Published On: 2016-09-28

September 28th, 2016 – New Delhi, India – NTT DATA Global Delivery Services Private Limited, India, (hereinafter referred to as NTT DATA) today announced that it has won the SAP Partner Awards 2016 in the SAP Cloud Partner of the Year for SuccessFactors. The award was received by Mr. Srinivasa Katakam Rao, Senior Vice President & Head of India Sales, NTT DATA in a ceremony held at New Delhi on September 6, 2016.

To acknowledge and appreciate this contribution of the partners, SAP India engaged with them at its Annual Partner Summit 2016 in New Delhi. SAP Partner awards recognizes the importance of the partner ecosystem that have helped customers go beyond ERP and adopt SAP’s innovation solutions - SAP S/4HANA, SAP Hybris, Analytics and Cloud solutions SuccessFactors and Ariba. The summit witnessed participation from other partners from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. 

This prestigious award showcases NTT DATA’s capability to service customers on all modules of Success Factors and facilitated up-gradation of HR process knowledge and tools at various customers end. This is the second consecutive award for NTT DATA as they were recognized for the “SAP Cloud Partner of the Year” award last year as well.

Leveraging its strong HR process background, service capability in SAP, geographical scale and cost effectiveness, NTT DATA provides a clear differentiation to its customers with industry-focused pre-configured templates and tools. Our agile 80-10-10 methodology accelerates the implementation process – from strategic planning, through deployment, to support and training – through an iterative, adaptable and demonstrable process. Having completed many large SuccessFactors implementations around the world across and in multiple industries including life sciences, discrete manufacturing, distribution, professional services, retail, hi-tech and healthcare, it is now poised to encourage more entities to adopt the HCM solution on the cloud.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Srinivasa Katakam Rao said, “We are extremely delighted to have been recognized by SAP. This honour is an assurance of our growing presence in the market, thereby facilitating growth and expansion in the segment. We consider that our customers’ success is our success. We have mainly designed our strategy to excel on deliveries making our client’s businesses future ready.”

“This recognition puts us on the front-runner in the category, thereby facilitating growth and expansion for us ahead. We would like to thank SAP for their on-going trust, support, training and guidance extended to us during the years we have grown leaps and bounds,” added Mr. Rao.

“Adoption of transformational business application on Cloud is one of the key milestones of an organisation’s journey towards digital transformation,” said Mr. Atul Sareen, Vice President and Head of Cloud Sales, SAP India. “Winning the SAP Partner Award is a testament to NTT DATA’s great value towards their customers. We congratulate team NTT DATA and will continue to support them grow along with SAP to enable our customers journey in the Digital Economy.”

About NTT DATA:

NTT DATA is a leading business and IT services provider and global innovation partner with 80,000 professionals based in over 40 countries. NTT DATA emphasizes long-term commitment and combines global reach and local intimacy to provide premier professional services, including consulting, digital, managed services, and industry solutions. We’re part of NTT Group, one of the world’s largest technology services companies, generating approximately $100 billion in annual revenues and partner to 85% of the Fortune 100.