The world's leading business technology event, combined with the largest SAP conference organized by customers — that was “SAPPHIRE NOW and ASUG Annual Conference” in Orlando/Florida at the beginning of May. For KGS Software GmbH, participation in the double event was the starting signal for a stronger focus on the US market in the future. kgs succeeded in Orlando with its solutions for intelligent archiving — in particular the latest product KGS HawkEye^®, which allows SAP applications to be connected to any storage device. A first fully functional demo version was shown at the event.

kgs used their first participation in a US trade fair to network, explore market opportunities and develop an even better understanding of the SAP strategy and to identify potential new partners. “There was tremendous interest in our solutions,” says Winfried Althaus, managing director of the kgs Group, “the participation brought us numerous leads and lively exchange of experiences with customers, SAP executives, partners and experts from all areas of the SAP ecosystem.” The most important impression: There is a clear need for lean archiving solutions such as those offered by KGS. Serving this requires the development of a US partner network.