Sapphire Takes No.1 Spot in SAP Business One Sales for Second Quarter

Buying trends in the small and midsize business (SMB) sector help to consolidate Sapphires position as the top SAP Business One partner in United Kingdom for the second consecutive quarter.

(PRWEB) July 19, 2005 -- Sapphire Systems plc was today announced as the number one SAP Business One Channel Partner for the period of 1 April 2005 to 30 June 2005 -- further consolidating their position as the UK Market Leader for the SAP Business One solution.

SAP Business One is from SAP -- the worlds leading provider of business software solutions - and represents an affordable, end-to-end software solution that helps companies integrate their entire business operation and strengthen their bottom line.

Ian Caswell, Sapphires Managing Director commented "We are witnessing a trend in the SMB sector for an affordable software solution that can support all business processes, across the entire company. Business owners in the SMB market have learnt that by installing a proliferation of disparate business systems you risk serious data integrity issues -- meaning that an increase in IT and administration overheads is often necessary to keep the both the systems and the business running. Its this realisation that is driving the demand for SAP Business One - and one which I believe is a major factor that is helping us to win deals when competing with more 'traditional finance solutions such as Sage, Access Accounts and Exchequer".

This trend was recently evidenced at the Partners Group -- a leading City Recruitment Firm, who replaced their Access Accounts solution with SAP Business One. Tinder Mundair, Financial Controller for the Partners Group explains: to stay competitive, we knew that we had to provide more in-depth, timely analysis for better decision-making. With SAP Business One we can store our financial, customer, human resources and sales information in one system - meaning we are able to effectively track a huge range of performance measures. With our previous systems it could have taken days to consolidate the data ...and we would have had to manually manipulate many spreadsheets to come up with the same answers".

Martin Royle, Sapphires Services Director adds When a company chooses SAP Business One from Sapphire they often do so because of our reputation for providing a first-class services portfolio. By giving top priority to delivering a robust, successful implementation we ensure that our customers get outstanding value from SAP Business One over the long term."

Caswell concludes "The Sapphire team has a long-term intention of being the largest SAP Business One Partner in the UK. To achieve the top reseller status for two consecutive quarters is a great accomplishment and one that we intend to build upon for the future."

About Sapphire Systems plc

Sapphire is the largest SAP Business One reseller in the UK and a global leading SAP Business Partner. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered their clients wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions. Sapphire was originally founded in 1986 and today provides software, services, support and advice from their offices in London and Manchester to some 450 customers worldwide.

About SAP

SAP is the worlds leading provider of business software solutions. SAP® solutions are designed to meet the demands of companies of all sizes-from small and midsize businesses to global enterprises. Today, more than 21,600 customers in over 120 countries run more than 69,700 installations of SAP® software. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol SAP."

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