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SAP Intro

SAP AG was founded in 1972 by former IBM employees who wanted to create a real-time business data system. It provides an enterprise resource planning solution called SAP ERP, which was upgraded and launched as SAP ERP Central Component in 2005. SAP ERP includes key functional modules like financials, operations, and human capital management. SAP has released various versions over time to address changes in marketing and industry, with major architecture changes occurring with the introductions of mySAP ERP in 2003 and SAP ECC in 2004.

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SAP Intro

SAP AG was founded in 1972 by former IBM employees who wanted to create a real-time business data system. It provides an enterprise resource planning solution called SAP ERP, which was upgraded and launched as SAP ERP Central Component in 2005. SAP ERP includes key functional modules like financials, operations, and human capital management. SAP has released various versions over time to address changes in marketing and industry, with major architecture changes occurring with the introductions of mySAP ERP in 2003 and SAP ECC in 2004.

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Overview

SAP AG was founded by five former IBM employees in 1972 who wanted to create a realtime business data system. The first name chosen for the company was not Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung (German for "Systems, Applications and Products" or the acronym SAP) but originally Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung (in English, "Systems analysis and program development").[1] It uses the concept of modules (individual programs that can be purchased, installed, and run separately, but that all extract data from the common database).[2] SAP AG, the company that provides the enterprise resource planning solution has upgraded the package and launched it as SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) 6.0 in 2005. The purpose of positioning it as ECC is to enable SAP to build and develop an environment of other products that can function upon the foundation of the central component. SAP's ERP solution includes several modules that support key functional areas, including:

SAP ERP Financials SAP ERP Operations SAP ERP Human Capital Management

[edit] Development
SAP R/3 through version 4.6c consisted of various applications on top of SAP Basis, SAP's set of middleware programs and tools. When SAP R/3 Enterprise was launched in 2002, all applications were built on top of the SAP Web Application Server. Extension sets were used to deliver new features and keep the core as stable as possible. The Web Application Server contained all the capabilities of SAP Basis. As a result of marketing changes and changes in the industry, other versions of SAP have been released that address these changes. The first edition of mySAP ERP was launched in 2003 and bundled previously separate products, including SAP R/3 Enterprise, SAP Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM) and extension sets. The SAP Web Application Server was wrapped into NetWeaver, which was also introduced in 2003. A complete architecture change took place with the introduction of mySAP ERP edition 2004. R/3 Enterprise was replaced with the introduction of ERP Central Component (SAP ECC). The SAP Business Warehouse, SAP Strategic Enterprise Management and Internet Transaction Server were also merged into SAP ECC, allowing users to run them under one instance. Architectural changes were also made to support an enterprise services architecture to transition customers to a services-oriented architecture.

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