Effective April 1, 2021: itelligence | NTT DATA Business Solutions will operate as NTT DATA Business Solutions

Rebranding as NTT DATA Business Solutions is part of NTT DATA’s global growth initiative

BIELEFELD, GERMANY – News aktuell – 30 March 2021 -
itelligence | NTT DATA Business Solutions, one of SAP’s largest partners
globally, which generated annual sales of some 1.072 billion euros in calendar
year 2020 with SAP-centric consulting, managed and co-innovation services, will
operate under the new company name NTT DATA
Business Solutions AG as of April 1. The previous
separate branding will be transformed to match the NTT DATA
branding. The rebranding of the company forms part of a major global growth and
branding initiative conducted by NTT DATA.

credits: NTT DATA Business Solutions / Constantin Ranke. Together with NTT DATA, one of the globally most successful IT service providers, we are opening a new chapter in our corporate history today

credits: NTT DATA Business Solutions

credits: NTT DATA Business Solutions

 

NTT
DATA Business Solutions AG will remain a stand-alone company with headquarters
in Bielefeld, Germany. With more than 10,000 employees worldwide, the NTT DATA
Business Solutions group will operate in the market independently. Headed by
CEO Norbert Rotter, the executive board and management will continue their
responsibilities as before. All contracts with customers, partners and service
providers associated with the group will stay valid.

 

“Together
with NTT DATA, one of the globally most successful IT service providers, we are
opening a new chapter in our corporate history today,” says Norbert Rotter, CEO
NTT DATA Business Solutions, “that will further increase our visibility. At the
same time, our main focus remains on being the globally leading SAP partner and
reseller to the SME sector. With the power of NTT DATA, we will make further
inroads into the large enterprise market as well. I am sure that the
well-respected NTT DATA brand will help us to be more successful and well-known
worldwide. We will also attract more high potentials to start their
international career at NTT DATA Business Solutions.”

 

Global
branding initiative within NTT DATA group starting April 1

“We
have taken another major step towards global brand integration,” says Kaz
Nishihata, Senior Executive Vice President & Representative Director, NTT
DATA. “I believe that strengthening the NTT DATA brand will allow us to provide
high-quality services more broadly to clients throughout the world and achieve
business growth. As NTT DATA grows to become a TOP 5 IT service provider, NTT
DATA Business Solutions will play an important role by strengthening and
enhancing its SAP-centric business solution offerings.”

SAP
expertise and aspirations documented in the mission statement: We Transform.
SAP^® Solutions into Value

NTT
DATA Business Solutions offers customers and institutions an extensive
portfolio comprised of consulting, managed and co-innovation services based on
SAP® products and solutions. With offices in 30 countries currently, NTT DATA
Business Solutions helps customers in their transformation to become an
intelligent enterprise. NTT DATA Business Solutions is one of a few Platinum
Partners of SAP and part of the SAP PartnerEdge® program and runs five data
centers of its own. According to analyst firm ISG, NTT DATA Business Solutions
is leading the field globally in the implementation of SAP S/4HANA® and in
assisting customers with their systems transformation. To date, NTT DATA
Business Solutions has realized, or is currently implementing, more than 460
SAP S/4HANA projects.

 

Karl
Fahrbach, Chief Partner Officer at SAP said: “Our recent offering RISE with SAP
demonstrates the immersive collaboration with partners at SAP. Our ecosystem of
partners is key to achieving our ambitious goal, and partners like NTT DATA
Business Solutions testify effectively to the power of long-term side-by-side
business collaboration.”

 

“Guaranteeing
significant added value and success along all transformation processes and
meeting our clients´ individual requirements is our highest aim,” explains CEO
Norbert Rotter. “The new mission statement expresses the aspirations of NTT
DATA Business Solutions succinctly: We Transform. SAP® Solutions into Value.”

 

Following
on from the intensification of the collaboration between NTT and SAP SE put
into effect last year, all parties now welcome the current branding initiative.
Not only will NTT DATA Business Solutions benefit from joining the NTT DATA
branding in the domestic SME market, it will also help it to attract potential
large enterprise customers due to the high profile of the NTT brand.