Partnership and Certification

SAP partners play a pivotal role as members of the SAP Community Network and reap substantial business and educational benefits through their community participation. Partners receive a cost effective way to stay current with SAP's latest technologies and customer requirements, opportunities to publicly demonstrate thought leadership so as to drive demand for their services and solutions, and recognition for significant contributions through programs and awards. Learn more.

SAP Helps Partners Build Complementary Applications for Customers

With the new SAP Guidelines for Best-Built Applications that Integrate with SAP Business Suite, partners can build complementary solutions that meet customer expectations for integration, support, usability, and reliability. Richard Probst, SAP's Vice President for Ecosystem Technology and Architecture, introduces the new guidelines book and dedicated page.

New ESR Content Certification released by SAP ICC

SAP's Integration and Certification Center (ICC), Co-Innovation Lab, and enterprise service development governance team collaborated to define the new Enterprise Services Repository content certification (NW-ESR-CNT) now generally available. Partners aiming at investing into the enhancement of their solutions through SAP SOA methodology-compliant services can now certify their solutions. All certified solutions will be listed on the NW-ESR-CNT certified solutions page, along with the underlying SOA-related content. The new NW-ESR-CNT certification is one of the key elements of SAP's initiative around Partner-delivered Enterprise Services.

Partner Resource Center

 Overview

 Certification - Provides access to the ICC, where partners can learn about the integration and support of SAP solutions with third-party software

 Partner Programs - Cultivate a broad ecosystem comprised of various partners that work together within industries to create solutions and value for customers

 Best-Built Applications - The guidelines provide recommendations to partners to build applications that fully complement SAP Business Suite software

  SAP EcoHub - Offers partners a community-powered solution marketplace where they can showcase their services and solutions directly to potential customers

 Co-Innovation Lab - Facilitates project-based co-innovation with other members of the global SAP Co-Innovation Lab network

 News and Events - The Partner Enablement Calendar provides an overview of many activities and events specifically for SAP partners

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