The surprise announcement comes before an announcement where Cardenuto had been scheduled to speak. No successor has been immediately named, and SAP says no changes to channel policies should be anticipated, as Cardenuto’s channel leadership team remains in place.
At SAP’s SME Executive Roundtable, the company unveiled a new study that found that the unspoken relationships in SME-vendor relationships are the key to keeping the customer long-term.
Cloud Choice Profit program could account for three quarters of SAP cloud business by end of 2017, channel chief says.
SAP says it will rely on partners heavily as it sees momentum in moving customers large and small into cloud-based ERP.
Long-time SAPer Scott Jones returns from a short sojourn at another company to take on the job of running SAP’s North American partner network.
At its partner event preceding the broader SAPPHIRE conference, SAP previewed a major new cloud program, which will be implemented in three stages, the first of which will be in Q3 and the next two, next year. Details at this point were exceedingly scarce.
SAP Anywhere is going to market in China through a strategic partner, China Telecom. The go-to-market strategy when it goes into general release in the U.S. and Canada in 2016 will be very different however, and the company filled in the details for ChannelBuzz.
At last year’s SAP SME Summit, SAP emphasized how much it valued its SME customers, including small businesses. This year they added a wrinkle to that, emphasizing that SMEs want and need simplicity, and that those taking their time to decide need to make the move – with SAP solutions.
Mississauga-based Lynch Fluid Controls was one of the SMEs selected by SAP to talk about their business and use of SAP solutions at the SAP event.
SAP’s move towards simplification will play well for its channel and SME business, Kevin Gilroy says
Rodolpho Cardenuto to lead new Global Partner Operations for SAP under co-CEO Bill McDermott.
