By Eleanor Reader
OpenText and Tata Consultancy Services have both been named 2013 SAP Pinnacle Award recipients.
The annual awards recognise SAP partners that have excelled in developing and growing their partnership with SAP and driving customer success.
Finalists and winners in 19 categories were based on field recommendations, customer feedback and performance indicators in four categories – co-innovation, market expansion, service delivery and sustainability.
Tata Consultancy Services beat out finalists Tieto and HP to win Run SAP Partner of the Year.
OpenText was named Solution Extension Partner of the Year.
“With a partnership spanning over two decades, OpenText’s industry alliance with SAP has been a driving force in creating and delivering innovative and integrated solutions to the global market,” said Patrick Barnert, senior vice president, Partners and Alliances at OpenText.
“As our sixth consecutive win, this honour represents more than a shared vision for success; it signifies an unwavering dedication to providing our mutual customers with a competitive edge in the business world. We look forward to future achievements with SAP and eagerly await this year’s SAPPHIRE NOW conference, where will be showcasing our world-class EIM solutions.”
Award winners will be formally recognised at SAPPHIRE NOW, SAP’s international customer conference being held in Orlando on May 14–16.
Here is a full list of 2013 SAP Pinnacle Award finalists and winners:
Run Together
Database and Technology / HANA Application Innovator of the Year
Finalists: AlertEnterprise | Choice Technologies S.A. | Pentland Firth
Winner: AlertEnterprise
Packaged Mobile Application Innovator of the Year
Finalists: ExpertIG | Liquid Analytics | Proaxia
Winner: ExpertIG
Technology Partner Innovator of the Year
Finalists: HP | IBM | MSFT
Winner: HP
Solution Extension Partner of the Year
Finalists: OpenText | Vendavo | Vistex
Winners: OpenText | Vistex
Database and Technology / HANA Co-innovation Partner of the Year
Finalists: Accenture | HP | IBM
Winner: IBM
Mobile Co-innovation Partner of the Year
Finalists: Capgemini | Cisco | Infosys
Winner: Capgemini
Cloud Co-innovation Partner of the Year
Finalists: Accenture | Crystalis | Effective People
Winner: Accenture
Applications Co-innovation Partner of the Year
Finalists: Atos | China National Software & Services Company | FIT Consulting
Winner: Atos
Analytics Co-innovation Partner of the Year
Finalists: NexJ Systems (formerly Broadstreet Data Solutions) | Finity Serviços de Consultoria em Informática | Shanghai Data Converging
Winner: Shanghai Data Converging
Run Further
VAR/Reseller of the Year
Finalists: Britehouse | IBM | PROSAP, S. A. DE C. V. (Mexico)
Winner: IBM
SME VAR/Reseller of the Year
Finalists: All for One | Illumiti | SYSTEX Corporation
Winner: All for One
OEM Partner of the Year
Finalists: CA | Hitachi | Radware | RAMO
Winner: RAMO
Distribution Partner of the Year
Finalists: Arrow | ETZ | Tech Data
Winner: ETZ
Outsourcing & Cloud Services Provider of the Year
Finalists: Capgemini | Groupo Gigante | LatCapital | NorthgateArinso
Winner: Groupo Gigante
System Integrator Market Impact Award
Finalists: Accenture | Deloitte | IBM
Winner: Accenture
Run Smarter
Service Expansion Award
Finalists: Accenture | E&Y | IBM
Winner: IBM
Quality Award Partner of the Year
Finalists: Capgemini | Deloitte | IBM
Winner: Deloitte
Run SAP Partner of the Year
Finalists: HP | Tata Consultancy Services | Tieto
Winner: Tata Consultancy Services
Run Greener
Sustainability Partner of the Year
Finalists: Atos | ERM | ETNA
Winner: Atos
