SAP AG and Satyam Computer Services Ltd, have announced a new partnership. Under the new agreement, Satyam has become a SAP global services partner to help Fortune 1000 companies worldwide to reliably and rapidly implement SAP solutions and transform business processes.

"This agreement represents an important milestone for Satyam to be included in this prestigious group of SAP partners," said Manish Mehta, director and senior vice president and global head, SAP/Testing Practices, Satyam. "This SAP partnership status is a testimony to Satyam’s commitment and expertise in delivering SAP solutions. We will continue to invest in and grow our already significant SAP business, not only in established markets, but in emerging ones such as the Middle East and Eastern Europe. An example of this is our commitment to have a sizeable pool of consultants trained in SAP value engineering approaches during 2008 to further augment our business transformation services to clients."

"SAP is pleased to take its relationship with Satyam to the next level by making it a global services partner," said Manfred Heil, senior vice president, Global Ecosystem and Partner Group, SAP. "Satyam has a strong track record of transforming customers’ business processes together with SAP, and will help extend the value of our customer-focused ecosystem."