partners succeed by providing the tools, resources and training needed to make them successful in 2010. This year's Partner Summit hosted more than 650 attendees from the U.S. and Canada.  

"SAP congratulates itelligence on receipt of the 2009 SAP Business All-in-One Partner of the Year, U.S. award, demonstrating a strong commitment to the SAP partnership and our joint customers," said Kevin Gilroy, vice president, North American Channel, SME, SAP America, Inc. "Through its hard work, dedication and consistent collaboration with SAP, and its outstanding performance and revenue growth in 2009, itelligence has delivered the value of SAP applications to our joint customers."

itelligence is an SAP gold channel partner for SAP Business All-in-One and SAP BusinessObjects solutions.  itelligence offers midmarket customers SAP BusinessObjects Edge solutions to address increasingly critical business issues, including the need for better access to valuable business intelligence to inform their decisions.

About itelligence

itelligence Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of itelligence AG, an international full service solution and consulting company with a global presence in 17 countries. itelligence provides a broad range of consulting and customer support services to maximize SAP solutions, including implementations, application support, hosting and training. itelligence is an SAP gold channel partner authorized to resell SAP Business All-in-One and SAP BusinessObjects solutions. itelligence is one of only 19 SAP global services partners and one of only 12 SAP global hosting partners. For more information please visit http://www.itelligencegroup.com.

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