The German enterprise software giant has recently revealed the results of the SAP Australia and New Zealand (SAP ANZ) Partner Excellence Awards for 2022, celebrating the remarkable success of SAP’s partners in the last year. The annual ceremony — which honours partner firms that stood out in the fields of innovation, sales, technology and services, as well as solution-specific segments — have selected winners from among SAP’s extensive partner network.
SAP and its partner companies have been building and delivering solutions to assist organisations in gaining valuable results, embracing digital transformation, and transitioning towards becoming sustainable, intelligent enterprises. Acknowledging that partners are essential to advancing the company’s success, SAP hosts a number of events to highlight the exceptional work and quality services they bring to customers.
One of the annual ceremonies held recently is the SAP ANZ Partner Excellence Awards, recognising partners that have made groundbreaking innovations utilising SAP technologies across 14 categories. Presented at the end of SAP’s Partner Ecosystem Success Summit, the awards ceremony was hosted by SAP ANZ President and Managing Director Damien Bueno and SAP ANZ Head of Partners and Channels Mark Hettler.
Additionally, the summit not only celebrated partners’ outstanding performance in the past year but also provided relevant information to support and enable partners to better respond to the ever-evolving market requirements and demands today. Congratulating this year’s winners, Bueno shared during the conference:
“Our partners play a crucial role in the growth and the success of our customers. This has been especially evident this past year and it has been inspiring to see our ecosystem furthering the growth, success, and transformation of Australian and New Zealand organisations during such a period of uncertainty and flux.”
Honouring SAP’s Partners in ANZ
Realising that customer expectations have shifted significantly in recent years, the German tech giant has reviewed and modified the award categories for the 2022 SAP ANZ Partner Excellence Awards to better represent how partners are supporting customers in overcoming the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic and making adjustments for different situations. According to SAP, this year’s Industry Cloud, Partner Innovation, Customer Business Transformation, Social Impact, Sustainability, and Trail-Blazer categories have been derived from partner self-nominations. In addition to this, the following categories have been identified as well: Partner Innovation, Partner Solution, Rising Star, Cloud Customer Engagement, and Cloud Sales Excellence.
Here are SAP’s top partners that have bagged awards for various categories:
Cloud Sales Excellence, Partner Solution, and Industry Cloud — Deloitte
Deloitte, which recently joined as a partner in the SAP Apphaus Network and established the new Sydney-based AppHaus Deloitte, walked away with three wins at the event. The company was honoured for contributing significantly to cloud across all revenue-based sales, for having the highest impact from a Qualified Partner-Packaged Solution (QPPS), and for making an impact in a customer or sector focusing on the strategy employed by the organisation’s partner industry.
RISE and Sustainability — Accenture
Accenture emerged on top of the RISE category for bringing in great deals, growing the pipeline, delivering projects, and getting partner certifications and authorisations. Additionally, the Sustainability category commended the company for its commitment to making the world more sustainable than it is today.
Cloud Customer Engagement and Mid-Market — DXC
DXC was recognised because it created a strong CEE methodology and function, as well as having grown its current renewal percentage rates and cloud backlog. It also won the Mid-Market category for its remarkable resell revenue and delivery capability.
Partner Innovation and Customer Business Transformation — PwC
The Partner Innovation award honoured PwC for its contribution to developing, expanding, and integrating with SAP solutions using the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). The Customer Business Transformation category, on the other hand, recognised the company for its partner-led customer transformation leveraging business-critical applications such as SAP’s intelligent ERP platform, S/4HANA.
Social Impact — EY
EY was named the winner of the Social Impact category for its demonstrated collaboration with social enterprises in order to achieve social value that has a significant environmental and humanitarian impact. Commenting on the award, Alex Andrenacci, Partner at EY, shared in a Linkedin post:
“The Oceania SAP and Team at EY was recognised for our demonstrable partnering with social enterprises, to create social value with a positive humanitarian and environmental impact. Our SAP ANZ Partner Award – Category Social Impact is a huge recognition towards what we do every day at EY and with our clients and partners.”
Other SAP Award Categories and Winners
Customer Business Transformation — Wipro
Rising Star — Lagom
Trail-Blazer — Eclips
SME (BYD and B1) — MicroChannel
Cloud Delivery Excellence — Discovery Consulting
“The submissions received are testament to our partners’ drive, innovation, and creativity and to the work they deliver everyday which is helping to impact the economy, transform and future-proof industries, lift up societies and sustain our environment,” Bueno remarked.
