February 08, 2017

Accenture Recognized with Five Partner Excellence Awards from SAP


NEW YORK; Feb. 8, 2017 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) received numerous SAP® Partner Excellence Awards, which recognize top-performing alliance partners that have made outstanding contributions to driving customers’ digital transformation. Recipients of this year’s awards have been – in partnership with SAP – helping customers adopt innovation easily, gain results rapidly, grow sustainably and run more simply with SAP solutions. Accenture won the following awards:

“We see these awards as a great recognition of Accenture and SAP working together to help clients transform to digital businesses,” said Christophe Mouille, senior managing director and Global SAP practice lead at Accenture. “Our focus is on accelerating our client’s path to SAP S/4HANA as well as innovating new industry solutions that deliver business value. Accenture and SAP have a comprehensive plan in place and our awards are testament to the impact we are making together.”

Randy Collins, SAP North America Alliance lead for Accenture, accepts the
SAP North America Southwest Region Partner of the Year 2017

Selected from SAP’s wide-ranging partner base, nominations for the SAP Partner Excellence Awards were based on internal SAP sales data. A steering committee composed of regional and global SAP representatives determined winning partners in each category according to numerous criteria such as sales achievement and performance. Awards were presented in a variety of categories, including overall sales, innovation, technology, services and solution-specific areas.

Accenture received five @SAP Partner Excellence Awards, recognizing our commitment to #DigitalTransformation



“I am extremely pleased to recognize and congratulate Accenture as the recipient of these 2017 SAP NA Partner Excellence Awards,” said Rodolpho Cardenuto, President, Global Channels & General Business, SAP. “Accenture demonstrates the values, commitment and amazing work that allows them to continuously deliver at the highest level. We look forward to continuing to work closely with our partners to grow their opportunities with SAP and to jointly deliver value for our customers.”

Accenture and SAP have a successful, 40-year long strategic alliance relationship that provides clients with practical strategies and solutions to tackle critical business issues in their industry. In January 2016, the two companies announced a comprehensive program of ongoing collaboration on the core development and go-to-market for SAP S/4HANA®.

About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With more than 394,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

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Contact:

Julie Bennink
Accenture
+ 1 312 693 7391
julie.l.bennink@accenture.com

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