ARAGO Consulting and Synchrony Global Announce Strategic Partnership

SYDNEY, October 24, 2016 – ARAGO Consulting, an IT services company specialised in cloud human capital management (HCM) solutions in Europe, and Synchrony Global, a leading provider of cloud HCM solutions in the Asia-Pacific region, today announced a strategic global partnership at SAP SuccessFactors SuccessConnect in Sydney.

The new alliance will allow ARAGO Consulting, an SAP gold partner in Europe, and Synchrony Global, an SAP silver partner in Asia-Pacific, to develop and market their best-in-class cloud HCM solutions globally.
Through the alliance, ARAGO Consulting gains presence in Asia, with Synchrony Global acting as a regional representative and delivery centre, while Synchrony Global extends its partnership network further in Europe and the Americas.

“ARAGO Consulting and Synchrony Global share the same positioning. In addition to our positions in Europe, Middle-East and the Americas, this partnership allows us to provide our clients with worldwide support during and after their projects, including high-quality implementation and post go-live services,” explained ARAGO Consulting President Jean-Christophe Péaudeau.

“This partnership will result in a global reach and better customer support for the businesses we both serve,” said Synchrony Global CEO Darcy Mark Lalonde. “As SAP partners, Synchrony Global and ARAGO Consulting are committed to delivering on our clients’ confidence in our implementation capabilities, which reflect some of the highest-quality HCM solutions and services available.”

“We are pleased with this partnership between ARAGO Consulting and Synchrony Global,” said Denis Tournesac, senior vice president and global head of Partner Operations at SAP SuccessFactors. “By joining the strengths of these two SAP partners and HR cloud specialists, they will have an expanded territorial presence that we expect to bring even more value to clients around the world.”

Members of the Synchrony Global team will be speaking at SuccessConnect Sydney. ARAGO Consulting is a Silver Sponsor for SuccessConnect Vienna on November 28-29.

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About Synchrony Global
Synchrony Global is a leading provider of innovative and transformational HR solutions and services to local, regional and global organisations across the world.

Synchrony Global’s services optimise HR services through innovative technology and robust high quality operational cloud services. The company’s service delivery framework caters for the entire employee lifecycle from attract to hire to retire.

Synchrony Global is headquartered in Singapore, a global delivery centre in Manila, and offices in Kuala Lumpur, Sydney, Melbourne, and Dunedin, NZ.
www.synchronyglobal.com

About ARAGO Consulting
Founded in 2010, ARAGO Consulting is a leading HCM cloud solutions specialist, dedicated to implementations of SAP® SuccessFactors® and WorkForce Software EmpCenter® solutions.

ARAGO Consulting supports a large variety of customers of all sizes in all sectors in Europe and in the Middle-East with end-to-end services, from business requirements definition and project inception, to implementation services, data factory, training, post go-live support and HCM operational support.

ARAGO Consulting is one of the historical and Premium SuccessFactors partners in Europe and an SAP gold partner with « SAP Recognized Expertise in HR Cloud Solutions », with over 360 implementations of SAP SuccessFactors solutions.

ARAGO Consulting is established in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Colombia. www.aragoconsulting.eu

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