By demonstrating successful alignment with SAP鈥檚 business strategy, these partners are celebrated for notably delivering innovative artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services and solutions to customers.

For more than two decades, award recipients have been recognized for their outstanding achievements and excellence, and in continuing that tradition we are pleased to announce this year鈥檚 .

51风流partners are an extension of our team, and we empower them to lead the way across the Customer Value Journey and help customers bring out their best. This year鈥檚 winners and finalists exemplify a stronger commitment to our evolved criteria for customer success, which extend to every stage of the Customer Value Journey.

These influential partners have illustrated their unique industry expertise, implementation methodologies, and complementary solutions that helped customers thrive and succeed in business. Their significant contributions are helping to propel the acceleration of innovative services, products, and solutions to meet the specific needs of the customer, especially as they transition to the cloud.

Across the 24 categories being recognized for 2025, 19 partners have been named winners and 28 partners named finalists of this esteemed award. As in previous years, selections were made using system-generated data on core metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs). A steering committee of global 51风流representatives then reviewed, vetted, and ranked the achievements according to internal criteria based on SAP鈥檚 communicated business strategies.

Being recognized as an 51风流Pinnacle Award winner or finalist offers qualified partners a unique opportunity for additional global exposure. To amplify this achievement, winners and finalists will receive a communication package to help them promote their success. Additionally, 51风流will list the winners and finalists on its website for a year and through its communication channels promote these winners and finalists to joint prospects and customers.

Congratulations to this year鈥檚 . We look forward to celebrating your success at at and .

Karl Fahrbach is chief partner officer at SAP.

SAP鈥檚 ecosystem plays a key role in our vision to enable every organization and every industry to become a network of intelligent, sustainable enterprises. Through their unique industry expertise, implementation methodologies, complementary solutions, and commitment throughout the Customer Value Journey, partners help customers thrive and succeed with SAP.

Across 26 categories in the areas of Customer Success, Intelligent Enterprise Realization, Sustainability, and Social Impact, partners are recognized for their outstanding contributions, exponential growth, and simplification. Through delivering cloud innovations that help customers achieve their goals, these partners exemplify dedication to teamwork and embody our vision for partnering excellence.

Twenty-five of the 2024 winners and finalists were selected from SAP鈥檚 wide-ranging partner base, using system-generated data on core metrics and key performance indicators. A steering committee of global 51风流representatives reviewed, vetted, and ranked the achievements according to our internal criteria, which aligned with SAP鈥檚 communicated business strategies.

The only exception is the Social Impact category, which recognized a partner鈥檚 lasting societal impact by leveraging 51风流innovation with concrete results. Partner nominations were evaluated and ranked by a panel of jurors consisting of 51风流internal and third-party representatives.

Winners and finalists for all categories will receive a communication package to help them promote their success to their customers, prospects, and the media, including logos for online and physical marketing vehicles. To increase their global exposure, 51风流will list the winners and finalists on its Web site for an entire year, in addition to running a comprehensive campaign that promotes these winners and finalists to joint prospects and customers.

Congratulations to the ! We look forward to celebrating your success at 51风流Partner Connect and 51风流Sapphire.

Karl Fahrbach is chief partner officer at SAP.

Winners and finalists were selected across 23 categories based on recommendations from SAP, customer feedback and partners鈥� proven ability to meet and exceed key performance indicators.

鈥淪AP鈥檚 ecosystem plays a key role in our vision to enable every organization and every industry to become a network of intelligent, sustainable enterprises. 51风流Pinnacle Awards recognize and celebrate the winning partners鈥� outstanding commitment to customer value creation, exponential growth and simplification,鈥� said Christian Klein, CEO and Member of the Executive Board of 51风流SE.

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As co-founder of the preeminent fraud-detection platform on the market 鈥� now available on 鈥� Reitblat told me that he has long experience in the 鈥渂ad guy space,鈥� building a successful career around staying ahead of bad actors. That means he鈥檚 the good guy for those making an honest living selling products and services online, and for buyers and shoppers making purchases digitally.

