About SAP

SAP stands for Systems, Applications and Products in data processing. It is one of the major ERP software vendors and the third largest software company in the world. SAP was founded in 1972 by five former IBM engineers in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg (Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, Klaus Tschira and Claus Wellenreuther). Their vision is to develop standard application software for real-time business processing. One year later, the first financial accounting software "R/1 system” is complete. "R" stands for real-time data processing. By the end of the decade, intensive examination of SAP’s IBM database and dialog control system lead to the birth of SAP R/2. In the 1980s SAP experienced a rapid growth. Keeping in mind its multinational customers, SAP designed SAP R/2 to handle different languages and currencies. The founding of subsidiaries in Denmark, Sweden, Italy, and the United States is a major leap SAP's international expansion.

After continuing long research, SAP R/3 is unleashed in 1990s which is one of their major milestones. The introduction of client-server concept, uniform appearance of graphical interfaces, consistent use of relational databases and the ability to run on computers from different vendors are strengths of sap. With SAP R/3, SAP ushers in a new generation of enterprise software -- from mainframe computing to the three-tier architecture of database, application, and user interface. With the Internet, the user became the focus of software applications. SAP developed mySAP Workplace and paved the way for the idea of an enterprise portal and role-specific access to information.

By 2005,

· 12 million users work each day with SAP solutions

· 100,600 installations worldwide

· more than 1,500 partners

· over 25 industry-specific business solutions

· more than 33,200 customers in 120 countries

SAP Netweaver developed based on Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Companies can integrate people, information, and processes within the company. Netweaver adds entirely a new dimension to SAP software. All products of SAP are for ERP implementation.

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