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Partner Quote Sheet: SAP Unveils the Next Generation of Enterprise Software with a New Business Suite, SAP S/4HANA

Press Release

NEW YORK — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA), a next-generation business suite to help customers run simple.

Numerous long-standing SAP partners are ready to resell and provide services for customers along their journey to run simple with SAP S/4HANA. Read what early adopter partners — including Accenture, Capgemini, Deloitte Consulting LLP, EY and PwC — have to say.

Accenture

“For businesses looking to take advantage of an always on, digitally connected and Big Data-driven world, Accenture has developed a high velocity enterprise approach that delivers enhanced ERP assets featuring disruptive technology like in-memory and powered by digital accelerators like social, mobile, analytics and cloud. For companies ready to embark on their digital transformation journey, SAP S/4HANA is a powerful platform that works with our high velocity enterprise framework to extend the value of SAP HANA. Our broad understanding of digital and the SAP solutions landscape combined with our superior industry expertise and global delivery capabilities means Accenture is ready to help organizations use SAP S/4HANA to create differentiated capabilities for their businesses and engage with their customers in new and more meaningful ways.” – Mark Willford, senior managing director, Technology Ecosystem & Platforms, Accenture

Capgemini

“We are delighted to join SAP for the launch of SAP S/4HANA and offer our customers the opportunity to simplify their ERP landscapes and accelerate innovation through the adoption of the SAP HANA platform. As an early investor in SAP HANA and a leading partner in terms of the number of active SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA projects worldwide, Capgemini is ideally positioned to demonstrate the value of SAP S/4HANA to both IT and business decision makers. We look forward to helping our clients take advantage of the game-changing real-time insights of SAP Simple Finance and working with them to maximize the business benefits of SAP S/4HANA.” – Jerry Lacasia, Global SAP partner executive at Capgemini

Deloitte Consulting LLP

“Deloitte has been delivering SAP HANA since some of the first clients adopted the platform, and working closely with clients on the adoption of SAP Simple Finance. As an in-memory technology, SAP HANA removes the latency of decision-making and is foundational to the future of real-time business. SAP S/4HANA is a game-changer for ERP and provides an entirely new way for our clients to simplify their business and provide a better customer experience in a digital, networked and complex world.” – Jan Waals, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP and global SAP practice leader

EY

“We have seen tremendous interest in SAP HANA from our customers as a means to transform their business. The combination of EY’s transformation focus and SAP S/4HANA will allow our clients to begin managing their businesses more efficiently by bringing access to data and analytics real-time and helping to deliver instant value to the business. EY continues to invest in building and growing our SAP offerings and experience and we have highly skilled, industry focused consultants ready to help our clients transform their business and enable this next generation of ERP.” – Michael Yadgar, EY Americas SAP Leader

PwC

“Businesses today are awash in data and faced with increasingly complex markets, customer engagement channels and business processes. Transforming technology systems can help simplify business processes, while providing more value to customers. SAP S/4HANA can help users connect processes, devices, Big Data and networks in real time. SAP has combined its expertise in business software applications with the unique power of SAP HANA to help businesses jump-start innovation and manage processes smoothly.” – Rodney Seligmann, Advisory Principal and SAP Global Alliance Leader, PwC

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About SAP

As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device – SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable more than 282,000 customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit www.sap.com.

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