NTT DATA — Global SAP partner with strong DACH presence
NTT DATA is one of the largest global IT-services groups, headquartered in Tokyo and operating in more than 50 countries. The DACH SAP business is anchored in NTT DATA Business Solutions, the former itelligence AG headquartered in Bielefeld, which is one of SAP's longest-standing global partners and consistently among the top revenue contributors to SAP's indirect channel. For ERP buyers NTT DATA is most relevant for SAP S/4HANA programmes at the upper Mid-Market and large-enterprise scale, where the combination of certified SAP consultants, mature industry templates, global delivery capacity and multi-country rollout experience is essential. The firm holds the highest tiers of SAP partner certification, runs industrialised S/4HANA migration methodologies and operates a large application managed services practice that supports customers across the SAP product lifecycle.
About
NTT DATA Corporation is the IT-services subsidiary of Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone group, with global headcount in the hundreds of thousands and operations across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. The DACH SAP business operates as NTT DATA Business Solutions, formed when NTT DATA acquired itelligence AG in 2014; itelligence had been a publicly listed German SAP partner since the 1990s. Headquarters of the SAP business are in Bielefeld, with additional German sites in Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Stuttgart and elsewhere, plus offices in Austria, Switzerland and a substantial international network. Headcount across NTT DATA Business Solutions globally is in the high thousands, of which a meaningful share is based in DACH. The firm holds SAP's highest partner certifications and is a Rise with SAP delivery partner. Customers include large German Mid-Market manufacturers, several DAX-listed enterprises, multinational corporations and a substantial book of upper-Mid-Market customers in manufacturing, automotive, consumer goods and life sciences.
Service offering
NTT DATA Business Solutions covers the full SAP customer lifecycle. Implementation services for SAP S/4HANA in Public Cloud, Private Cloud and on-premises editions, plus adjacent SAP cloud products (SuccessFactors, Ariba, Concur, Customer Experience, Analytics Cloud, Integration Suite, Business Technology Platform). Industry-specific templates pre-configure SAP for verticals including discrete manufacturing, automotive, consumer goods, life sciences, professional services and selected public-sector areas. Application managed services cover post-go-live operations at enterprise scale with 24/7 availability across global regions. Cloud and infrastructure services include hosting on hyperscaler infrastructure (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) with German data residency where required. Custom development through the SAP BTP, ABAP RAP and Fiori extends the standard system. Adjacent offerings include SAP integration through the SAP Integration Suite, SAP analytics through SAP Analytics Cloud and Datasphere, and strategic-advisory work around SAP-driven transformation programmes.
DACH positioning
In the DACH SAP partner landscape NTT DATA Business Solutions is one of the top two or three Mid-Market and upper-Mid-Market SAP partners alongside All for One Group and msg-affiliated entities. The firm's differentiator at the upper end of the market is global delivery capacity: for customers running international S/4HANA rollouts to subsidiaries across the Americas, Asia and other European markets, NTT DATA can deliver the template design from DACH and execute country rollouts through its global network rather than relying on a partner-of-partners arrangement. Compliance posture covers German GoBD requirements, DATEV interfacing, German payroll where SAP HCM is in scope, and the upcoming B2B e-invoicing rules. German is the primary working language for DACH engagements with structured bilingual capability. Public-sector and regulated-industry work is supported through dedicated practice areas. The firm operates fully inside the European data-protection framework (GDPR).
Strengths and selection considerations
Strengths to consider: depth of certified SAP consultants, breadth of industry templates, mature S/4HANA migration methodology including brownfield, greenfield and selective data transition approaches, large AMS practice operating across global time zones, and the ability to deliver multi-country rollouts through a single primary partner. NTT DATA Business Solutions is one of the obvious counterparties for any DACH-headquartered enterprise with substantial international subsidiary footprint. Limitations to consider: pricing is in the upper-mid to upper band of SAP partners; for pure-DACH mid-market scenarios without significant international scope, smaller partners may deliver similar packaged content at meaningfully lower total cost. The organisational complexity of a global services group means buyers should clarify which delivery centres and which named consultants will staff the project, and require AMS staffing transparency after go-live. For Microsoft Dynamics 365 customers the firm is not the relevant counterparty (NTT DATA Business Solutions is SAP-focused).
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is NTT DATA the same company as itelligence?
The DACH SAP business of NTT DATA was rebranded from itelligence AG to NTT DATA Business Solutions after NTT DATA acquired itelligence in 2014. The same consulting organisation, the same delivery centres and a substantial share of the same staff continue under the NTT DATA Business Solutions brand. Customers who knew itelligence are dealing with a continuation of that organisation under a new global parent.
Can NTT DATA Business Solutions deliver multi-country SAP rollouts?
Yes — this is one of the firm's declared strengths. The combination of DACH-led template design and NTT DATA's global delivery network allows the firm to lead multi-country rollouts where subsidiaries in the Americas, Asia or other European markets are deployed under a single contractual umbrella rather than through partner-of-partners arrangements. This is a meaningful differentiator at the upper-Mittelstand and enterprise scale.
Does NTT DATA implement Microsoft Dynamics or other non-SAP ERP?
The DACH SAP business under NTT DATA Business Solutions is SAP-focused. The broader NTT DATA group has Microsoft and other technology practices in various countries, but the SAP business is structurally separate. For Microsoft Dynamics 365 rollouts, dedicated Microsoft partners such as Cosmo Consult or other Microsoft Inner Circle partners are the correct counterparties.