SAPMarkets Announces First Certified Marketplace Hosting Partners; SAPMarkets Establishes High-Quality Standards for Hosting of Marketplaces.Business Editors/Technology Writers MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2000 SAPMarkets, Inc. today at Systems 2000 announced a certification program for marketplace hosting partners. Hewlett-Packard Operations and Siemens Business Services were announced as certified See certification. marketplace partners for the European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. region -- the first companies to receive certification under the new program. SAPMarkets, the SAP AG (company) SAP AG - (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung - German for "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing") A company from Germany that sells the leading suite of client-server business software. The US branch is called SAP America. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SAP) subsidiary dedicated to creating and powering globally interconnected business-to-business marketplaces, is the first vendor to offer such a program for marketplace hosting partners. To earn certification, the hosting partners have to show marketplace hosting experience and participate in a training program and technical audit to ensure that their companies have the skills, infrastructure, administration, application management, security, services and support necessary to effectively host the solution. The certification program is supported by SAPHosting. "Through the certification process, Hewlett-Packard Operations and Siemens Business Services have proven that they have the experience in e-business hosting to ensure the smooth operation of e-marketplaces as well as MarketSet(TM) and Enterprise Buyer, the joint e-marketplace solution from SAPMarkets and Commerce One Inc.," said Bernd-Uwe Pagel, managing director of SAPMarkets Europe. "Given the tremendous cost and effort needed to set up an e-marketplace, businesses need assurances that their e-marketplaces will have the best chances for success," said Jens Bohlen, director of Hewlett-Packard Operations Germany. "Having SAPMarkets certification allows us to provide those assurances as we compete for new business in the competitive business-to-business market." "As e-marketplaces become more pervasive pervasive, adj indicates that a condition permeates the entire development of the individual. and important for our customers' business, SAPMarkets certification allows us to show them that we have the necessary training and skills to enable rapid implementation and long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. efficient operation of the e-marketplace," said Joerg Rosentreter, vice president of Enterprise Resource Planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. at Siemens Business Services. About Commerce One and SAPMarkets In June 2000, SAPMarkets and Commerce One (Nasdaq:CMRC CMRC Canadian Motosport Racing Club CMRC Commerce One Inc. (stock symbol) CMRC Caribbean Marine Research Center CMRC Crime Mapping Research Center CMRC Credit Management Research Centre (UK) ) announced the teaming of Commerce One's leading e-marketplace infrastructure and B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business solutions with top-rated mySAP.com e-business applications from SAP (NYSE:SAP) and SAPMarkets. The joint offering combines e-procurement with collaborative services for trading communities, dramatically reducing cycle times, improving customer relationships and increasing productivity for businesses worldwide. The Commerce One and SAPMarkets team strategy is unique in the industry, including product strategy, co-engineering, joint marketing, sales and support, and thus offers enterprises and trading communities a single source for the entire range of open business-to-business solutions and e-marketplaces. Commerce One is located in Pleasanton, Calif., and can be reached via the Internet at http://www.commerceone.com. SAPMarkets, based in Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif., can be found at http://www.sapmarkets.com. More information on SAP can be found at http://www.sap.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. based on beliefs of SAP management. Any statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. The words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "should," and "will" and similar expressions as they relate to SAP are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views and assumptions of SAP, and all forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially from expectations. The factors that could affect future SAP financial results are discussed more fully in SAP filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the SAP Annual Report on Form 20-F for 1999 filed with the SEC on April 7, 2000. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates. SAP undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. (c) Copyright 2000 SAP AG SAP, MarketSet and mySAP.com are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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