SAP® TechEd ’06 Sets Sights on Bangalore

Rapidly Growing Ecosystem Underscores Interest in SAP’s Open, Standards-Based Platform and Enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture

SAP Empowers Its Ecosystem to Turn Enterprise SOA Innovations into Superior Customer Value

BANGALORE, India - October 30, 2006 - SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that the SAP® TechEd ’06 conference makes its final stop on November 8 in Bangalore, India. Over the last two months, more than 15,000 software developers, business process experts, consultants, IT managers and SAP partners from throughout the SAP ecosystem have participated in the various SAP TechEd ’06 conferences around the globe to deepen their knowledge and build relationships. The event theme, “Empowering an Ecosystem of Innovation,” reiterates SAP’s commitment to execute on its enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) road map and to foster co-innovation across its customer base, partner organizations and SAP itself. Numerous events are designed to empower the more than 3,300 participants expected in Bangalore.

In-depth lectures and hands-on workshops cover a wide range of technical and business topics. A major focus of the 350 hours of educational sessions is on enterprise SOA and SAP NetWeaver®, the open, standards-based platform for modeling, developing and implementing state-of-the-art business processes. Further topics include analytics, custom Java EE 5 development and mySAP™ ERP 2005 as the “go to” release for SAP® R/3® customers.

SAP TechEd ’06 Bangalore also features a keynote presentation by Claus E. Heinrich member of the executive board, SAP AG, on SAP’s product strategy and how the company continues to focus on furthering innovation and simplifying solution consumption.

“SAP TechEd provides an excellent opportunity for industry experts, customers and partners to engage in the process of mutual exchange, collaboration and education that is essential for an ecosystem to drive innovation in the industry,” said Heinrich. “SAP is committed to building, nurturing and supporting a broad ecosystem of partners around its solutions and welcomes customers and partners from around the world to bring their experience and offerings to the table in Bangalore.”

In addition to the official SAP TechEd ’06 agenda, further activities in Bangalore are designed to empower the thousands of SAP developers, consultants, partners, enterprise architects and business process experts in attendance. These activities include Demo Jam and the SAP Developer Network Day, which combines last year’s successful “SDN Meets Labs” events with the SDN Clubhouse, blending the SDN virtual online community (at http://sdn.sap.com) with live and in-person events to create a real-world SDN experience for conference delegates. SDN Day attendees will participate in networking, technical education and hands-on demo sessions directed at developers and other technologists on Tuesday, November 7th.

A Growing Commitment to India
SAP has located one of its SAP TechEd conferences in India in recognition of the country’s rapidly growing enterprise software market and as a demonstration of SAP’s commitment to serving companies of all sizes in the region. In August, SAP announced that it has elevated India to the status of a strategic hub and has inaugurated a new office in Gurgaon to help SAP sustain and build on its current market share momentum. With more than 1,150 customers and 2,500 installations in India, SAP currently possesses 54 percent of the ERP market and anticipates further growth in many regions of the country. Therefore, SAP plans to invest $1 billion over the next five years to further expand its footprint in the region, enhance operations and service to new and existing customers and utilize the talent in the region to increase the research and development contribution of SAP Labs India to 20 percent of the company’s global research and product development efforts.

SAP® TechEd ’06 in Las Vegas, Tokyo, Amsterdam and Bangalore
A total of more than 15,000 SAP customers, partners and technical community are convening at SAP TechEd events in 2006. Their objective is to learn how to transform existing business processes and IT landscapes into an enterprise SOA blueprint. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, SAP’s largest technical product education event of the year offers more than 900 hours of lecture-driven and hands-on sessions at each location. Following successful events in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sept. 12 – 15; Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 5 – 6; and Amsterdam, Oct. 18 – 20; SAP TechEd is being held in Bangalore, India, Nov. 8 – 10, 2006. For more information on SAP TechEd ’06 Bangalore, please visit http://www.sapteched.com/india/ or the global SAP TechEd Web site, www.sapteched.com.

About SAP
SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software*. Today, more than 36,200 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP® applications—from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small and midsize enterprises to suite offerings for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises of all sizes around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol “SAP.” (Additional information at www.sap.com)

(*) SAP defines business software as comprising enterprise resource planning and related applications such as supply chain management, customer relationship management, product life-cycle management and supplier relationship management.

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