NTT Data completes acquisition of Oz SAP services provider

Peter Dinham
Monday, 31 August 2009 08:34

IT Industry - Strategy

White said Extend had grown rapidly in Australia since its launch in 2003, and he maintained the company’s success was based on “deep relationships with customers, innovative thinking, a supportive working environment, a dynamic management team and a commitment to superior customer service,” adding that NTT Data demonstrated a “similar culture and shared values, which was a key driver for the agreement.”

Extend will work with the existing NTT Data organisation in Asia Pacific and Japan and with itelligence in Europe and the US to deliver SAP solutions to regional and multinational customers, and according to White the partnership will enable Extend to tap into the regional growth opportunity with organisations that are expanding across the Asia Pacific region, a market opportunity he says is estimated to be worth US$3 billion by 2012.
 
SAP Australia New Zealand president & CEO, Tim Ebbeck, said Extend Technologies was a highly valued SAP partner,” and he said the company was “the power behind a number of lighthouse SAP customers and they make a significant contribution to the SAP ecosystem in Australia.  Through their work in the SAP ecosystem Extend is enabling SAP to fulfill our strategic purpose to make the world run better.”

Ebbeck said the acquisition of Extend by NTTD would enable many more companies to benefit from Extend’s “winning culture and innovation across the Asia Pacific region,” and it would also “open up a significant regional market opportunity for Extend customers and their people, providing access to global resources and reach.”