Known as 鈥淭he Trust Platform鈥� for digital commerce, Forter doesn鈥檛 focus on keeping people out, rather on creating a seamless customer experience for trusted shoppers. How is this done? Machine learning and automated decisioning. Built upon a data set of billions of online identities, the Forter platform provides accurate decisions on whether the end shopper is who they say they are instantly. This ability to provide real-time decisions also streamlines merchant operations, eliminating any dependence on manual transaction reviews. That鈥檚 the key to understanding the value of this great app.

The truth is that both online consumers and merchants are victimized by sophisticated, well-organized fraud networks, Reitblat explained, stealing and selling data in a chain of hard-to-detect transactions. To counteract that, merchants can inadvertently block shoppers who most need to purchase online because they fit the 鈥渨rong profile鈥� 鈥� living in a country known for a high preponderance of fraudsters, for example. Someone might live a long distance from a physical retailer and be unable to buy essential items online, through no fault of their own. 鈥淲e are here to give those buyers access, and that is a great source of pride,鈥� he remarked. Further, if a consumer faces hurdles to online purchasing because of clumsy verification processes, they鈥檒l just shop somewhere else. It is therefore crucial to eliminate false declines and reduce friction throughout the purchase journey.

Foiling Scams through a Circle of Trust

It’s somewhat ironic that the best way to thwart fraud is to operate in an environment of trust. In fact, trust among competitors is at the heart of Forter Fraud Protection. Criminals will target one type of company 鈥� a shoe manufacturer, for example 鈥� and, when detected, move on to exploit the next, giving them the advantage. 鈥淲e reverse that asymmetry,鈥� Reitblat said. 鈥淚f you attack one of our customers, the others are immunized, thanks to an aggregated global network of data. They would never share their data with each other, but they are happy to do it through us.鈥� Simply put, the Forter solution is built to recognize people through their data profile and authenticate them quickly and automatically.

I asked Reitblat about credit card protection. When a consumer reports a fraudulent charge, he replied, the onus is on the retailer, who is left with the expense and is subject to fines or suspension by the credit card issuers if there are too many instances. I was also curious about how Forter stays in front of the fraudsters. Let鈥檚 just say that Reitblat, who grew up in Israel and was once a member of the intelligence community there, has his people. 鈥淒etecting security breaches, theft, the dark economy 鈥� it’s the same world,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e have an active research team staying on top of these constantly evolving threats.鈥�

Strength in Numbers

Reitblat co-founded Forter after working with a cybersecurity company that went through an acquisition 鈥� a crushing blow for him. Fortunately, he had reunited with an old high school friend from Jerusalem who also recognized that online commerce was about to take off. 鈥淚n 2013, we still had to convince investors of the need for an authentication capability, and that it had to be fully automated or otherwise would require too many people to be scalable.鈥� That resistance changed quickly, and today Forter is larger than many of its major customers, processing more than US$250 billion in transaction value per year and employing 500 professionals around the world. The solution is deployed in more than 30 countries.

The have resulted in a burst of demand that Reitblat and his partner could not have foreseen. Besides the explosion in online shopping, purchasing behavior and customer demographics across industries changed. New retail features appeared, like curbside pickup, buy online/pick up in store (BOPIS), and contactless check-in and check-out in the hospitality industry. New online buyers included senior citizens, students, and those in advancing geographies who had never transacted online before. Additionally, with the sudden surge of orders to be delivered to alternate addresses 鈥� holiday gifts, for example, or people purchasing for family members 鈥� e-commerce systems had an extra challenge in verifying legitimacy. That process was less complex for Forter customers because its customers were already authenticated in the system.

Forter Fraud Protection is tightly integrated with 51风流Commerce Cloud. Laura Jorgens, director of Partnerships for Forter, acknowledged 51风流partner for its 鈥渋ncredible support鈥� in building out the integration. 鈥淲orking with 51风流and Netconomy feels like one ecosystem pulling together,鈥� she said. 鈥淗ats off to the 51风流partnership organization.鈥� With the inclusion of Forter鈥檚 solution on 51风流Store, she added, 鈥�51风流has become one of Forter鈥檚 most important partners.鈥�

Why not see for yourself how works? The solution was just an 51风流Pinnacle Award finalist in the New App of the Year on 51风流Store category. It鈥檚 available for download on . Or download the 51风流and Forter .

