SAP expands its PartnerEdge program

SAP AG has expanded its SAP PartnerEdge program, designed for partners that resell, build or provide implementation services for SAP solutions, which now supports supports an enlarged portfolio of SAP cloud solutions. As a result, more than 500 partners of SuccessFactors, a SAP company, will be transitioned into the program in 2013.

The integration of SuccessFactors partners is another step in strengthening the overall partner ecosystem and underlining SAP's commitment to making it easier to partner and collaborate with the company.

By enabling existing SAP PartnerEdge members to resell, service and build solutions on top of SAP Cloud, these partners now have the opportunity to tackle the fast-growing cloud market and offer best-of-breed cloud solutions and suites to their installed base customers and prospects.

As a member of SAP PartnerEdge, each partner gets the support of a designated partner services advisor from SAP who helps them in leveraging the extensive program benefits. These include technical support, demand generation campaigns and earn market development funds (MDF), as well as trainings and solution certifications.

"Cloud offerings from SAP provide customers the option of moving all or parts of business processes to the cloud and keeping others on premise," said Mercedes Ellison, VP, Global Cloud Ecosystem and channels, SuccessFactors. "All cloud partners will be able to receive the benefits and value from an award-winning program like SAP PartnerEdge. This program will provide SuccessFactors partners with additional tools and resources to support the hyper-growth we've been experiencing with cloud as well as give existing SAP PartnerEdge members the ability to easily expand their offerings to cloud," Ellison added.