| | may 20146CIOReviewCopyright © 2014 CIOReview, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewMAY - 2014CIOReview's circulation is audited and certified by BPA International (Audit Pending). Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.936.8381, F:510.894.8405 may 2014, volume SE 08 Published by CIOReview To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com Editor-in-Chief Pradeep ShankarManaging Editor Christo JacobEditorial StaffSalesCharles MatthewsGeorge ThomasHarvi SacharHetal ShethJoshua ParkerJudy ChristinMatthew JacobNeha KuduvalliRuby JonasSherly JamesSebastian Jacobsebastian@cioreview.comT:510.565.7564Lawrence Tselawrence@cioreview.comDaniel Craigdaniel@cioreview.comKevin Morriskevin.morris@cioreview.comVisualizersStephen ThomasMohammed HaneefsAp Technology specialCIOReviewThe departures of high profile executives Vishal Sikka, top innovation chief and the brain behind HANA, and Shawn Price, who led the company's cloud business earlier this month, and appointment of Bill McDermott as sole CEO ushers in a new era at SAP. Analysts say the broader management shift will make SAP more similar to its U.S. rivals including Oracle and Microsoft.SAP is transitioning to a cloud model. Just a week ago Microsoft and SAP expanded their cloud-computing partnership. The move aims to increase customer access to SAP's business software and applications in the cloud. To push its brand, SAP is launching a chain of HANA-branded cafes, starting in Silicon Valley. The eateries aim to attract entrepreneurs, programmers and designers.SAP's Americanization goes beyond product design, offering and marketing. McDermott is on a "personal mission" to expand in the U.S., where SAP's market penetration lags its European market share. The company generated $2.42 billion in revenue last quarter in Europe, Middle East and Africa, compared with $1.44 billion in the U.S.As McDermott's tries to shift SAP transformation into high gear, all eyes will be glued to SAP's SAPPHIRE conference in Orlando at the beginning of June where McDermott will deliver his big pitch to customers about SAP's inflection points.While SAP reinvents and ups the ante on cloud computing, we believe SAP ecosystem players will have a key role to play. Keeping this in mind and to help our readers in their selection of SAP partners, CIOReview presents to you most promising SAP solution and consulting providers. The solution providers showcased in this special edition deliver expertise and experience to enhance SAP platforms that their clients need. We at CIOReview recognize their efforts in helping customers of all sizes adopt innovation easily, gain results rapidly, grow sustainably and ultimately run better with SAP solutions. Some of these solution providers have comprehensive portfolio of offerings spanning the complete lifecycle of SAP enterprise solutions -- enabling enterprises to transform, enhance and optimize their business processes.If you're an SAP customer, we'd love to hear from you on how your SAP solution partner matters to your business.Pradeep ShankarEditor-in-Chiefeditor@cioreview.comEditorialReinventing SAP
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