At CeBIT, SugarCRM partner Kinamu wins most innovative IT and communications solution for small -and -medium- sized enterprises at CeBIT conference in Germany.
CUPERTINO, Calif (March 13, 2008) –
SugarCRM Inc., the world’s leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software, today announced that Kinamu, an Austrian provider of SugarCRM solutions, won the most innovative IT and communications solutions in the On-Demand category at CeBIT for its solution connecting SugarCRM and SAP. The award was presented by Initiative Mittelstand, which recognizes innovative solutions addressing the needs of small and medium-sized business in German-speaking markets.
Kinamu, based in Vienna with offices in Munich, combines Sugar Professional and SAP ERP into a ‘solution-as-a-service’. The Kinamu solution enables companies to integrate Sugar Professional with SAP in real-time, synchronizing system parameters and customer master data such as account and contact details. Kinamu provides support for the initial implementation, day-to-day operations, hardware and software maintenance and end-user support in a monthly subscription per user and without any cost of initialization.
“This award demonstrates the level of innovation Kinamu is achieving in bringing enterprise-grade features to the small and medium-sized business market,” said Dr. Christian Knoll, co-founder and board member of KINAMU Business Solutions AG. “Companies of all sizes need end-to-end visibility into their business and Kinamu’s solution delivers on that process in a low-risk, cost-effective manner.”
“Kinamu’s solution is a testament to the power of partners around the world to extend and benefit from the commercial open source model,” said John Roberts, co-founder and CEO, SugarCRM. “SugarCRM congratulates Kinamu on this prestigious award and is proud to count it as a SugarCRM partner.”
To learn more about the Initiative Mittelstand awards, please visit www.imittelstand.de.
About Kinamu Business Solutions AG
Kinamu provides innovative solutions for CRM and ERP based on SugarCRM and SAP. The offer is a complete bundled package including the software, the required server hardware (an on premise solution), software maintenance, the implementation and customization of the software at customer site as well as a full support offer for the product and the customer’s end users. For more information, please visit www.kinamu.com or call +43 1 306 20 0.
About SugarCRM
SugarCRM is the world’s leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software for companies of all sizes. SugarCRM easily adapts to any business environment by offering a more flexible, cost-effective alternative than proprietary applications. SugarCRM’s open source architecture allows companies to more easily customize and integrate customer-facing business processes in order to build and maintain more profitable relationships. SugarCRM offers several deployment options, including on-demand, on-site and appliance-based solutions to suit customers’ security, integration and configuration needs. For more information, call (408) 454-6900 or 1 87 SUGARCRM toll-free in the US, email contact@sugarcrm.com, or visit http://www.sugarcrm.com.
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Source: SugarCRM