Hackett : United VARS Announces Its Participation at SAPPHIRE® NOW to Showcase SAP® S/4HANA Solution and Services for New and Existing Customers

May 13, 2016

Booth Will Spotlight Three United VARS Resellers: Answerthink, Illumiti, & Seidor

Orlando, Florida - May 13, 2016 - United VARS, an SAP platinum partner, today announced that it will participate at SAPPHIRE® NOW and ASUG Annual Conference being held May 17-19 in Orlando, Florida in Booth 1046. Three United VARS resellers - Answerthink, Illumiti, and Seidor - will share the booth with United VARS, showcasing their solutions and services portfolio for SAP® Business Suite 4 SAP HANA® (SAP S/4HANA) to new and existing customers.

United VARS was established in 2006 by All for One Steeb AG and Seidor S.A, Barcelona with six SAP resellers in 10 countries. The group now embraces 35 partners from 75 countries and serves as a powerful one-stop provider for the SAP solutions of its global clients. Today, as a global platinum reseller, United VARS is one of only ten SAP platinum partners worldwide.

This SAP partner network addresses the requirements of multinational implementation projects by offering one integrated project team with global project management responsibility. The concept is designed around the best-of-breed strategy from the local market leader with a profound knowledge of the country, market and culture. This approach results in a delivered solution that optimizes business processes, reduces costs, and complements business strategies.

'As a global platinum reseller with SAP, we want to be faster in implementing innovations, closely guiding the development of more powerful and service-oriented real-time business models. In addition, we want to rapidly expand our own portfolio of solutions for SAP HANA Cloud Platform with support for SAP S/4HANA, cloud solutions from SAP, as well as solutions from SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Ariba and SAP Hybris,' explained Detlef Mehlmann, United VARs Director and Head of Business Development International at All for One Steeb AG.

In light of how global IT providers concentrate their support activities in off-shore centers, close customer relations and ties to the local business culture are often neglected. This is, however, not the case with United VARS. These partners, such as Answerthink, Illumiti, and Seidor, provide superb SAP solutions and on-site services in the native language, with a solid understanding of the local business rules, regulations and laws, and spanning every time zone is unrivalled.

'Illumiti is very pleased to be exhibiting at SAPPHIRE NOW together with our colleagues from Answerthink and Seidor, which are also United VARS partners. We are proud to have one of our customers present how we jointly created a particularly effective user experience. SAPPHIRE NOW provides a wonderful venue to meet with others, who are likewise interested in SAP's latest innovations and future direction,' said Dror Orbach, Illumiti's COO.

'We are now providing our clients with local support to enter new markets almost everywhere in the world. In whatever economic centers globalization takes our clients, United VARS not only puts them one step ahead, but gives them the advantage of having the most powerful and dedicated SAP partner already on the ground at work,' highlighted United VARs' Mehlmann.

SAPPHIRE NOW focuses on how companies can enable their digital business strategy and get more from their technology investments. SAPPHIRE NOW and ASUG Annual Conference are the world's premier business technology event and largest SAP customer-run conference, offering attendees the opportunity to learn and network with customers, SAP executives, partners and experts across the entire SAP ecosystem.

About United VARS

United VARs is the largest global alliance of SAP channel partners. The network comprises 35 resellers of SAP solutions covering more than 75 countries. United VARs members are strong local players firmly anchored within the business networks of their respective countries and are working successfully for more than 5,500 customers The alliance provides a high level of cultural fit with SAP solutions, services and local support delivered in the local language, together with a deep understanding of the local business rules, regulations and laws. Members of Untied VARs are deeply committed to providing innovative solutions for clients and helping them maximize the value of their investments in SAP software. United VARs members have earned multiple SAP Pinnacle Awards, recognizing their strengths innovation, service and sales. United VARs LLP is part of an elite group of 10 SAP global platinum partners. For more information, please visit: www.united-vars.com.

About Answerthink

Answerthink (www.answerthink.com), a division of The Hackett Group, is an SAP platinum partner and member of UnitedVARS, that develops and offers qualified SAP Business All-in-One partner solutions - industry-specific software, analytics, mobility, cloud offerings, SAP HANA, hosting, support, services and training. By leveraging the best practices database of The Hackett Group, Answerthink helps clients improve performance and maximize returns on investments in SAP software.

About Illumiti

Illumiti is a leading systems integration and management consulting company with offices in Canada, the U.S. and Switzerland, serving customers globally. Its team enables customers to realize their vision by leveraging the world's leading on-premise and cloud-based business applications. Illumiti helps its clients achieve optimized operations in the key areas at the core of their business, by implementing custom-fit solutions from SAP and other vendors faster, at a lower cost, and at a lower risk than other alternatives. Illumiti is a member of United VARS, which is an SAP platinum partner. Illumiti has been recognized as the top SAP reseller for Canada for five consecutive years and is one of the fastest-growing SAP channel partner in the U.S. For more information please visit www.illumiti.com.

About Seidor

Seidor is a multinational company dedicated to providing integral solutions in the area of software consulting and IT services. With more than 3.000 professionals, and direct presence in Europe, Latin America, United States, the Middle East and Africa, Seidor is one of the main services partners of SAP, with solutions for all company sizes and industries, experience in international roll-out projects, on-premise and cloud solutions. With more than 30 years of experience in the market, cutting-edge technological knowledge and expertise in several industry sectors makes Seidor a solid and reliable partner for its customers, helping them to simplify the management of technology as a means to increase their businesses' agility and profitability. For more information, visit www.seidor.com.

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