The opportunities in the MENA region, which both companies are seeking to leverage, comprise end-to-end implementations, upgrades, migrations and a host of maintenance services.

As the initiative seeks to cover the entire MENA region, Satyam will be joined by six other companies, which will be selected by SAP from its list of global partners.

In addition to the MENA collaboration, Satyam has also been named SAP's 'national implementation' partner for India, US, Singapore, Japan and Australia-New Zealand.

"Satyam is concentrating on strategic investments and developing various composite solutions on SAP," SAP's director and vice president for testing practice Manish Mehta said in the statement.

"We are focussed on delivering niche domain solutions for our customers thereby further enhancing the value of SAP solutions, and together delivering significant business value to our customers."