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SAP is the third-largest software company in the world. It ranks after Microsoft and Oracle in terms of market capitalization. SAP is the largest business application and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution software provider in terms of revenue.Products
SAP's products focus on ERP, which it helped to pioneer. The company's main product is SAP R/3; the "R" stands for realtime data processing and the number 3 relates to a 3-tier architecture: database, application server and client (SAPgui). SAP R/3's predecessor was R/2 which ran on a Mainframe architecture.Other major product offerings include Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO), Business Information Warehouse (BW), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Exchange Infrastructure (XI), Enterprise Portal (EP) and Knowledge Warehouse (KW).
The APO name has been retired and rolled into SCM. The BW name has also been retired and changed to Business Intelligence.
The company also offers a new technology platform, named SAP NetWeaver. While its original products are typically used by Fortune 500 companies, SAP is now also actively targeting small and medium sized enterprises (SME) with its SAP Business One and mySAP All-in-One.
Reportedly, there are over 100,800 SAP installations at more than 28,000 companies. SAP products are used by over 12 million people in more than 120 countries.
See also
External links
- [SAP.com] official site.
- * [SAP Service Marketplace] is SAP's platform for customers and partners and offers target-group specific content in various portals
- * [SAP Help Portal] provides you with web-based documentation for all SAP solutions.
- * [The SAP Developer Network] an online community for SAP developers, consultants, integrators and business specialists.
- * [Jobs at SAP]
- [Customer Magazine] of SAP AG in German and English
- [SAP Design Guild] SAP's resource & forum for people-centric design
- [Americas' SAP Users' Group]
- [Yahoo! - SAP Aktiengesellschaft Company Profile]
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