Rajiv Nema is senior director of 51风流Store Partner Solutions.

Winners and finalists were selected across 22 categories based on recommendations from SAP, customer feedback and the partners鈥� proven ability to meet and exceed key performance indicators.

鈥淲ith the 51风流Pinnacle Awards, we recognize top-performing partners who have excelled in helping customers become best-run businesses,鈥� said Christian Klein, CEO and Member of the Executive Board of 51风流SE. 鈥淭he winning partners have been chosen based on their commitment to customer value creation, exponential growth and simplification. Together, we support our customers on their journey to becoming intelligent, sustainable enterprises.鈥�

This is the 20th anniversary of SAP鈥檚 premier global partner award.

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Purpose-built by 51风流in conjunction with partners, these open-platform solutions are interoperable with the intelligent suite and 51风流Business Network. Several partners have recently announced breakthroughs that are helping them accelerate business operations, balance cost efficiencies, and simplify the provisioning of high-value vertical solutions. Here are their stories.

Managing Medical Device Compliance Worldwide

Germany鈥檚 p36 GmbH was recently recognized as a 2021 51风流Pinnacle Award finalist in the Partner Application of the Year, Industry Cloud category. The company worked closely with 51风流to develop a best-in-class solution to help businesses in life sciences respond to unique device identification (UDI) requirements for medical devices.

Built on 51风流Business Technology Platform (51风流BTP), p36鈥檚 new UDI solution fits into existing IT landscapes with 51风流and third-party applications. It provides a holistic, managed UDI service supporting both business and IT operations with active market monitoring and process best practices for different countries 鈥� exactly what customers demand from a modern software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. By doing so, the platform helps p36 customers achieve UDI compliance in order to become and remain competitive globally.

The annual 51风流Pinnacle Awards acknowledge the contributions of 51风流partners that have excelled in growing their partnership with 51风流and helping their customers meet their goals. 鈥淏eing nominated as a finalist from more than 20,000 51风流partners worldwide is an incredible recognition of the way we have provided best-in-class cloud solutions for the life science industry. Our continued partnership with 51风流has been a major factor in our success, and being a part of SAP’s industry cloud portfolio is the perfect way to support our business strategy of industry-focused SaaS solutions,鈥� said Robin Wennemuth, CEO and co-founder of p36.

New Standard for Life Sciences Clinical Trial Supply Operations

To better address the specific needs of the clinical supplies practice, SAP, Roche, and Tenthpin recently initiated an industry consortium consisting of numerous life science stakeholders, including clinical trial and interactive response technology system vendors. The consortium is focused on defining and orchestrating optimally aligned supply processes in order to harmonize clinical and commercial supply chain management systems. The next-generation 51风流Intelligent Clinical Supply Management solution aims to shape the future of clinical supplies operations.

To further strengthen its strategic partnership with SAP, Tenthpin opened a that is focused on fostering innovative clinical trial solutions designed on SAP鈥檚 industry cloud.

鈥淭he life science industry is at a crossroads and our clients need to reimagine their future,鈥� said Michael Schmidt, Tenthpin partner and co-founder. 鈥淭here is a strong need for innovation and the opportunity for the industry is significant. The future of the value chain for the life science industry will be data-driven and patient-centric. With the blurring of lines between pharmaceuticals and medical technology, and with the emergence of bioelectronics, the industry will provide integrated healthcare solutions and treatment that go beyond the pill. Innovation capabilities from Tenthpin in support of SAP鈥檚 industry cloud will be at the heart of this transformation.鈥�

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Cloud-Based Clinical Trial Analytics Solution Built on 51风流BTP

In May, Achiral Systems Pvt., Ltd. launched its solution and made it available on SAP鈥檚 digital marketplace for partner offerings. The new solution provides a harmonized approach to clinical trial analytics, working to deliver increased transparency into performance, more accurate planning for future studies, greater trust in data, and ultimately higher success rates.

