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Reliable and Affordable SAP® Business All-in-One Solution with SAP® MaxDBTM Database and SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell to Be Preconfigured, Pretested and Preinstalled on HP Systems

ORLANDO, Fla. - May 05, 2008 - SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced its intent to introduce preconfigured, pretested and preinstalled SAP® Business All-in-One solutions on HP BladeSystem and HP ProLiant server technology. Building upon the recently announced SAP Business All-in-One fast-start program, the new comprehensive, cost-effective turnkey solution will include SAP Business All-in-One and the SAP® MaxDBTM database, which will be based on SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell and delivered with systems built on the HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure. The resulting solution will deliver seamless interoperability, high performance and reliability, lowered costs and an enhanced set of functionality for midsize companies in the manufacturing, service and trade industries. Furthermore, this all-inclusive offering reduces companies’ time to value and lowers total cost of ownership (TCO). The announcement was made at SAPPHIRE® 2008, SAP’s international customer conference, being held in Orlando, Florida, May 4-7.

The HP BladeSystem c3000 running SAP Business All-in-One integrates computing, networking, management, power and cooling, storage and data protection within a single, affordable and easy-to-manage enclosure designed specifically for midsize businesses. The modular and reliable design of this turnkey solution simplifies setup, operation and change management, while the intelligent tools and built-in management interfaces provide efficient remote solution management. All components of the application and IT infrastructure are tested and documented as an HP Solution Block to provide an extremely reliable and stable environment that helps ensure maximum system availability and productivity. HP Insight Control software further reduces TCO by automating management tasks from a single control.

“This new offering further simplifies the deployment and use of on-premise solutions and helps drive the adoption of integrated business solutions in the SME market,” said Robert Vetter, senior vice president, Global SME Business Development, SAP AG.

“The combination of advanced HP BladeSystem technology with SAP Business All-in-One creates a simple, affordable and reliable solution that delivers high availability and performance at low costs,” said Urs Renggli, director, Worldwide Small and Midmarket Business, HP. “This powerful combination allows midsize customers to save money while driving growth. Delivered by regional networks of qualified HP partners, the offering can be optimized to meet the needs of specific requirements.”

Proven Efficiency
SAP and HP have been collaborating for nearly 20 years to help support their customers’ business requirements by creating application environments that help ensure their IT infrastructures work seamlessly. HP is the leading technology provider for SAP customers running SAP MaxDB based on SUSE Linux Enterprise.

PharmLog, a logistic service provider for pharmaceutical companies, is one of several hundred SAP Business All-in-One customers already reaping the benefits of using the HP infrastructure. PharmLog chose the combination of SAP Business All-in-One, SAP MaxDB, SUSE Linux Enterprise and HP infrastructure because it needed a business management system capable of reliably handling the demanding logistics of its business — up to 1.0 million packaging units per day in the German market — while still being easy touse and affordable.

“SAP MaxDB is a very stable and easy-to-use database,” said Matthias Rempe, SAP administrator at PharmLog. “After the very easy installation, it needs minimal maintenance. Minimal maintenance by the system administrator is much more important than the lower license fees.”

Invitation to Joint Ecosystems
Many partners have voiced approval of the availability of HP BladeSystem c-Class as part of the fast-start program.

“We have explored the capabilities of the new installation wizard that is part of the SAP Business All-in-One fast-start program and are very impressed with the reduction of the implementation time of the SAP Business All-in-One solution stack,” said Uwe Bohnhorst, COO, itelligence AG. “We can now rely on a proven preconfigured, pretested and preinstalled solution with low TCO. We are convinced that the solution will help us better support midsized companies in all of our markets.”

SAP MaxDB Completes a Winning Combination
A recently completed benchmark shows that this solution — combining SAP, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SAP MaxDB on HP hardware — offers excellent performance on a low-cost basis for midsize customers.

“With SAP MaxDB, we provide our customers with a superior database technology for the SME market, as SAP MaxDB is custom built and tuned for SAP’s applications and customers,” said Vetter. “For example, since most of its administrative tasks are fully automated, the TCO is low, reliability is high and the database performs very well. By offering SAP Business All-in-One solutions integrated with HP ProLiant server blades and the HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure via the fast-start program, we keep our promise to further decrease TCO for our customers.”

For more information on SAP solutions for small businesses and midsize companies, please visit http://www.sap.com/sme

For more information on the SAP Business All-in-One fast-start program, see http://www.sap.com/solutions/sme/businessallinone/solutionoverview/index.epx?tab=FastStart

For more information on the SAP’s Referral program, see April 3, 2008 press release titled, “SAP Expands and Supports Ecosystem by Rewarding Companies Worldwide for New Business Recommendations.”

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