Understanding SAP
This is an accumulated information on SAP for my understanding. People who are interested may also be benefited.
Overview
- World’s second largest business software company.
- Largest European software enterprise.
- Third largest independent software provider in terms of revenues.
- Headquarters in Walldorf, Germany.
- Best known for its SAP ERP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.
History
- SAP (“System Analysis and Program Development”) was founded in 1972 by 5 former IBM engineers (Hopp, Hector, Plattner, Tschira and Wellenreuther).
- The acronym was later changed to stand for “Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing”.
Milestones
- In 1973, SAP R/1 solution was launched.
- In 1979, SAP launched SAP R/2.
- In 1981, SAP brought a completely re-designed solution to market.
- In 1992, by launching R/3, SAP followed the trend from mainframe computing to client-server architectures.
- Development of SAP’s internet strategy with mySAP.com redesigned the concept of business processes (integration via Internet).
Business and markets
- It operates in 3 geographic regions:
- EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
- SAP America (North America and Latin America)
- APJ, Asia Pacific Japan (Japan, Australia, India and parts of Asia)
- SAP operates a network of 115 subsidiaries, and has R&D facilities around the globe in Germany, North America, Canada, China, Hungary, India, Israel and Bulgaria, Turkey.
- SAP focuses on 6 industry sectors:
- Process industries
- Discrete industries
- Consumer industries
- Service industries
- Financial services
- Public services
- It offers more than 25 industry solution portfolios for large enterprises and more than 550 micro-vertical solutions for midsize companies and small businesses.
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