SummIT to help Pakistan's business community harness the momentum of country's economic growth

As part of its global tour, SAP Malaysia holding a two-day conference "Pakistan summit 2005" in Karachi. Opening today, the conference programme corresponds to SAP's need to be closer to its world-wide customers while expanding its coverage by working closely with its partners.
This unprecedented conference event aims at drawing the proactive, forward-thinking professionals and senior executives to learn about the latest happenings, updates and technology in the business world. As an internationally acclaimed firm SAP is closely involved in developing IT culture in Pakistan's business sector.
Highlighting the scope of conference, Mr. Eric MacDonald, Managing Director of SAP Malaysia, Pakistan and Brunei stated "summIT 2005 is our premier conference event and will feature a broad range of informative presentations, demos, and panel discussions. There will also be industry-specific conference sessions with expert speakers and thought leaders from around the world," said Eric MacDonald. "As a response of the current economic & business growth in Pakistan, the SAP summIT is intended to help local businesses of all sizes effectively capture new opportunities, and accelerate business growth," he further explained.
Riding on the growth of the country's economy, the conference will provide business-critical information and growth strategies for local enterprises of all sizes, including multinational companies and private enterprises, as well as small and medium-sized businesses.
Utilising a series of inspirational speeches and tailored breakout sessions for both enterprise and SMB segments, this two-day conference and exhibition perfectly complements SAP's unique corporate strategy, and reflects this year's summit theme of "Experience, Insight and Innovation".
With SAP's comprehensive solutions, growing companies in Pakistan - no matter they are big corporations or small-to-medium size businesses - can rely on SAP and quickly gain a competitive advantage at the lowest cost. The feedback from customers who have upgraded to mySAP ERP is incredibly positive. Released one month ahead of schedule, mySAPTM ERP has quickly become the world's leading ERP solution, featuring industry-leading business analytics, financials, human capital management, operations and corporate services functionality. With mySAP ERP, SAP has evolved from automating end-to-end processes within an organisation to extending processes beyond the enterprise to the entire ecosystem of customers, suppliers and partners, ultimately providing companies with a single solution that increases efficiency and manages the innovation and growth of the entire organisation.
As an unprecedented congregation of proactive, forward-thinking professionals and senior executives of its kind in Pakistan, the SAP summIT 2005 is taking place with the full support of its valued customers, world-class technology leaders and solutions partners.
In addition to forward-thinking presentations from SAP's regional management the SAP summIT 2005 was supported by leading IT vendors such as Siemens, Abacus Consulting and Sun Microsystems.
Various utilities offered by SAP in a business environment will be discussed during the second day of the summIT 2005. These include, Consultancy, Education, Active Global Support, Telecommunications, Utilities & Consumer Product Goods.
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