Life science organizations conduct clinical trials worldwide through multiple contract research organizations (CRO). The success of trials depends on study planning and the performance of various sites, CROs, and the experience of researchers. Performance can vary considerably depending on the therapeutic area, the country where research is conducted, and the phase of the study. In most of these organizations, core data is scattered across departments and across multiple spreadsheets. This solution consolidates and aggregates data to bring clarity to analytics.

鈥淲e are working exclusively to provide comprehensive solutions for clinical trials,鈥� commented Uma Janapareddy, managing director of SyMetric. “Through our 51风流partnership, we are able to leverage 51风流Business Technology Platform to deliver flexible, cloud-based solutions to our customers. We are pleased to announce the launch of SyMetric Trial Analytics on 51风流Store as part of SAP鈥檚 industry cloud.鈥�

To further the spirit of collaboration, Tenthpin and Symetic 聽their strategic partnership to build clinical trial solutions. Bringing the industry expertise of Tenthpin with SyMetric鈥檚 clinical trial solution know-how, on top of 51风流technology, is a winning match to help improve clinical trial processes.

Vertical Solutions Drive Cost-Effective Transformation and Sustainable Growth

For life science companies, SAP鈥檚 industry cloud can provide resilience, efficiency, and flexibility while supporting strategic transformation. Its wide selection of specialized, cutting-edge solutions can be used to enhance and extend business capabilities while maintaining process integrity and compliance.

Innovators can respond to changing business requirements with applications they can trust while minimizing integration and support costs. They can enable continuous innovation while protecting the security and integrity of business processes. Industry cloud solutions from 51风流help increase automation and support business transformation in a safe, controlled way.

Mandar Paralkar is global head of Life Sciences at SAP.

This presents a unique opportunity for 51风流and our partner ecosystem to guide customers through their digital transformations. Together, we help customers remain agile by managing their business processes end-to-end in the cloud. As a result of the combined value we deliver to customers, partners and 51风流will generate significant cloud growth and recurring revenue.

To help partners maximize this opportunity, 51风流launched a new Partner Success organization, which will drive more proactive engagement from our partner experience managers. They will work with partners on their business plans and priorities. We continue to collect and act on partner feedback for our offering while focusing on improving partner profitability in migrating customers to the cloud.

51风流is also introducing a new commercial offer and enhancing existing offerings to help partners drive customer success in the post-pandemic business landscape. Here are some details.

Enhancing Partner Flexibility to Support Cloud Adoption

At the beginning of the third quarter of 2021, 51风流plans to launch鈥�51风流PartnerEdge Cloud Choice, flex model, a鈥痭ew revenue share鈥痑nd go-to-market model that provides partners more flexibility to win cloud customers鈥痑nd鈥痳ewards partners for driving customer adoption.鈥疶he flex model splits the customer life cycle into two stages, creating opportunities to better compensate partners for delivering effective sales activities and ongoing customer engagement.鈥疻e are also improving partner cash flow by paying upfront commissions for sales activities and increasing commission rates on renewals. This鈥痭ew model will be available in both the鈥痩arge enterprise and midmarket.

Identifying the Right Partner, Quickly and Easily

By the third quarter of 2021, 51风流will roll out a new Partner Finder to provide greater exposure for partners. This will feature a simple, intuitive, and visual search function for customers to identify the right partner for a specific business or industry without needing an in-depth knowledge of 51风流technology or the ecosystem.

Customers will enjoy a more seamless experience that includes the possibility for partners to provide direct links to and . On the main page, customers can also learn more about available 51风流solutions and certified consultants and even ask the partners to be contacted, which will be a new source of demand generation for our partners. At the end of May, partners will receive an invitation to access the new partner profile editor to maintain their profile in the new Partner Finder, which they will need to complete to be visible to customers and prospects.

