Leeds, 21st April 2011. Today, CSI announce its new association to the SAP United VARs Programme following a formal welcome and introduction by SAP at their recent Annual Meeting in Walldorf, Germany.
The United VARS has been operating since 2006 and is the global mid-market Partner network, and represents one of the largest alliances of SAP consultants in the small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) worldwide. Altogether, the 23 United VARs partners currently employ more than 4,000 SAP mid-market consultants and generate an annual sales volume of over $1.5 billion.
Initially launched with a focus on Central Europe, United VARs is now at home in all the world's important economic regions and serves clients in more than 57 countries. Important SAP mid-market partners are on board, including SAP itself. The guiding principle of United VARs is to serve and support small to mid-sized SAP users on site and across the world with economically strong local consulting firms using uniform operating and quality standards for deployment and support, in their local languages, and in accordance with local business practices and legal requirements.
Richard Midgley, SAP Director for CSI comments, "CSI are proud to have joined the SAP United VARS Alliance as the chosen member for the UK. This global collaborative strategy is the best way of meeting our mid-market customers' needs and allows CSI to operate across country boundaries to support our UK clients with international requirements". He continues "The SAP United VARS Alliance allows CSI to execute locally to address global issues, whilst maintaining and exceeding best practices and quality support".
The keynote address by SAP Chief Financial Officer Dr. Werner Brandt at the United VARs Annual Meeting 2011, held at SAP headquarters in Walldorf, underscored the tremendous respect and esteem that the network enjoys right up to the executive board level at SAP "A significant share of our EUR 3.3 billion sales revenues in the financial year 2010 has already been generated by partners. We want to continuously increase this share in the coming years".
Eric Duffaut, SAP Executive Vice President and General Manager Global Ecosystem & Channels states "Many SMEs have operations in several countries asking for consistent levels of support. United VARs is a perfect answer".
"United VARs is a fantastic construct combining and leading together partners all across the globe in one network and by that also being able to serve customers in a truly multinational manner", added Dr. Friedrich Neumeyer, Senior Vice President Volume Reseller and Service Partners, SAP AG.
About United VARS (www.united-vars.com)
Providing extensive range of services on sites in over 57 countries More than 4,000 SAP consultants Sales volume of the network in excess of $1.5 billionPress Contact:
Georgina Swann, Marketing Manager: Tel: 01623 726300 : E: georgina.swann@csiltd.co.uk
