JOHANNESBURG, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- SYSTIME, the largest Oracle JD Edwards practice globally, announced today the expansion of its international presence by opening offices in Johannesburg (Gauteng) and Cape Town, South Africa.

SYSTIME's presence in South Africa reaffirms the company's commitment to provide a local presence globally to all clients.

The South African and greater Africa market is an important growth region for us, said Dale Kaplan, SYSTIME's Vice President and recently appointed South African Business Head. Our presence in South Africa, strengthens our ability to service our global clients that operate in the African regions. By adding South Africa to our global footprint, we bring the focus that is needed to provide flexible and agile services to these regions.

Dale continues, SYSTIME's competitive advantage of providing high quality JD Edwards and other skilled resources at very competitive levels is especially advantageous at this time of economic uncertainty. SYSTIME's Global Delivery Model, JD Edwards Financial Shared Services and low-cost Upgrade Assessment offerings are examples of SYSTIME's focus in meeting current economic demands. Bottom line is that we are the best choice when it comes to JD Edwards solutions!

SYSTIME's success in the USA, Europe, India, UAE, Singapore, Australia and Japan, is a reflection on the excellent quality of work the integrator delivers. Oracle, the JD Edwards software vendor has recognized SYSTIME as a leader in the JD Edwards field and has awarded the Titan Awards for JD Edwards excellence in the USA for three consecutive years and for two consecutive years in India.

With its flexible global delivery model and a dedicated team of over 600 JD Edwards' consultants, SYSTIME has capabilities to provide innovative business solutions to JD Edwards customers in the region. These customers will benefit from SYSTIME's mature processes and domain expertise that have underpinned the success of its numerous client engagements across the globe. said Dale Kaplan

SYSTIME provides end-to-end JD Edwards services that include offshoring, business intelligence solutions and providing solutions based on Oracle's Edge products (Agile and Demantra). SYSTIME will expand its services portfolio, depending on future market conditions.

SYSTIME is sponsor of the South African Oracle User Group Conference in Durban, providing new, exciting and cost effective options to the current JD Edwards existing install base customers.

For more information, please visit http://www.SYSTIME.netor e-mail info@SYSTIME.net

Media Contact

Dale Kaplan - dkaplan@SYSTIME.net

Swati Varma - svarma@SYSTIME.net, +91-22-27783100

Media Contact: Dale Kaplan - dkaplan@SYSTIME.net; Swati Varma - svarma@SYSTIME.net, +91-22-27783100