Answerthink Receives SAP's SME Partner of the Year Award

SAP Americas, Inc. Recognizes Answerthink For Top Performance and Most New Accounts

Answerthink, Inc. announced today that it has been named SAP All-in-One Partner of the Year by SAP Americas, in recognition of the company's sales and implementation efforts with small and midsize enterprises (SMEs). In addition, three individual Answerthink account executives were recognized as top SME performers in the U.S. by SAP.

The awards were presented to Answerthink at SAP's 2007 Field Kickoff Meeting in Las Vegas, Nev., an annual gathering of SAP employees and partners. This year's event featured more than 550 partner attendees. Answerthink was named SAP All-in-One Partner of the Year for delivering the most new named accounts while improving customer satisfaction measures.

Answerthink account executives also received awards at the event. Ernest Perno was named top performing account executive in the U.S., while Chris Regan took the #2 spot in the same category. Tom Reul was also named as the account executive with the most new accounts in 2006. In addition, Answerthink received an award for the best field use of best practices.

SAP All-in-One solutions are industry-specific software, implementation, and training solutions developed by SAP partner companies like Answerthink. Small and mid-size companies typically have revenues under $500 million and require cost-effective solutions that can be up and running quickly. These companies benefit greatly from the industry- and business-specific solution expertise that partners like Answerthink provide.

In addition to SAP software sales, Answerthink offers a broad array of implementation services designed to enable clients to achieve world-class business performance and maximize the return on technology investments.

"Answerthink continues to be a standout in the partner channel, offering distinct solutions that address the needs of the small and mid-size enterprise customer," said Michael Sotnick, SAP Senior VP of SME for SAP Americas.

According to Answerthink Vice President of Sales Art Colombo, "The hard work of the team, along with the development of a successful vertical and continued support from SAP, have proven to be very rewarding for us in 2006. We look forward to an even more successful 2007."

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