Global Referral Program from SAP

SAP recently launched a global program that rewards referrals from both SAP partners and nonpartners in the SMB market. The referral program is designed to provide resellers and ISVs with an easy way to start working with SAP, especially if they are not currently authorized SAP partners.

“This is an addition to our PartnerEdge partner program and it fits very well into our overall SAP strategy of expanding our ecosystem and closely collaborating with various kinds of partners,” says Astrid Poelchen, manager, SME Media Relations, SAP. “The motivation to launch this program is that we are expanding our reach, as this program is open to our partners but also to companies [that] are non-SAP partners at the moment.”

Program benefits include a member referral fee of 5 percent of the net software license value of a closed deal, access to a referral member portal, and the ability to register opportunities and track the referred leads. The portal also provides exclusive sales materials on the complete portfolio of SAP SMB solutions, along with opportunity qualification tools and e-learning sessions.

See http://www.sap.com/ecosystem/partners to learn more.