Press Release: Cost-saving and risk-free access to the ERP world

Vienna, November 6th, 2007 –Former SAP managers found the time was ready to set up a new company, the KINAMU Business Solutions AG, in order to put a pioneering concept into effect: to provide midsized companies with ERP solutions that do not require any initial investment but are easily and quickly to implement, without causing any risk on the customer’s side and are being delivered at a low, easy-to-calculate monthly price without requiring specific internal knowledge.  The new approach is to offer a solution that is based on the most successful and highly developed ERP product, which is SAP, and to provide a complete package of hardware, software, implementation, system administration, end user support and training at a fixed monthly fee per user.

Midsized companies have long attracted the attention of ERP solution providers. Those in favour of a tried-and-tested product like SAP were confronted with substantial initial investments, an average implementation period of 6 months and more and with the necessity of specially trained internal SAP experts. The benefits of ERP programs are widely acknowledged and considered as an essential factor for a successful and efficient business operation. Due to the above mentioned criteria many midsized companies have either chosen suboptimal alternative solutions with all its inadequacies or have refrained from introducing ERP systems altogether. This is why Christian Knoll, Alexander Simon, Michael Hubl and Marcus Riedler began to search for the optimal solution.  At the beginning of 2007 they founded the KINAMU Business Solutions AG to promote the adoption of “best-in-class business solutions in the SME segment. By so doing, they want to enhance the competitiveness of SMEs and make their business IT fit for the global market.

The new KINAMU model which, however, is no leasing model allows keeping initial investments comfortably low unlike usual SAP implementation. Thus investment requirements are clear and affordable for midsized businesses. The KINAMU solution at fixed costs per user and month enables thorough planning and can easily be adjusted to the needs of a growing enterprise. KINAMU is able to shorten the usual implementation period of 6 months to only 4 to 6 weeks. The overall service package includes hardware, necessary software licenses as well as maintenance fees, customization processes, continuous support and administration of the system.

“By entering into a partnership with KINAMU Business Solutions AG and thus promoting a new distribution model SAP will be able to strengthen its focus on midsized businesses,” says Robert Leitner, responsible for partner management at SAP. “The customers will benefit from the profound SAP know-how of the KINAMU staff and may thus be able to enter into the SAP world without any risk and at fixed prices,” says Leitner further. SAP Austria cooperates with about 100 partners in various fields such as the distribution of solutions for medium sized businesses (SAP Channel Partner), SAP consulting (Service Partner) and external operation of SAP solutions (Hosting).

Information on KINAMU

The KINAMU Business Solutions AG was founded by the former SAP managers Christian Knoll, Alexander Simon, Michael Hubl and Marcus Riedler as an independent company with its headquarters in Schwechat at the beginning of 2007. KINAMU aims at providing IT business solutions for midsized businesses based on “best-in-class” applications and Open Source software. In a nutshell, KINAMU wants to provide a total package of cutting edge technology at an attractive price. What is new in the KINAMU model is to offer CRM and ERP solutions without initial costs and financial risks at the customer side by guaranteeing a quick implementation at a clearly calculable fixed price per user per month. To use the solution efficiently no in-house SAP expert knowledge will be required. For further information please see http://www.kinamu.com.

Information on SAP

The SAP AG with its headquarters in Walldorf, Germany, is the leading supplier of business software. SAP provides a comprehensive portfolio of business solutions for large enterprises and midsized companies based on the technology platform SAP NetWeaver as well as efficient standard solutions for small and midsized companies. With a portfolio of more than 25 specific solutions SAP supports key processes in sectors such as industry and trade, finances, high-tech, health business and public administration. This is how organizations are able to successfully handle all internal business processes and manage external business with customers, partners and distributors and to considerably enhance the added value in your company. More than 43.400 customers in 120 countries of the world use SAP solutions. Founded in 1972 SAP is the third largest independent software provider with representative offices in 50 countries. In the business year 2006 SAP made a turnover of € 9.4 billion. Today, SAP employs more than 42.750 people, 14.500 of which work in Germany. For further information see www.sap.de or www.sap.com.

The SAP Austria GmbH was founded in 1986 as first representative office abroad. In 2006 the company made a turnover of € 130 million. SAP Austria employs more than 450 people, 170 of which attend to international activities. The world’s only SAP management centre is to be found at the premises of the monastery Stift Klosterneuburg, Lower Austria. This so-called SAP Business School Vienna offers a postgraduate study in information systems to be finished with a Master of Business Administration (MBA). For further information see www.sap.at.

For further information please contact:
Dr. Christian Knoll
KINAMU Business Solutions AG
Am Concorde Park 2 / Top F12
2320 Schwechat Austria
E-Mail: office@kinamu.com
http://www.kinamu.com
Telefon: +43/1/30620-0

Mag. Manfred Lepuschitz
Leopold Kommunikationswerkstatt
Riemergasse 6/10, 1010 Wien
E-Mail: office@leopold.cc
Mobil: +43/664 816 15 95