On the eve of SAP Sapphire Vienna 07, Axon won the SAP Pinnacle Award for Regional Excellence - EMEA NEWS.

SAP's global partner award programme honours and recognises SAP partners that have made significant contributions to the SAP community and ecosystem in 2006.

SAP Pinnacle Awards are granted to leading SAP partners that have excelled in developing their partnership with SAP and mutual business by providing high-quality products, solutions and services to our customers. Winners are selected based on nominations received from partners and SAP employees. This year, 25 award recipients were chosen from a group of 154 nominees. Each nomination was evaluated according to predefined criteria.

Steve Cardell, CEO, commented:

"SAP and Axon working together to win and deliver transformation projects has been a consistent winning combination. Our partnership has broadened and strengthened over the past ten years and I am delighted that Axon has been recognised for its EMEA-wide contribution to the SAP eco-system. Axon’s focus on building solutions that provide the business outcomes our clients seek enables us to leverage the SAP technology set more effectively than our competition. I look forward to the continued success of this partnership."

Full details of all the winners can be found at www.sap.com

For further information on Axon's win, contact Jo Bennett .