Sema Group and SAP Announce Strategic Global
Alliance to
Deliver Integrated Solutions for the Passenger Transport Industry
Business/Technology Editors
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 2, 2000--Sema Group (Nasdaq: SEMA), a
world leading IT and business services company, and SAP, the leading provider
of inter-enterprise software solutions, announced today that they have formed a
strategic global alliance to provide leading edge software solutions for the
passenger transit industry.
The first output of the alliance is a unique industry solution that is highly tailored
by Sema Group to mirror and support the existing processes of the urban
passenger transit industry. Sema Group is also developing new functionality on
the SAP R/3 platform to further enhance the offering to this market. Sema Group
already supports over 60% of the UK bus market and the new product will open
significant opportunities in the wider international passenger transit market. The
solutions will be available from September 2000.
Frank Jones, Executive Vice President of Sema Group, commented, "Sema
Group is delighted to have formed this alliance with SAP as it consolidates our
position as the leading supplier of integrated solutions for the international transit
market. Our customers are increasingly involved in international mergers and
acquisitions and these solutions will assist the integration, consolidation and
streamlining of these organizations to create strong profitable, growth
businesses."
Werner Sommer, Vice President of the SAP Service Provider Industry Business
Unit, said, "SAP has a strategic and established presence for the passenger
transit industry. This strategic alliance with Sema Group will strengthen our
offering and further demonstrate our commitment to support our passenger transit
customers and their efforts to manage future business growth."
Benefits
The partnership combines Sema Group's extensive experience and in-depth
expertise in working with operators in passenger transit with SAP's market
leading knowledge of developing inter-enterprise software solutions.
In addition, Sema Group brings worldwide systems integration capabilities to the
partnership. This will enable the end solutions to fully integrate the separate
divisions within a transit operators' business including support for engineering,
depot operations, financial and commercial activities, e-business and
management information.
About Sema Group
Sema Group, is one of the world's leading IT and business service companies.
The Group's 1999 turnover was (pound)1.41 billion, showing a 20 percent
increase when compared with the 1998 full results. Turnover has more than
doubled over the past five years. The Group has 22,000 staff working across 160
sites worldwide. www.semagroup.com
About SAP
As the market leader of inter-enterprise software solutions, SAP is leveraging its
strength in industry-focused business software and the world's largest enterprise
software customer base to deliver mySAP.com. MySAP.com provides an open
collaborative business environment of personalized solutions on demand. This
enables companies of all sizes and industries to fully engage their employees,
customers and partners to capitalize upon the new Internet economy.
MySAP.com allows people to harness the power of the Internet to work smarter,
better and faster by optimizing supply chains, managing strategic relationships,
reducing time to market, sharing virtual information, and increasing productivity
and shareholder value. SAP is listed on several stock exchanges including the
Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP". The SAP World
Wide Web site can be found at www.sap.com
Alliance to
Deliver Integrated Solutions for the Passenger Transport Industry
Business/Technology Editors
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 2, 2000--Sema Group (Nasdaq: SEMA), a
world leading IT and business services company, and SAP, the leading provider
of inter-enterprise software solutions, announced today that they have formed a
strategic global alliance to provide leading edge software solutions for the
passenger transit industry.
The first output of the alliance is a unique industry solution that is highly tailored
by Sema Group to mirror and support the existing processes of the urban
passenger transit industry. Sema Group is also developing new functionality on
the SAP R/3 platform to further enhance the offering to this market. Sema Group
already supports over 60% of the UK bus market and the new product will open
significant opportunities in the wider international passenger transit market. The
solutions will be available from September 2000.
Frank Jones, Executive Vice President of Sema Group, commented, "Sema
Group is delighted to have formed this alliance with SAP as it consolidates our
position as the leading supplier of integrated solutions for the international transit
market. Our customers are increasingly involved in international mergers and
acquisitions and these solutions will assist the integration, consolidation and
streamlining of these organizations to create strong profitable, growth
businesses."
Werner Sommer, Vice President of the SAP Service Provider Industry Business
Unit, said, "SAP has a strategic and established presence for the passenger
transit industry. This strategic alliance with Sema Group will strengthen our
offering and further demonstrate our commitment to support our passenger transit
customers and their efforts to manage future business growth."
Benefits
The partnership combines Sema Group's extensive experience and in-depth
expertise in working with operators in passenger transit with SAP's market
leading knowledge of developing inter-enterprise software solutions.
In addition, Sema Group brings worldwide systems integration capabilities to the
partnership. This will enable the end solutions to fully integrate the separate
divisions within a transit operators' business including support for engineering,
depot operations, financial and commercial activities, e-business and
management information.
About Sema Group
Sema Group, is one of the world's leading IT and business service companies.
The Group's 1999 turnover was (pound)1.41 billion, showing a 20 percent
increase when compared with the 1998 full results. Turnover has more than
doubled over the past five years. The Group has 22,000 staff working across 160
sites worldwide. www.semagroup.com
About SAP
As the market leader of inter-enterprise software solutions, SAP is leveraging its
strength in industry-focused business software and the world's largest enterprise
software customer base to deliver mySAP.com. MySAP.com provides an open
collaborative business environment of personalized solutions on demand. This
enables companies of all sizes and industries to fully engage their employees,
customers and partners to capitalize upon the new Internet economy.
MySAP.com allows people to harness the power of the Internet to work smarter,
better and faster by optimizing supply chains, managing strategic relationships,
reducing time to market, sharing virtual information, and increasing productivity
and shareholder value. SAP is listed on several stock exchanges including the
Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP". The SAP World
Wide Web site can be found at www.sap.com
