NTT DATA and Intelligroup Step up SAP Leadership on a Global Level

TOKYO and PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NTT DATA, Tokyo, Japan and Intelligroup, Princeton, NJ announced today the launch of the SAP Global One Team Initiative. This Initiative fosters collaboration and knowledge sharing among the various NTT DATA Group companies to maximize the value delivered to customers. For globally operating customers in particular, this will facilitate high quality SAP solutions. This will provide many benefits to our customers as Intelligroup will leverage Best Practices, Industry templates, and global locations of the other companies in the NTT DATA family.

The SAP Global One Team Initiative will ensure that we maximize the value delivered to our customers from our comprehensive SAP and overall IT capabilities: SAP Industry Solutions, Application Outsourcing, Global Roll-out Methodologies, Intellectual Property including Accelerators, Templates, and Tools, Hosting Services, and Infrastructure Management.

Customers' Challenges

Global companies face a myriad of challenges to gain competitive advantage and win in the market. Customer Relationships, Talent Management, complex Supply Chains, demand in Emerging markets, Enterprise Mobility, Social Media, Cost pressures, and the move to Cloud computing are topics uppermost in the minds of customers. Key to meeting these challenges is ensuring a unified information system that aligns business and technology, while optimizing the investment in information systems.  Our knowledge sharing with other Group companies will enable us to provide customers with solutions that help them address the above challenges.

The SAP Global One Team comprises: (as of February 2011)

• 11 companies in the world
• Covering 29 countries
• 5,000+ SAP consultants

The SAP Global One Team

• Business Formula (M) Sdn Bhd: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Extend Technologies Group Holdings Pty Ltd: Brisbane, Australia
• JSOL Corporation: Tokyo, Japan
• Intelligroup, Inc: New Jersey, U.S.A.
• itelligence AG: Bielefeld, Germany
• Keane International, Inc: Massachusetts, U.S.A
• NTT DATA Corporation: Tokyo, Japan
• NTT DATA Asia Pacific Pte.Ltd: Singapore
• NTT DATA Solfis Corporation: Tokyo, Japan
• NTT DATA WAVE Corporation: Tokyo, Japan
• QUNIE Corporation: Tokyo, Japan

Task Forces Launched

In order to ensure that customers benefit from the synergies between various group companies, we have launched several dedicated task forces that will facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration.

According to Vikram Gulati, President & CEO of Intelligroup, "By sharing knowledge, and collaborating with other Group companies, Intelligroup will leverage a much larger platform while retaining the flexibility and close relationships so important to customers.  This enhances our ability to innovate, collaborate, and exceed customer expectations as a result of better geographical presence, higher quality resources, greater industry knowledge, and shared experiences."

About Intelligroup

Intelligroup (www.intelligroup.com) is an enterprise applications systems integrator providing consulting, implementation, testing, application management, infrastructure management, and other IT services for global corporations. It possesses deep expertise and proprietary tools in industry-specific enterprise solutions and has been recognized by clients, partners and IT industry analysts for consistently exceeding expectations. Intelligroup is ranked as a 'Leader' on the 2010 Global Outsourcing 100® list by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP)®. Intelligroup's global service delivery model combines onsite teams and offshore development capabilities to deliver solutions that accelerate results, reduce costs and generate meaningful ROI for clients.  In July 2010, Intelligroup became an NTT DATA company.

About NTT DATA Corporation

NTT DATA is a quoted subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation ("NTT"). It offers a broad range of IT services including consulting, systems integration and IT outsourcing. NTT DATA recorded total revenues of approx. JPY 1.1 trillion for the year ended March 31, 2010, and has more than 50,594 employees as of Dec 31st. NTT DATA has taken various steps to develop its business on a global scale.

SOURCE Intelligroup, Inc.; NTT DATA Corporation