SAP to Commence Recruitment of 75 additional Jobs

SAP/Business Objects is a key player in Ireland’s ICT sector and the commencement of recruitment of an additional 75 positions is welcome news. SAP has a reputation as a growth and innovation-led company and since setting up its first operation in Ireland has repeatedly upgraded its mandate here.

Barry O'Leary, IDA CEO

Dublin, Barry O’Leary, IDA CEO today (Friday May 21st 2010) welcomed the announcement by SAP/Business Objects, the world’s leading provider of business software, to commence recruitment of 75 staff in Dublin.

Recruitment of the positions is to begin immediately. Some of the 75 jobs will be in functions that are new to SAP in Ireland including the building out of the company’s Telesales eCentre and in technical support functions.

Commenting on the announcement, IDA CEO Barry O’Leary said, ‘SAP/Business Objects is a key player in Ireland’s ICT sector and the commencement of recruitment of an additional 75 positions is welcome news. SAP has a reputation as a growth and innovation-led company and since setting up its first operation in Ireland has repeatedly upgraded its mandate here.’

‘Current activities in Ireland include the provision of Services and Support for its customer base in EMEA and the US and a software development lab in Dublin which develops next generation business analytics software. Today’s commencement of recruitment marks a significant milestone for SAP/Business Objects as it will see its employment figures rise to over 1,000.  On behalf of IDA I look forward to working closely with SAP/Business Objects as it continues to develop its operations in Ireland.’

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Editors Note
About Business Objects
As an independent business unit within SAP, Business Objects transforms the way the world works by connecting people, information and businesses.  Together with one of the industry’s strongest and most diverse partner networks, the company delivers business performance optimization to customers worldwide across all major industries, including financial services, retail, consumer-packaged goods, healthcare and public sector.  With open, heterogeneous applications in the areas of governance, risk and compliance; enterprise performance management; and business intelligence; and through global consulting and education services, Business Objects enables organisations of all sizes around the globe to close the loop between business strategy and execution.


About SAP
SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software (*), offering applications and services that enable companies of all sizes and in more than 25 industries to become best-run businesses.  The company develops enterprise software applications that enable companies of all sizes to run its operations e.g. finance, customer relationship management, human resources and supply chain management, more efficiently.  With more than 47,800 customers (excludes customers from the acquisition of Business Objects) in over 120 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE, under the symbol “SAP.” 

(*) SAP defines business software as comprising enterprise resource planning and related applications.

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IDA Ireland
Thomas McEvoy, Press Manager, Tel: 01 603 4255, Mob: 087 7426684
Antoinette Tyrrell, Press Officer, Tel: 01 603 4255, Mob: 087 7572053