News – 16 April 2021

Portal Systems and Business Systemhaus AG agree on partnership in the Modern Workplace business area

Logos of Portal Systems and Business Systemhaus AG above the graphic representation of a handshake.

Portal Systems (Hamburg) and Business Systemhaus AG (Bayreuth) announced the start of a joint partnership in the Modern Workplace business area in April.

Synergies in the Microsoft Cloud

Business Systemhaus AG supports companies in various aspects of digitalisation and optimisation of business processes. It strategically relies on the modern cloud ERP software Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (formerly Dynamics NAV). The scope of services includes consulting as well as the development of customer-specific requirements and applications in the area of ERP. Also, areas such as Modern Workplace / Digital Office (Microsoft 365 or Office 365), Human Resource Management (Sage HR Suite), Business Intelligence (Jet Reports, Power BI), and IT Infrastructure topics.

Portal System AG is the manufacturer of a range of standard solutions in the area of SharePoint and Microsoft 365. The product portfolio includes solutions for document management, contract management or quality management. All of these applications are based on Shareflex, a platform developed by Portal Systems that enables easy configuration and operation of the solution in the customer’s Microsoft 365 environment. More than 300 companies worldwide already opt for Shareflex and the solutions by Portal Systems.

Better Together: Excellent solutions for our customers

Business Systemhaus AG has decided to become an integration and sales partner for these solutions in the future and to transfer its own solutions to the Shareflex platform. Due to the existing consulting know-how of Business Systemhaus AG, synergy effects result for both sides. For example, the know-how of Business Systemhaus AG in areas such as quality management will be integrated into the further development of the Shareflex templates in the future. Furthermore, it is planned that Business Systemhaus AG will develop its very successful template of the 365Performance series for the topic of complaint management as a Shareflex solution in the future and offer it together with Portal Systems AG. In the medium term, this partnership will result in many advantages for the customers of both companies.

More details on the many opportunities this new Modern Workplace partnership has in store for you will follow shortly. Be curious!

The Management Boards of Business Systemhaus AG and Portal Systems AG.

Frank von Orlokowski (CEO Portal Systems AG) on the left in the picture. Michael Zettl (Board of Directors Business Systemhaus AG) top right in the picture and Wolfgang Eichfeld (Board of Directors Business Systemhaus AG) bottom right in the picture.

Partners’ voices:

Michael Zettl, board member for consulting and development at Business Systemhaus AG:

“The competencies of Portal Systems AG and Business Systemhaus AG complement each other ideally. We can use the technically well thought-out and continuously developed framework of the Shareflex platform to introduce the various Modern Workplace solutions to customers in an even shorter time in the future. This allows us to concentrate more than before on our core competence, the analysis of business processes as well as the adaptation of the solution to the specific needs of the customer within the project. With our own development know-how, we can also map complex scenarios, such as the connection to ERP and CRM systems.”

Wolfgang Eichfeld, member of the board of directors for sales at Business Systemhaus AG:

“Not only from the legal form of the stock corporation, in addition to the size and also number of employees, we are similar as a company and fit together well. Our discussions in the run-up to the partnership showed that, as medium-sized IT service providers, we have a common understanding of how to work with customers together and at eye level to develop solutions that give them a strategic advantage in the long term.”

Frank von Orlikowski, CEO of Portal Systems AG:

“We are very pleased to have attracted Business Systemhaus AG as a new sales partner and also as a creative force for our solutions. As a result, we also benefit from Business Systemhaus AG’s experience in the ERP and Business Intelligence business areas. In this way, we will certainly succeed in opening up an even larger circle of customers with our solutions based on the Shareflex platform. Accordingly, the partnership will result in many advantages for the joint customer base in the future.”

In this spirit: We look forward to a great cooperation and many exciting joint projects!