Overview
NTT DATA Business Solutions is the SAP-focused subsidiary of NTT DATA Group, headquartered in Bielefeld, Germany. The firm was originally founded in 1989 as itelligence AG, listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and was acquired by NTT DATA in 2008. Following a 2021 rebrand, the company now operates under the NTT DATA Business Solutions name with approximately 16,700 employees across more than 30 countries. The unit reported EUR 1.85 billion in revenue for fiscal 2024/25, growing roughly 15 percent year-on-year.
The practice is SAP-pure: every consultant works on SAP technologies. Services span S/4HANA Cloud and on-premise implementations, RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP, SAP BTP development, SuccessFactors, SAP Customer Experience, Ariba, IBP, and a substantial hosted services business under the it.mds and it.x-press brands. NTT DATA Business Solutions is a global SAP gold partner and an SAP Platinum Hosting Partner with proprietary cloud datacentres in Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific.
The firm is a strong fit for upper mid-market and lower enterprise buyers, particularly in German-speaking Europe, who want SAP-first methodology without the overhead of a tier-one global SI. It is less suited to buyers seeking integrated strategy consulting, change management at scale, or non-SAP front-office work, where the bench is thinner.
Services Offered
- S/4HANA Cloud public, private, and on-premise implementations
- RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP advisory and deployment
- SAP industry templates for manufacturing, wholesale, and consumer products
- SAP application management and hosted infrastructure services
- SuccessFactors, Ariba, Concur, and SAP CX implementations
- SAP Datasphere, BW/4HANA, and Analytics Cloud rollouts
- SAP workload migration to AWS, Azure, and proprietary NTT cloud
- SAP value engineering and process benchmarking
- SAP Joule and Business AI extension development
- SAP GRC, audit, and compliance services
Typical Engagement
| Engagement Type | Model | Typical Range |
|---|---|---|
| SAP roadmap and template design | Fixed-fee assessment | $150K–$700K (6–10 weeks) |
| S/4HANA implementation | Fixed-fee or T&M | $1M–$15M (8–18 months) |
| Multi-country SAP rollout | Outcome contract | $10M–$50M (2–4 years) |
| SAP AMS and hosting | Monthly retainer | $30K–$500K per month |
| Staff augmentation (SAP consultant) | Hourly bill rate | $95–$210/hour blended |
Pricing ranges verified May 2026 from public statements of work and reference checks. Hosting and AMS contracts often bundle with implementation work as multi-year commitments.
Strengths
- SAP-pure focus — all consultants work on SAP, which materially shortens ramp time on functional roles
- Deep upper-mid-market manufacturing and wholesale reference base in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
- SAP Platinum Hosting Partner status with proprietary datacentre footprint for clients who want a single SAP-AMS-hosting contract
- Pre-configured industry solutions including it.wholesale, it.manufacturing, and it.utility templates
- Active SAP MaxAttention and SAP innovation method engagements
- Lower programme overhead than tier-one global SIs for engagements in the $1M–$15M range
Limitations
- Strategy consulting bench is small — most engagements assume the client has already chosen SAP
- Change management and organisational design capability is limited compared to Big Four advisory firms
- Smaller US presence than European footprint, particularly outside the Northeast and Texas
- Non-SAP front-office, mobile, and digital product work is generally subcontracted to the wider NTT DATA group