Deloitte Receives SAP® North America Partner Excellence Award 2016 for SAP SuccessFactors® Solution Services

NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2016 — Deloitte today announced that it is the recipient of an SAP^® North America Partner Excellence Award 2016 for SAP SuccessFactors^® Solution Services. Awards were presented by SAP (NYSE: SAP) to top performers in the North America region that have made outstanding contributions to driving customers’ digital transformation. Recipients of this year’s awards have been – in collaboration with SAP – helping customers adopt innovation easily, gain results rapidly, grow sustainably and run more simply with SAP solutions.

“This award validates our dedication to leveraging SAP SuccessFactors solutions to transform HR and deliver real, lasting business value to our clients,” said Beth Thiebault, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, and leader of the global practice for the SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite. “It’s an established, winning strategy that blends our practical business experience with targeted technology know-how and our proficiency with SAP SuccessFactors solutions – all to help clients get results that can position them for the future.”

Nominations for the SAP Partner Excellence Awards were based on internal SAP sales data. A steering committee composed of regional and global SAP representatives determined winning organizations in each category according to numerous criteria such as sales achievement and performance. Awards were presented in a variety of categories, including overall sales, innovation, technology, services and solution-specific areas.

“SAP congratulates Deloitte as the recipient of the SAP North America Partner Excellence Award 2016 for SAP SuccessFactors Solution Services,” said Rodolpho Cardenuto, president, Global Channels and General Business, SAP. “This award is a testament to the amazing work and value that Deloitte continues to deliver. Together with our partners, we deliver simple solutions for growing companies. As we move into 2016, we look forward to continuing to support our partners to grow their opportunities with SAP and to jointly deliver value for our customers.”

Deloitte has received multiple awards from SAP. With more than 12,000 practitioners dedicated to SAP solutions in its global network, Deloitte has served more than 3,000 clients, assisting them in their efforts not only to efficiently implement SAP solutions, but equally as important, to realize business value from those investments.

Deloitte received its award during the SAP Field Kick-Off Meeting Las Vegas, an annual gathering of SAP executives, SAP field employees and partners. It is SAP’s largest yearly sales meeting, intended to gain and exchange information on SAP’s strategy, sales methodology, business growth opportunities and product innovations as well as drive results during the upcoming year.

To learn more about Deloitte’s focus on solutions from SAP SuccessFactors – and to discover how the Deloitte approach to partnering on HCM challenges can deliver meaningful outcomes and value – visit www.deloitte.com/sap.

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