Award Presented at Kick-Off 2026
Dallas, TX – March 30, 2026 – Cognitus, an IBM Company today announced it is the recipient of an SAP® Partner Awards North America 2026 for SAP Business Suite Success. Awards were presented by SAP (NYSE: SAP) to the top-performing SAP partners in the North America region that have made outstanding contributions to driving digital transformation for businesses that use SAP solutions. Recipients of this year’s awards have been – in partnership with SAP – helping customers adopt innovation easily, gain results rapidly, grow sustainably and run more simply with SAP solutions.
“This recognition reflects the strong business outcomes that we continue to deliver for our customers with the power of SAP,” said Pat Sathi, CEO of Cognitus, an IBM Company. “With SAP Business Suite, we are helping businesses embrace SAP’s AI-driven, clean-core cloud ERP by combining a fit-to-standard methodology, proven industry expertise, and the flexibility to choose what works best for their business needs. Together with SAP and IBM, we are focused on making SAP transformations more practical, predictable, and accessible for businesses of every size.”
Selected from SAP’s wide-ranging partner base, nominations for the SAP Partner Awards were based on internal SAP sales data. A steering committee composed of regional and global SAP representatives determined winning partners in each category according to numerous criteria such as sales achievement and performance. Awards were presented in a variety of categories, including overall sales, innovation, technology, services, and solution-specific areas.
“Our success in North America is driven by the strength of our collaborations. Throughout 2025, we focused on empowering our partners to lead with innovation, leveraging RISE and GROW with SAP to solve our customers’ most complex challenges,” said Annie Busch, Chief Commercial Partner and Alliances. “The partners we honor today have shown incredible dedication to our shared vision, demonstrating that when we are fully aligned, we can accelerate growth for businesses of every size. I am proud to celebrate an ecosystem that remains as resilient as it is innovative.”
Cognitus is an SAP Gold Partner and has been a market leader in SAP transformations for 20+ years. As an SAP Gold Partner and a Build, Sell, Service, Run, and Co-Innovation Partner, the company combines deep implementation expertise with purpose-built solutions that address real-world operational and regulatory challenges. Its SAP-endorsed offerings are widely used by government contractors and regulated industries to strengthen compliance and modernize core processes. At the same time, Cognitus is a designated SAP GROW Partner, helping high-growth and midmarket organizations accelerate cloud adoption using SAP-certified industry accelerators to enable faster, more predictable outcomes. This approach is reflected in their global customer success, where Cognitus consistently helps deliver scalable, business-ready SAP transformations, leveraging both SAP GROW and RISE with SAP digital journeys.
Cognitus received its award during Kick-Off 2026, a gathering of SAP executives, SAP field employees and partners.
About Cognitus
Cognitus, an IBM Company, helps enterprises accelerate transformation with deep SAP expertise and AI-driven innovation. Backed by IBM’s global scale and advanced capabilities, we enable organizations to modernize faster, reduce risk, and gain rapid time-to-value.
From strategy through implementation and beyond, we partner closely with our clients to deliver measurable, lasting business outcomes. As a trusted SAP partner, we leverage the latest SAP technologies and tools to help businesses maximize the value of their SAP landscape and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving market.
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