Milan, 10 March 2008 – AlmavivA, a market leader in Business Process Outsourcing and Customer Relationship Management solutions and services, and the Italian branch of Business Objects, a SAP Group company and industry leader in business intelligence solutions, have recently broadened and strengthened their partnership, which began in 1998.

 

In 10 years of partnership, AlmavivA and Business Objects have implemented important projects together, especially in the fields of finance, Government, and telco & media. Building on the success of their projects for Italian public-sector clients, such as the Ministries of Economy and Finance, Health and Defense, and INPDAP (the public-sector workers’ pension scheme), the two partners have set up two Competence Centers at AlmavivA, one dedicated to Business Intelligence and the other to Financial and Performance Management.

 

The goal of the new partnership agreement, according to which AlmavivA will become a Preferred Partner of Business Objects, is to further strengthen AlmavivA’s capacity to develop state-of-the-art BI solutions for the market. The key points of the partnership, in fact, are the updating and training of the AlmavivA consultants, the definition of a shared go-to-market plan and joint marketing activities.

 

“The mission of Business Objects” said Fabio Menicanti, General Manager di Business Objects Italia “is to transform business processes by linking information, people and companies. This objective can be achieved only by selecting partners that combine top-level know how and an in-depth knowledge of business processes. This is why we believe that by strengthening our partnership with AlmavivA, one of the top Systems Integrators in Italy, we will achieve a high degree of added value, for our customers above all”.

 

“Business intelligence is a truly strategic sector for AlmavivA, in which we have a consolidated know how and consulting expertise“ said Marco Tripi, AlmavivA’s CEO. “Demand from our major customers is increasingly focused on “information governance” solutions, capable of promptly comprehending new business opportunities and consequently directing the market strategies and organizational actions. The same is true for Government, which needs to be promptly “informed” in order to monitor expenditure trends and, above all, to effectively and efficiently achieve its institutional objectives. This new agreement with Business Objects will further strengthen an already longstanding partnership and will provide an extra tool for competing with the strength we need today”.

 

 

An independent Business Unit of SAP, Business Objects has directed the development of business intelligence (BI) from the beginning. Together with the most solid and diversified community of partners on the market, the company distributes business performance optimization to customers worldwide, on all the principal markets, ranging from financial services to retail, consumer goods, healthcare and the public sector.
Providing open and assorted applications in the fields of governance, risk and compliance, performance management and business intelligence, as well as consulting and training services, Business Objects allows any sized businesses to bridge the gap between business strategy and its execution.

SAP is a world leader in software solutions for business.
Today, over 41,200 enterprises in over 120 countries worldwide have installed SAP software – solutions tailored to the specific needs of any sized business, from SMEs to the Enterprise market. Based on the SAP NetWeaver application and integration platform enabling business innovation and change, SAP solutions support corporate users worldwide in improving relations with customers and partners, streamlining operations and achieving efficiency throughout the supply chain. Numerous organizations in the most diverse markets, ranging from high tech to healthcare, retail, the public sector and financial services, may support their core business thanks to 25 pre-configured vertical SAP solutions. With branches in over 50 countries, the company is listed in different stock exchanges, including Frankfurt and NYSE, with the symbol "SAP".

For further information visit the website www.sap.com/italy.

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AlmavivA The Italian Innovation Company is a wholly-Italian owned company and a market leader in Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing solutions. AlmavivA’s innovatory industrial project integrates the product ranges of the various Group companies, from IT to CRM and Business Process Outsourcing, to form its Information & Communication Services. The AlmavivA Group is a nationwide concern and operates on several foreign markets as well, with branches in Tunisia, Brazil, Romania and China.
AlmavivA is present in all the vital sectors of the Italian economy: Government, telcos, transport, manufacturing, banking and insurance, to which AlmavivA supplies consulting, services, designs and develops information systems and integrated services with cutting-edge technologies: complex projects, in respect of which it offers partnership solutions aimed at problem solving in design, change management, safety and business processes. AlmavivA can rely on its important infrastructure network (data centers) to support co-sourcing and full outsourcing services.

 

For further information on the company visit its website at www.almavivaitalia.it