LOS ANGELES, LONDON and SYDNEY— March 29, 2016 — BlackLine, a leading provider of enhanced finance controls and automation (EFCA) software, today announced that the company’s BlackLine Connector 3.0 has achieved certified integration with the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform running on the SAP HANA® platform. The BlackLine Connector is designed to integrate with the BlackLine Financial Close Suite for SAP® Solutions, an SAP-endorsed business solution, and with systems running the SAP ERP application. Working together, the software automates and simplifies the process and ultimately helps customers accelerate the financial close with minimal IT support.
The cloud-based BlackLine Financial Close Suite for SAP Solutions complements the functionality inherent in the SAP ERP Financials and SAP S/4HANA Finance solutions, bringing enhanced control and automation to more than 400 finance and accounting departments worldwide. The BlackLine Connector provides embedded, real-time integration with SAP ERP and the BlackLine Financial Close Management solution’s various products, such as account reconciliations and variance analysis.
The SAP Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC) has certified that the BlackLine Connector 3.0 integrates with SAP NetWeaver 7.40 running on SAP HANA using standard integration technologies. The certification underscores BlackLine’s commitment to SAP software environments and helps ensure that customers will be able to implement the BlackLine software suite quickly and with minimal effort and risk.
“Even though our software complements virtually all ERP systems, SAP, in particular, has been a key partner for us,” said Mario Spanicciati, BlackLine’s chief strategy officer. “Providing customers with certified tools that help ensure that our platform seamlessly integrates with all key SAP software environments and applications will continue to open doors for us to SAP’s broad base of enterprise customers.”
BlackLine is a member of the SAP PartnerEdge® program. Through the program, partners work closely with SAP to develop and certify the technical integration of their solutions with SAP software. Integrated partner applications extend, complement and add value to SAP solutions, thereby helping mutual customers more successfully meet business needs and drive strong results.