itelligence Receives SAP® North America Partner Excellence Award 2013: Top Channel Partner - SAP Business All-in-One

CINCINNATI, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- itelligence today announced it is the recipient of the SAP® North America Partner Excellence Award 2013: Top Channel Partner – SAP Business All-in-One. Awards were presented by SAP Americas during the SAP North America Field Kick-Off Meeting (FKOM) 2013, held Jan. 22-24 in Las Vegas, to the top-performing SAP channel partners and SAP services partners in North America for outstanding contributions that impact overall SAP sales and pipeline-generation goals.

"To receive this annual award for the fifth consecutive time from SAP is an honor, as it showcases the continued hard work and dedication of the entire itelligence team," said Steve Niesman, itelligence U.S. president and CEO. "We are deeply committed to helping midmarket companies achieve growth objectives using the many different, powerful benefits of SAP Business All-in-One solutions. As a result, we are able to help them easily scale and adapt to meet changing needs — with the in-depth functionality they need to efficiently and effectively run their business."

Selected from SAP's wide-ranging North American partner base, nominations for the SAP Regional Partner Excellence Awards were based on internal SAP sales data. A steering committee composed of regional and global SAP representatives determined winning partners in each category according to numerous criteria such as sales achievement and performance. As the recipient of the SAP North American Partner Excellence Award 2013, itelligence has been honored as the top SAP channel partner for SAP Business All-in-One. Winners will receive strong recognition from the SAP field for their accomplishments.

itelligence received the award during the SAP North America FKOM 2013, an annual gathering of SAP executives, SAP field employees and partners.  FKOM is SAP's largest yearly sales meeting, intended to drive success during the upcoming year. Colleagues across the region gather to gain and exchange updated information on SAP's strategy, sales methodology, best practices, business growth opportunities and product innovations. This year's North America FKOM hosted more than 5,000 attendees from the U.S. and Canada.

"A thriving partner ecosystem is central to SAP's success, and partners like itelligence are key drivers for our customers' success and for SAP's market reach," said Mark Milford, national vice president, North America Ecosystem Group, SAP America, Inc. "As a recipient of a SAP Regional Partner Excellence Award 2013, we recognize itelligence's commitment and efforts in developing and growing its partnership with SAP, which has led to game-changing co-innovation and market expansion."

An SAP partner for more than 21 years, itelligence is an SAP gold channel partner, an SAP global services partner and a global value-added reseller. itelligence offers best-run businesses the SAP software and solutions needed to address increasingly critical business issues, including the need for better access to valuable business intelligence to inform their decisions.

About itelligence
itelligence Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of itelligence AG, an international full-service solution and consulting company with a global presence in 21 countries. itelligence provides a broad range of consulting and customer support services to further maximize SAP solutions, including implementations, business intelligence, application management services and hosting. itelligence is an  SAP gold channel partner authorized to resell SAP Business All-in-One and SAP BusinessObjects® solutions, an SAP global services and SAP global hosting partner, and an SAP-certified global provider of application management services. itelligence also holds global quality accreditation by SAP Active Quality Management organization for demonstrating clear quality standards and processes. For more information please visit http://www.itelligencegroup.com.

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