Ecenta extends its branch in the Baltic States

Online, October 7, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Walldorf / Riga, October 7th, 2010 - To meet the growing demand for individual SAP implementations and to speed up the development of customized SAP solutions ecenta establishes a new branch in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The ecenta Baltic Labs will support SAP projects worldwide, strengthen the product development department and - in the medium term - push the growth of ecenta in Eastern Europe.

Up to 25 employees will constitute the starting team of the ecenta Baltic Labs in Riga. However, the products and consulting firm that specializes in complex implementation projects for SAP Business Suite software, aims to grow the branch quickly. For ecenta the short distances to Russia, the two other Baltic States and Scandinavia as well as the nation´s membership the European Union make a good case for a positive development of the business. In addition the company expects to grow its team by highly qualified graduates from the universities in Riga who stand out due to great language skills, high motivation and know how.

The ecenta Baltic Labs are going to support Sap projects for ecenta in Europe, Australia, Asia and the USA onsite and offsite from Riga. The team will also support the development and implementation of ecenta's specialized SAP product packages such as Product Analytics and Business Intelligence on Demand.

"Our new colleagues in Riga can cover almost all areas of SAP solutions that are relevant for us", said Dr. Thorsten Wewers, Board Member of ecenta AG. "This includes SAP Business Communications Management, SAP CRM, Business Warehouse and Business Objects as well as BPM and several variations of Sap ERP. The mobile solutions from our partner Sky Technologies are also part of our portfolio and so are mobile CRM and Mobile Workflow for SAP Business Suite from Sybase."

With the help of the ecenta Baltic Labs the company also aims to support the distribution of its latest SmartUp solutions - industry-specific offers for SAP CRM and SAP Business Communications Management (SAP BCM). SAP BCM is an all-IP communications platform that includes all features for multi channel business communications. The stand-alone installation replaces conventional telephone systems at several locations and creates one virtual telephone system that brings together all communications channels, different locations and even remote workers on one single platform. In combination with SAP CRM the solution becomes even more powerful. Using only standard ports and formats SAP BCM can be completely integrated with SAP CRM in less than 14 weeks - for a fixed price. Besides the SmartUp solutions "BCM for SAP CRM" and "BCM for Utilities" ecenta offers "CRM for Insurance" as well as "CRM Simply Box" and its new SAP CRM IT Service Management solution.

In the medium term ecenta will serve the growing markets in Eastern Europe from Riga. The cultural similarities to Central Europe as well as to Russia, the language skills of the people and their high qualifications create a perfect environment for us", said Thorsten Wewers. "The decision to invest in the branch in Riga was highly important for us from a strategic and operational point of view. We now have more resources to handle projects all over the globe, to strengthen our development department and to develop the markets in Eastern Europe with some other SAP partners."