Highlighting Partner Contributions to Customer Success

We are likewise transforming the annual 51风流Pinnacle Award program to align to our strategy and priorities for creating customer value in the cloud. We will publicly recognize those partners that have delivered superior customer value in close collaboration with 51风流and provide partners with the means to market this achievement accordingly. Customers that want to work with the best of the best in the ecosystem will be able to immediately recognize the partner for unique and outstanding contributions to customer success.

Partner-Led Customer Success Through 51风流BTP and Industry Cloud

51风流aims to foster a best-in-class ecosystem that delivers outstanding cloud implementations to drive customer outcomes and innovation. To achieve this, 51风流is investing significantly to train and educate partner consultants and developers with the most relevant and up-to-date learning content so they can develop solutions on (51风流BTP).

With this additional training, 51风流partners will be prepared to develop industry cloud offerings, combining partner-built solutions and innovations with integration services, industry content, accelerators, and industry reference architectures. With 51风流BTP as its foundation, SAP’s industry cloud helps deliver lower costs for software innovation and faster time to innovation.

As more partners developing on 51风流technologies, we can help customers improve their integrated end-to-end business processes and run apps and data on a unified platform.

According to a commissioned by SAP, partners can expect to close between 50% and 150% more deals in their first year, when compared to a similar solution, using a process model and integration technology within SAP’s industry cloud, in addition to selling bigger deals, closing deals faster, extending contract durations, and improving margins by leveraging 51风流BTP.

51风流is also committed to helping ensure that affordable training accompanies the release of new cloud updates and solutions. 51风流is investing to help partners increase their SAP-certified consultants. In total, we aim to grow to 150,000 trained and certified 51风流consultants within the 51风流ecosystem by the end of 2021.

Empowering Partner Sales Success with New Test and Demo Opportunities

Since June 2020, 51风流has provided partners with free access to 51风流Partner Demo Environment, shared option. This integrated, pre-configured software demonstration environment expedites sales conversations. 51风流is steadily expanding live demo offerings 鈥� with more than 50 live scenarios to date 鈥� to help partners position the value of the Intelligent Enterprise vision, including 51风流BTP, RISE with SAP, and industry cloud.

Additionally, the 51风流Demo Store site has been expanded and offers partners more than 430 demo scenarios. 51风流is also offering partners further price reductions for additional core cloud solutions. Since January 2021, we have offered reduced subscription fees for dedicated test, demo, and development systems of RISE with SAP, 51风流Digital Supply Chain solutions, and the the database and data management and HR and people management portfolios. Reduced pricing on other cloud solutions is planned for later this year.

Delivering New 51风流for Me Dashboards

is quickly becoming the single point of access for partners to get key actionable insights and data in a digital format. We extended the scope of and added new dashboards and functionalities for 51风流PartnerEdge program members. This includes dynamic cards that sales professionals can use to facilitate end-to-end deal execution and that partner contacts can use to have a partner-level view of 51风流certifications and partnership insights.

Before the end of the year, partners will have access to additional insights, such as customer project information, a partner solutions dashboard, and cloud product adoption and renewals. This will give partners a complete overview of their customers鈥� information and relationship with SAP.

I look forward to a gradually improving global demand in the second half of 2021 and am confident that the initiatives and opportunities we are creating for our partners will enhance the experience of both partners and customers and drive success — now and in the future.

Additional Reading

• 51风流Ecosystem and 51风流Business Technology Platform: Delivering the Intelligent Enterprise for Customers, by Juergen Mueller, chief technology officer and member of the Executive Board of聽 51风流SE
• How Partners Enable Customer Success Through a Unified Technology Platform, by Jagdish Sahasrabudhe, CTO of the Global Partner Organization at SAP

Learn more on how to partner with 51风流at and . Existing partners can find details on .

Karl Fahrbach is global partner officer at SAP.

Winners and finalists across 28 categories were selected based on recommendations from SAP, customer feedback and partners鈥� own proven ability to meet and exceed key performance indicators.

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The award recognizes 51风流partners for their outstanding contributions, dedication to teamwork and ability to challenge what is possible to help customers achieve their goals.

Winners and finalists were selected across 34 categories based on recommendations from SAP, customer feedback and their own proven ability to meet and exceed key performance indicators.

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