Neoris Named SAP Global Services Partner

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Neoris today announced it has become an SAP global services partner and the first global services company with Latin American origins to achieve this status. This announcement marks an important milestone in the relationship between Neoris and SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), as the companies have been working together for more than seven years to help companies realize information technology (IT) and business results from their investments in SAP® applications. The announcement was made at the SAPPHIRE® NOW conference and the ASUG Annual Conference, being held in Orlando, May 15-18.

“is a leading provider of nearshore services to North American clients as well as local services for Latin American clients…and has established a strong reputation in the SAP market in the areas it supports.”

Neoris joins a select group of the IT market’s largest consultancies to become an SAP global services partner. Neoris and SAP will leverage their respective strengths, including Neoris' extensive industry knowledge and service capabilities and SAP’s comprehensive range of enterprise applications, to conduct joint sales promotion programs for mutually agreed upon target regional and industry markets.

Through this newly expanded relationship, customers will benefit from bolstered implementation services, enhanced solution delivery, increased global reach, and improved pricing options for comprehensive SAP services and software licenses.

Neoris' SAP Practice has been growing at nearly 40 percent annually over the past five years and is a key contributor to the expansion of the SAP EcoHub solution marketplace. According to the April 2011 report The Forrester Wave™: SAP Services Providers, Q2 2011, Neoris was recognized as a strong performer among SAP services providers and had one of the highest client rating averages in Client Satisfaction. Forrester also noted that Neoris "is a leading provider of nearshore services to North American clients as well as local services for Latin American clients…and has established a strong reputation in the SAP market in the areas it supports."

“Having a strong partner ecosystem is critical to SAP's success and instrumental in helping SAP extend its global reach,” said Eric Duffaut, president, Global Ecosystem and Channels, SAP. “SAP global services partners must demonstrate repeated implementation success, along with a commitment to invest in a worldwide presence, while supporting SAP's vision of helping our customers run better. Neoris exemplifies this commitment and we look forward to working together on future customer collaborations.”

Neoris and SAP will team worldwide to market and deliver SAP business applications based on Neoris' high-reliability unique Global Delivery Model, combined with its leading IT services offering. The complementary offerings will enable companies around the globe to boost competitiveness by optimizing their overall operations and achieving an end-to-end, process-centric perspective that can lead to greater financial and operational success. Neoris and SAP will also cooperate through corporate social responsibility initiatives that focus on generating value and contributing towards the sustainable development of the societies where both companies operate.

"As an SAP channel and services partner, Neoris has been providing business value to many customers worldwide through implementations and development of integrated SAP solutions," said Claudio Muruzabal, CEO of Neoris. "Now as an SAP global services partner, we are broadening and strengthening our services for customers on a worldwide basis while reinforcing our reputation as a cost-competitive, highly responsive, nimbler choice for implementing SAP solutions."

Muruzabal continued: “By becoming an SAP global services partner, Neoris has achieved status as a tier-one consultancy, signifying that it is capable of designing and executing the largest, most advanced deployments of SAP solutions, including any solution set, anywhere in the world. Today we are particularly proud of our achievement for evolving from Latin America’s leader in IT consulting and nearshore outsourcing to becoming a truly global company that delivers multinational consulting and implementation capabilities in support of SAP applications that span industries, geographies and customers. The SAP global services partner designation also demonstrates our continued commitment to being true to our identity as Practical Visionaries, which combines a simplified, practical engagement model while establishing a unique closeness with our clients.”

Neoris is the first Latin America-born company to become an SAP global services partner certification, which is proof of the maturity level of the region. In Latin America, Neoris serves numerous international clients that rely on SAP software and services, including CEMEX, Banco Santander, Petrobras, BAT and others.

Neoris partnership with SAP

Neoris is a long-time SAP services and channel partner, and in addition to its seven nearshore solution centers in Latin America and Europe, the company operates five Centers of Excellence for SAP solutions in Argentina, Hungary and Mexico. Neoris earned the global services partner designation by investing in SAP training and certification, building out its nearshore solution centers worldwide, and achieving a superior level of business and revenue related to SAP solutions.

To learn more about the partnership between Neoris and SAP, please visit:

http://www.neoris.com/en/sap/introduction.

About Neoris

Neoris is a global business and IT consulting company that specializes in providing application outsourcing services and solutions and services in support of SAP applications. Neoris is the largest IT consulting and systems integration company in Mexico and the second largest in Latin America. Neoris offers systems integration, custom application development, IT consulting, and software deployment and support solutions. The company is a leading provider of nearshore outsourcing services through a global delivery model leveraging six worldwide software development centers. In 2011, IAOP recognized Neoris as one of the best outsourcing service providers worldwide, and in 2010 Global Services recognized Neoris as a Top Outsourcing Leader in Latin America. Headquartered in Miami, Fla., Neoris has operations in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. More information is available at www.neoris.com.

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