Getting the Most from Your Partnership with SAP

The combined expertise, experience, and insights of the SAP ecosystem and partner network lead to better solutions for our customers. As an SAP partner, you can tap into resources that will help you grow and maximize business results. When you join our partner network, you gain access to more than 30 years of experience spanning 25 industry segments.

Benefits of becoming an SAP partner include:

• Access and exposure to SAP's customer base
• Entry into a collaborative environment where partners support one another and work toward greater customer success
• Access to our partner-only portals for product, marketing, sales, and competitive information
• Sales and marketing assistance
• Technical support
• Participation in SAP events
• SAP Referral Program – Many kinds of partners and organizations, even those who do not have a direct relationship with SAP, can earn substantial referral fees through our SAP Referral Program.

Partnering with SAP puts the strength of one of the most successful, respected software brands behind you. After joining one of SAP's nine partner categories, you'll interact with many professionals globally in our ecosystem.

Our channel manager program ensures that each partner receives appropriate SAP support resources, including sales, marketing, and business planning assistance, specific business opportunities, online collaboration tools, and technical support. We are dedicated to ensuring that our partners have tools and information to succeed.

Partner Categories

• Business process outsourcing (BPO) providers – Deliver business process services based on SAP solutions, including human resources, procurement, finance, and accounting processes, to companies who want to outsource them
• Channel partners – Capitalize on the expanding small and midsize enterprise (SME) market by utilizing our broad portfolio of SME partnering opportunities that are designed to empower you. We have the programs and opportunities that fit your capabilities and business.
• Content partners – Integrate data, intellectual property, or information services with SAP solutions
• Education partners – Work with SAP to deliver high-quality, professional training for SAP solutions and technology
• Hosting partners – Offer a portfolio of hosting services for SAP Business Suite applications and the SAP NetWeaver technology platform, including application management services
• Service partners – Help SAP customers design, implement, and integrate SAP solutions; optimize business processes; and provide strategic business consultation
• Software solution partners – Develop applications integrated with SAP solutions and have passed SAP's certification or validation process. These third-party software vendors' applications extend and add value to SAP solutions across industries and business processes
• Support partners – Ensure that customers receive the best possible support throughout the life cycle of SAP solutions
• Technology partners – Provide infrastructure for SAP solutions, including hardware platforms, databases, storage systems, networks, and mobile devices

Whether you're looking to increase your customer base, develop your market, or collaborate with other industry leaders, becoming an active partner in the SAP ecosystem is your first step toward success.