SAP Business ByDesign Partners Enrich Soln With Add-On Services

SAP AG is further expanding the scope, versatility and built-in expertise of the SAP Business ByDesign solution, dedicated to benefiting its customers with enhanced user experience and added value. New and expanded early partnerships allow for three new add-on solutions from SAP’s ecosystem, with customer-focused capabilities and expertise for payroll, payment reference data, B2B collaboration and tax management. The complementary services provided by the early partners are in a controlled go-to-market and available to customers in the six markets that SAP is focusing on for SAP Business ByDesign in 2008 – China, France, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States.

SAP Business ByDesign is an on-demand solution, specifically designed to address the business solution needs of fast-growing midsize companies. “SAP and its extensive partner ecosystem are dedicated to creating and integrating complementary and innovative solutions for our SAP Business ByDesign customers,” said Hans-Peter Klaey, president, SME, and corporate officer of the SAP Group. “Therefore, we continue to enrich the solution, based on customer and market feedback, with partner-developed capabilities.”

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Complementary Services Address Customer Requirements

The following complementary partner offerings increase the versatility of SAP Business ByDesign and supplement the solution’s ability to improve and automate key business processes for midsize companies.

-- Automatic Data Processing, Roseland, New Jersey, provides integration between its payroll services and the human resources functions within SAP Business ByDesign. Customers using integrated payroll services with ADP retain control over and visibility into its employee-driven business processes while enjoying all the benefits of outsourced payroll.

-- CB.Net, London, United Kingdom, provides SAP Business ByDesign customers with a continuously updated payment reference data service in order to give accurate and critical data necessary for validation and verification of payment information.

-- Crossgate AG, Starnberg, Germany, offers a B2B collaboration service via its global business-ready network that enables customers to electronically exchange business data, such as purchase orders or invoices, with partners independently from document standards, channels or protocols used in the process.