Accenture and SAP Join Forces to Enrich Enterprise Mobility

Teaming to emphasize innovation and leverage Sybase Unwired Platform

Enterprise mobility is going mainstream. Smartphones and tablets are in more and more pockets, backpacks and briefcases. And many more executives expect to be able to conduct meaningful business wherever they are.
Thats why theres now a pressing need for dependable, flexible, low-cost solutions that enable information access and business transactions from outside the walls of the organization. The solutions have to work fluidly with all current enterprise software suites. And they must be implemented with little complexity, minimal setup time and no infrastructure requirements. Together, Accenture and SAP are making it happen. The two companies have agreed to jointly develop and manage the deployment of new enterprise mobility solutions leveraging Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP) coupled with Accenture Mobility Services enterprise mobility offerings.

A strong alliance in the mobile space

Accenture and SAP have had a formal strategic relationship for more than 30 years. Accenture is SAPs and Sybases largest integration partner. Together, Accenture and SAP have a very large shared client base who are actively looking to understand how mobile applications can improve their business performance. The recent announcement at Sapphire NOW re-enforced both organizations commitment to addressing this demand together. Both companies have a strategic focus on mobility and a history of jointly implementing mobile solutions for Fortune 1000 companies and key government agencies. Accenture has been developing mobile applications since the mid-1990s and has developed more than 250 applications across a range of industries and application scenarios. Accenture brings longtime mobility experience and comprehensive offerings, from ready-to-deploy apps to managed mobility and consulting services.

Looking specifically at SUP, which is at the heart of the joint offerings, the largest SUP deployment to date was managed by Accenture. Accenture is the only systems integrator with more than 150 consultants who have built applications on SUP. That practice is expected to top 650 within 24 months.

SUP Managed Service: Helps customers quickly pilot and deploy applications in a managed service SUP infrastructure run by Accenture.

New deal to bring new innovative collaboration

A crucial component of the new strategic relationship is its emphasis on innovation. Accenture and SAP intend to co-develop new enterprise mobility solutions. The Accenture Innovation Centers for SAP will provide vital momentum for these efforts. The Centers are where technology and business meet: They comprise a fully integrated SAP technology platform that drives capabilities in enterprise mobility, in-memory analytics, business intelligence, and much more. Accenture and SAP specialists work side by side in the Centers to help clients visualize how mobility can help their specific industry and then prototype client-specific applications. The Innovation Centers for SAP are designed and equipped to address a wide range of challenges that organizations face as they seek to gain deeper insights from data, improve decision-making processes, and embrace the power of in-memory technology and mobility in delivering information anytime, anywhere. A visit is an immersive experience: Visitors may be engaged in strategic brainstorming sessions, technology demonstrations and day-in-the-life scenarios demonstrating mobility solutions at work in their organizations. For more information on Accentures SAP capabilities, please visit: www.accenture.com/sap or our literature library at www.accenture.com/saplibrary

Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US $21.6 billion for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2010. Its home page is www.accenture.com. Accenture is focused on enabling its clients to achieve breakthrough growth throughout the rapidly changing mobile ecosystem. The Accenture Mobility Services group offers five mobility services including consulting, software services applications, software servicesdevices and platforms, managed services, and business integration services. These are designed to help organizations embrace business to employee (B2E), business to consumer (B2C), business to business (B2B), and machine to machine (M2M) business opportunities. Accenture offers mobility and embedded software services across a wide range of industries and platforms including Symbian, WinMo (Microsoft Windows Mobile), Windows Phone, Android , Blackberry, iOS, Java , Linux, and Meego .
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The new deal

At SAPPHIRE NOW in May, Accenture and SAP announced a deal to build differentiated solutions that draw on the breadth and depth of mobility capabilities that the companies have developed by working together since 2000. Their pre-packaged solutions already can provide the market with ideas on how to reap the value of enterprise mobility. The strategic relationship also calls for the companies to develop a structured go-to-market model aimed at promoting collaboration between their sales teams. Development efforts will initially focus on three sectorsoil and gas, utilities and consumer products, with plans to expand into other industries. Solutions already available include: ConsultingMobile Strategy and Planning: Delivers an actionable plan and roadmap that are unique to each client, leveraging mobile technology to help boost productivity, cut costs and increase revenues.
Mobility Software ServicesApplications: Combines innovative commercial and custom applications and SUP to enable organizations to deploy secure and easy-to-manage mobile functionality. Mobility

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 deviceSAP 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 170,000 customers (includes customers from the acquisition of Sybase) to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit www.sap.com.

Business Integration Services Workforce Management: Helps companies transform their field forces by bringing technician-focused tools to the field and by reengineering frontline office practices to increase productivity, improve customer service, create new revenue streams through service, and more.
Mobility Managed ServicesEnterprise Application Catalog: Provides customers with a company-specific application catalog, device security and mobile device management capabilitiesremotely, over the air as a hosted service.

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About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 223,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the worlds most successful companies,

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