OREANDA-NEWS. April 12, 2016. SAP’s program was listed as winner of the 5-star rating once again in the 2016 Partner Program Guide of the CRN magazine March 11 issue.  This most recent award makes it for a straight decade now that SAP PartnerEdge has consistently earned the top rating from The Channel Company, the publishers of CRN magazine, an IT-channel publication.

The 5-Star Partner Program Guide rating recognizes an elite subset of companies that offer solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs. The rating is a stamp of approval for prospective partners looking to choose a vendor.

Obtaining the 5-star rating for 10 years straight is a sign that SAP has been doing the right things to evolve the program structure to meet the needs partners in a digital age, said Rodolpho Cardenuto, president of Global Business Partners. “Our consistent mantra is to put partners first. And, we have been doing exactly that with the SAP PartnerEdge program,” he said.

“Receiving the 5-star rating for 10 years in a row is an accomplishment for all of us that let’s partners know that SAP is a great company to our partner channel,” Cardenuto said.

In addition, SAP PartnerEdge program is helping guide partners to make their own digital transformation. The program has evolved its digital footprint through marketing and communications, digital content, a modern infrastructure with the SAPPartnerEdge.com partner portal and the always-on digital enablement platform.

Lastly, Cardenuto pointed out that obtaining the 5-star rating for a 10th year proves that SAP PartnerEdge is a true next-generation program that can manage expansion, absorb new partner business models and continue to ride the waves of innovation for the next decade.