SAP World Tour takes place in more than 50 cities in over 40 countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America and North America.

Karachi – 2nd November, 2011 – SAP unveils solutions that will drive business competitiveness which was presented at the 2011 World Tour held at a local hotel in Pakistan. The business event gathered many of the country’s key large enterprises to come together and share best practices in harnessing the power of business intelligence to help keep up with the changing business landscape.

Commenting on the occasion, Nitin Gangla Head of Indirect Business for South East Asia & Emerging Markets said; “We must embrace change. The key is to evolve and transform with the times.  Mobility, analytics and cloud are more than just buzzwords now; these are starting a real revolution in information technology”.

SAP World Tour takes place in more than 50 cities in over 40 countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America and North America. The global road show has reached more than 240,000 customers, partners and influencers over the last seven years, and is designed to enable dialog with influencers, customers and prospects, along with members of the SAP ecosystem and parties interested in partnering with SAP.  SAP World Tour stops in Pakistan, after equally successful World Tours in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, etc in South East Asia.

Meanwhile Hassan Jamal, Country Liaison Manager, SAP Pakistan said “Key challenge among companies today is how to best tap and analyze the soaring quantity of data, and harness that information to improve the business while maintaining cost efficiency at the same time. Companies will need to be more agile and responsive to the changing business dynamics by enabling access to all the information needed to meet these challenges.  SAP World Tour aims at helping firms understand the solutions on offer, and implement the most appropriate and beneficial solution in accordance with a firm’s size and industry”.

The SAP World Tour offers customers and partners throughout the world a local event to help firms run better. SAP understands pertinent domestic market challenges and is well-poised to offer the right solutions to firms and industries of all types and sizes.

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