APOS Systems Named SAP® BusinessObjects™ Technology Partner of the Year, North America

APOS Receives 2008 North American Partner Award from SAP at Partner Summit Americas for Delivering Most Compelling Standalone Application Leveraging SAP BusinessObjects Technology

Kitchener, Canada, March 11, 2009 --(PR.com)-- APOS Systems Inc. today announced it has been named 2008 SAP® BusinessObjects™ Technology Partner of the Year, North America. Awards were granted by SAP America, Inc. and SAP Canada, Inc. to the top-performing SAP channel partners and SAP BusinessObjects partners in North America for outstanding contributions in revenue, marketing and customer service.

“This is our third consecutive SAP BusinessObjects Technology Partner of the Year award,” said Dan Clements, president and CEO of APOS Systems. “We appreciate SAP’s recognition as we continue to develop solutions that yield lower TCO (total cost of ownership) and higher ROI (return on investment) for clients using SAP BusinessObjects solutions by providing deeper control over system monitoring, administration, deployment, and integration.”

Selected from SAP’s wide-ranging North American partner base of SAP channel partners and SAP BusinessObjects partners, nominations were evaluated on numerous criteria to determine winning partners in each product category. As the recipient of the SAP BusinessObjects Technology Partner of the Year, North America award, APOS has been honored as the technology partner in North America that delivered the most compelling standalone application leveraging SAP BusinessObjects technology.

APOS Systems received the award at a special awards ceremony held on February 23 in San Diego at Partner Summit Americas 2009, an annual gathering of SAP sales executives and partners to learn about SAP’s sales methodology, best practices, business growth opportunities and product innovations. The focus of this year’s summit was on helping the SAP partner ecosystem succeed by providing the thought leadership and tools they need to win in the new reality. This year’s Partner Summit hosted more than 650 attendees from the U.S. and Canada. Awards were presented by Tom Cooper, senior vice president, SME, SAP.

“SAP commends APOS Systems on receipt of the 2008 SAP BusinessObjects Technology Partner of the Year, North America, demonstrating a strong commitment to the SAP partnership and our joint customers,” said Tom Cooper. “Through its leading performance and revenue growth in 2008, APOS has demonstrated the value of our customer-focused ecosystem, thereby extending the value of SAP applications to our joint customers through its strong efforts.”

Offering incomparable knowledge and over a decade of expertise in enhancing and extending the SAP BusinessObjects platform, APOS Solutions has helped more than 750 customers in over 30 countries worldwide further extend and maximize their investments in SAP BusinessObjects XI solutions.

Pleased with the performance enhancement APOS Solutions provided them, Lynn Lagowski, Manager of Enterprise Insights Platforms of Southwest Airlines confirmed, “We have saved time, which translates into money. The solutions assist in enhancing the productivity of our report developers, and more importantly, our administrators overseeing the use of SAP BusinessObjects solutions.”

About APOS Systems Inc.
APOS is an SAP software solution partner in the SAP PartnerEdge™ program, offers a solution that has achieved certified integration with SAP BusinessObjects software, and is a participant of the SAP EcoHub solution marketplace.

APOS was named the SAP BusinessObjects Technology Partner of the Year, North America for the past three years for delivering the most compelling stand-alone application leveraging SAP BusinessObjects technology. APOS was recognized as having perfected applications that have extended and supported SAP BusinessObjects solutions for more than 13 years.

APOS delivers solutions for advanced system management (APOS Administrator), system monitoring (APOS Insight), report and object back-up/archive/restore (APOS Storage Center), report bursting and distribution (APOS Publisher); integration with Microsoft Outlook, and integration with ESRI GIS mapping solutions. APOS Solutions fill the demand for special functions without the need for custom development. APOS development services often use APOS Solutions as the foundation to fast track custom development projects.

APOS Systems Inc. is headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada with sales offices in Vancouver, BC, Canada and in London, UK. More information about APOS Systems Inc. can be found at www.apos.com.

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