SAPinsider, the world’s largest and fastest-growing independent membership organization of global SAP professionals with more than 350,000 members, and IDG, the number one tech media company in the world with more than 44 million subscribers, have joined forces in a partnership to better serve the SAP professional community across the globe.

“The SAPinsider community will now have unprecedented worldwide access to our premier events, research and member network, thanks to this exciting new partnership with IDG,” said Jamie Bedard, CEO of SAPinsider. “Working together with SAP, we will lead SAPinsider events in more than 20 countries across the world.”

“At IDG, we believe in the power of peer-to-peer content and in connecting users and buyers of technology. We’re proud and excited to be SAPinsider’s exclusive partner for the global expansion of the valuable services of SAPinsider. We invite the global SAP community to become SAPinsiders, to join the upcoming events in the most relevant markets around the globe and to create and share content with us to make every organization that runs SAP even more successful,” said York von Heimburg, President of International IDG Communications.

Over the past 20 years, SAPinsider has collaborated with SAP to lead the global discussion on selecting, implementing and integrating SAP solutions. SAPinsider’s most recent event in Las Vegas focused on the “Digital Core and Intelligent Platform,” featured keynotes with SAP speakers including Alison Biggan, President, Corporate Marketing, and Ivo Totev, President, SAP, LoB Marketing, and drew an audience of 2,200 attendees from more than 34 countries around the world.

Conference sessions are led by SAPinsider’s expert research team, along with the world’s most prestigious SAP experts and leading global practitioners. SAPinsider attendees benefit from exploring the business value of SAP solutions. More than 250 sessions per event provide hands-on labs, in-depth training, real-life business use cases and live technology product demos to showcase the latest updates and best practices from SAP and its partner network.

The SAPinsider and IDG partnership combines two of the world’s largest event and media organizations to provide SAP professionals with premier global events dedicated to the SAP community.

About SAPinsider​​

​​​SAPinsider comprises the largest and fastest-growing SAP membership group worldwide, with more than 350,000 members across 45 countries. It provides SAP professionals with invaluable information, strategic guidance and road-tested advice through events, magazine articles, blogs, podcasts, interactive Q&As, benchmark reports and webinars. SAPinsider is committed to delivering the latest and most useful content to help SAP users maximize their investment and leading the global discussion on optimizing technology.

Follow SAPinsider on Twitter: @sapinsider

​​​About IDG Communications Inc.

IDG Communications connects the world of tech buyers with insights, intent and engagement. It is the world’s largest media, data and marketing services company that activates and engages the most influential technology buyers. Premium brands, including CIO®, Computerworld®, CSO®, PCWorld®, Macworld®, InfoWorld® and NetworkWorld®, engage the most powerful audience of technology buyers providing essential guidance on the evolving technology landscape.

The global data intelligence platform activates purchasing intent, powering clients’ success. IDG Marketing Services creates custom content with marketing impact across video, mobile, social and digital. They execute complex campaigns that fulfill marketers’ global ambitions seamlessly with consistency that delivers results and wins awards.

Follow IDG on Twitter: @IDGWorld​

​​SAPinsider Media Contact: 
​Yolanda Maggi
EVP, Events & Membership
312-860-4847
yolanda.maggi@wispubs.com

IDG Media Contact: 
Joachim Haack
Spokesperson
jhaack@publikom.com

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