28 June 2021

NTT wins SAP's Partner of the Year Award; delivers customer excellence for cloud transition

Increased efficiency on NTT Cloud with SAP ERP software solution to enable enterprises achieve superior business planning

Bangkok, Thailand – 28 June 2021 - NTT Ltd., a leading global technology services company, today announced that it has received a 2021 SAP^® Pinnacle Award in the ‘Global Outsourcing Service Partner of the Year’ category, which recognizes its outstanding contributions as an SAP partner for demonstrating excellence in managing customer environments in the cloud, on-premise, and hybrid scenarios. The award also recognises NTT as a trusted advisor to its customers in managing transition to cloud solutions with Rise with SAP and acknowledges the partnership with SAP as its key strategic partner to provide solutions and services to help businesses achieve their digital transformation seamlessly.

With this integration of the state-of-the-art platforms and solutions on enterprise cloud with RISE with SAP, the latest ‘Business transformation-as-a-Service’ solution from SAP, enterprise customers will experience real-time data processing and analysis to make faster and more accurate decisions. Rise with SAP will also help to evaluate business planning around efficient budget management and production processes in response to the changing business needs to suit the "new normal" world.

Mr. Sutas Kongdumrongkiat, CEO for NTT Ltd. in Thailand, who is also responsible for company operations in Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos, said, “We are honored to be recognized by SAP as a 2021 SAP Pinnacle Award winner. This latest award is confirmation that NTT has been recognized by SAP for our high-quality delivery of professional and managed services globally. NTT and SAP have held a long and successful global strategic partnership. Today, we are very pleased to expand our association to deliver innovations and services to the Thai market.”

“With provision of consultancy services in infrastructure, IT management, solutions and applications development, we can help customers across industries, including manufacturing, automobile and financial sector to enhance the efficiency of business planning and make operations run smoothly by using our end-to-end services,” said Mr. Sutas.

He added, “With the utilization of real-time data access and analytics, organizations can drive business with greater flexibility. It also helps save investment budgets, drive business success and enhance business operations to run smoothly through simplified data insights and innovative solutions.

By integrating NTT Cloud with RISE with SAP service and ERP software solution, businesses can estimate budget allocation for investment, procurement, sales & distribution, and manufacturing. In addition, they can also increase the efficiency of their financial management through a reliable and advanced analytics process, with innovative information security included.

“I would like to congratulate NTT in receiving a 2021 SAP® Pinnacle Award in the ‘Global Outsourcing Service Partner of the Year’ category and I look forward to following their ongoing success as they continue to deliver outstanding projects in Thailand and across the region.” said Atul Tuli, SAP Indochina Managing Director. “Our recent digital transformation with RISE with SAP is a result of the successful partnership cultivated over the years between SAP and our partners NTT, which help customers to achieve process efficiencies and cost savings from flexible business processes and agile ability. We look forward to continuing our journey with NTT.”

This partnership is an extension of the global cooperation between the two companies. To deliver superior experience and transparency to customers as they upgrade their work processes and transition to the cloud, NTT and SAP will work together at all levels starting from infrastructure development to system development and ensure that client businesses get utmost benefit from this transition.

NTT and SAP have worked together for over 30 years to support organizations' business needs worldwide. This deep relationship enables both companies to leverage our best capabilities and expertise to deliver solutions that help companies transform into intelligent enterprises. Our joint solutions lead to a unified and automated collaboration across customers, suppliers, retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers. A digitally connected value chain improves performance, transforms the customer experience and enables new business models. Access to real-time data and analytics helps enterprises leverage vital information to drive agility and resilience across the value chain.

NTT categorizes SAP S/4HANA cloud service into the following three groups to meet customers’ demands:

1. SAP S/4HANA public cloud: the service offers a complete modern native SaaS ERP solution with full benefits of public cloud. With SAP ERP as a cloud-based service, customers do not need to install hardware and software or concern themselves with system administration. The service is designed to serve business needs and speed up innovation.
   
   
2. SAP S/4HANA private cloud: the service helps customers migrate the existing ERP environment to the private Cloud-based platform. It offers the flexibility of a traditional on-premise applications with a full and extensive ERP functionality.
   
   
3. SAP S/4HANA on-premise: organizations will have a complete control and ownership of applications and data landscape, along with the ability to manage unique customer-specific needs which cannot be addressed by public or private cloud offerings. They can also utilize their existing IT departments, infrastructure, budget and IaaS vendor agreements while being compliant with industry-and-country-specific regulatory requirements.

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About NTT

NTT Ltd. is a leading global technology services company. Working with organizations around the world, we achieve business outcomes through intelligent technology solutions. For us, intelligent means data driven, connected, digital and secure. Our global assets and integrated ICT stack capabilities provide unique offerings in cloud-enabling networking, hybrid cloud, data centers, digital transformation, client experience, workplace and cybersecurity. As a global ICT provider, we employ more than 40,000 people in a diverse and dynamic workplace that spans 57 countries, trading in 73 countries and delivering services in over 200 countries and regions. Together we enable the connected future.

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About SAP

SAP’s strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, we help companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: 77% of the world’s transaction revenue touches an SAP® system. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers’ businesses into intelligent enterprises. SAP helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want – without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables business and public customers across 25 industries globally to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, SAP helps the world run better and improve people’s lives. For more information, visit www.sap.com.

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NTT Thailand
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