SAP Company History
Something is nothing on Habré about the good old SAP AG. And in vain! Here is a little excursion into the past in order to acquaint the reader with the world famous manufacturer of ERP-systems.
When five managers working at IBM decided in 1972 to create their own company and find a new way to run their business more efficiently, it was difficult to predict that their software would eventually be a global standard for world business. Now, SAP is the world leader among suppliers of business management software solutions and ranks third among the world's leading software companies in terms of their market capitalization (as of January 25, 2006).
Hasso Plattner, Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Klaus Chira, and Klaus Wellenreiter worked as system consultants at IBM when they noticed that their customers were developing the same or similar computer programs. They understood that it was necessary to supply standard software that would allow integrating business processes and managing information flows in real time. In addition, they were able to foresee that one day the focal point during data processing would be the computer screen. Both predictions became a reality when they left IBM and created Systems Analysis and Program Development (System Analysis and Program Development).
SAP was founded in Mannheim, Germany. These were times when pocket calculators were part of the “newest technology,” and computers had a 500K memory capacity. The same year, Apple Computer was founded; another innovation - the first email management program was created. Not much time passed, and SAP was ready to launch the RF-System, which was later called R / 1, an automatic accounting and transaction processing program that differed in that it was standard software and performed data processing in real life. of time. Her first clients were Rothhaendle and Knoll, who used SAP solutions for financial accounting.
1972
SAP is founded as Systems Analysis and Program Development in Mannheim, Germany.
Number of employees by the end of the year: 9.
Comprehensive income: 620,000 German marks.
Market entry of SAP R / 1 solutions
1974
Two local companies - Rothhaendle and Knoll - choose the newly developed SAP Financial Accounting (RF) System
1976
SAP becomes a limited liability corporation under the name Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing
1977
SAP moves its headquarters from Mannheim to Walldorf.
SAP has the first international customers in Austria, working together with two partner companies.
1978
Development of the module Asset Accounting Number of employees: 50
1979
Market entry of SAP R / 2 solutions.
Comprehensive income: 4 million dollars
1980
50 of the top 100 industrial enterprises in Germany are SAP customers
1981
SAP participates in its first fair in Munich
1982
SAP revenues for the year increased and amounted to $ 24 million, over 250 companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland use programs developed by SAP
1985
The area of the headquarters in Walldorf increased by 10,000 square meters.
Turnovers increased by 45%.
The SAP system is used throughout Europe, as well as in South Africa, Kuwait, Trinidad, Canada and the United States. The first headquarters in the United States was founded in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
1986
1st participation in the exhibition CeBIT
1988
Subscription share capital increases from 5 million DM to 60 million DM, SAP becomes a public company (Frankfurt and Stuttgart).
An international training center was established in Walldorf. SAP has a 1,000th customer, Dow Chemical
1989
SAP shares are sold on the Zurich Stock Exchange 1st Conference SAPPHIRE.
1st general meeting of shareholders.
Number of employees: more than 1,000.
SAP is named “Company of the Year” by Manager Magazine
1991
SAP enters the Russian market and begins developing a version of the R / 2 system in Russian.
1992
Market entry of SAP R / 3 solutions.
Revenue increases to 831 million German marks, of which almost 50% comes from international operations.
1993
The client base has grown to 3,500 companies.
SAP introduces the version of the R / 3 system for the Japanese market
1995
The customer base has grown to 6,000.
SAP shares are included in the German stock index (DAX)
1996
SAP R / 3, version 3.1 works over the Internet
1997
SAP began developing industry solutions
1998
The company is represented on the New York Stock Exchange.
The company introduces new solutions to the market in areas such as business information storage, intercompany purchasing and supply chain management.
1999
SAP ships mySAP.com.
SAP receives the Best Managed Companies Award awarded by Industry Week magazine.
2000
SAP creates SAPMarkets, a subsidiary company specializing in the creation and maintenance of global interconnected markets based on Internet-based enterprises, and will form a strategic alliance with Commerce One.
SAP is called “The most successful company over a long period of time in the 90s” (the jury consisted of 40 general managers: Wiesbaden 3/10/2000).
2001
SAP acquires Top Tier and establishes SAP Portals.
SAP’s revenues in 2001 reached 7.3 billion euros
2002
SAP acquires software solutions company TopManage to provide their proposals for small and medium businesses.
SAP client base has grown to 17,500 companies.
SAP has more than 27,800 employees.
SAP celebrates its 30th anniversary!
2003
Transition from a 3-tier client / server architecture to an Enterprise Services Architecture (a web services-based architecture for solutions that support adaptive business), implemented on the basis of the SAP NetWeaver platform.
Source: sap.com
When five managers working at IBM decided in 1972 to create their own company and find a new way to run their business more efficiently, it was difficult to predict that their software would eventually be a global standard for world business. Now, SAP is the world leader among suppliers of business management software solutions and ranks third among the world's leading software companies in terms of their market capitalization (as of January 25, 2006).
Hasso Plattner, Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Klaus Chira, and Klaus Wellenreiter worked as system consultants at IBM when they noticed that their customers were developing the same or similar computer programs. They understood that it was necessary to supply standard software that would allow integrating business processes and managing information flows in real time. In addition, they were able to foresee that one day the focal point during data processing would be the computer screen. Both predictions became a reality when they left IBM and created Systems Analysis and Program Development (System Analysis and Program Development).
SAP was founded in Mannheim, Germany. These were times when pocket calculators were part of the “newest technology,” and computers had a 500K memory capacity. The same year, Apple Computer was founded; another innovation - the first email management program was created. Not much time passed, and SAP was ready to launch the RF-System, which was later called R / 1, an automatic accounting and transaction processing program that differed in that it was standard software and performed data processing in real life. of time. Her first clients were Rothhaendle and Knoll, who used SAP solutions for financial accounting.
1972
SAP is founded as Systems Analysis and Program Development in Mannheim, Germany.
Number of employees by the end of the year: 9.
Comprehensive income: 620,000 German marks.
Market entry of SAP R / 1 solutions
1974
Two local companies - Rothhaendle and Knoll - choose the newly developed SAP Financial Accounting (RF) System
1976
SAP becomes a limited liability corporation under the name Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing
1977
SAP moves its headquarters from Mannheim to Walldorf.
SAP has the first international customers in Austria, working together with two partner companies.
1978
Development of the module Asset Accounting Number of employees: 50
1979
Market entry of SAP R / 2 solutions.
Comprehensive income: 4 million dollars
1980
50 of the top 100 industrial enterprises in Germany are SAP customers
1981
SAP participates in its first fair in Munich
1982
SAP revenues for the year increased and amounted to $ 24 million, over 250 companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland use programs developed by SAP
1985
The area of the headquarters in Walldorf increased by 10,000 square meters.
Turnovers increased by 45%.
The SAP system is used throughout Europe, as well as in South Africa, Kuwait, Trinidad, Canada and the United States. The first headquarters in the United States was founded in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
1986
1st participation in the exhibition CeBIT
1988
Subscription share capital increases from 5 million DM to 60 million DM, SAP becomes a public company (Frankfurt and Stuttgart).
An international training center was established in Walldorf. SAP has a 1,000th customer, Dow Chemical
1989
SAP shares are sold on the Zurich Stock Exchange 1st Conference SAPPHIRE.
1st general meeting of shareholders.
Number of employees: more than 1,000.
SAP is named “Company of the Year” by Manager Magazine
1991
SAP enters the Russian market and begins developing a version of the R / 2 system in Russian.
1992
Market entry of SAP R / 3 solutions.
Revenue increases to 831 million German marks, of which almost 50% comes from international operations.
1993
The client base has grown to 3,500 companies.
SAP introduces the version of the R / 3 system for the Japanese market
1995
The customer base has grown to 6,000.
SAP shares are included in the German stock index (DAX)
1996
SAP R / 3, version 3.1 works over the Internet
1997
SAP began developing industry solutions
1998
The company is represented on the New York Stock Exchange.
The company introduces new solutions to the market in areas such as business information storage, intercompany purchasing and supply chain management.
1999
SAP ships mySAP.com.
SAP receives the Best Managed Companies Award awarded by Industry Week magazine.
2000
SAP creates SAPMarkets, a subsidiary company specializing in the creation and maintenance of global interconnected markets based on Internet-based enterprises, and will form a strategic alliance with Commerce One.
SAP is called “The most successful company over a long period of time in the 90s” (the jury consisted of 40 general managers: Wiesbaden 3/10/2000).
2001
SAP acquires Top Tier and establishes SAP Portals.
SAP’s revenues in 2001 reached 7.3 billion euros
2002
SAP acquires software solutions company TopManage to provide their proposals for small and medium businesses.
SAP client base has grown to 17,500 companies.
SAP has more than 27,800 employees.
SAP celebrates its 30th anniversary!
2003
Transition from a 3-tier client / server architecture to an Enterprise Services Architecture (a web services-based architecture for solutions that support adaptive business), implemented on the basis of the SAP NetWeaver platform.
Source: sap.com
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