What is Sap?
Systems Applications & Products short for SAP is an Enterprise resource planning software application developed by German company SAP AG(AG stands for Aktiengesellschaft means a corporation limited by shares)
SAP which was established by five former IBM employees in 1972, expand itself to the extend that today it is world's fourth-largest independent software supplier and an employer of more than 47,598 people in over 50 countries.
SAP road to success
With the release of SAP R/2 in 1979, SAP reaches high level of stability. SAP R/2 was designed to work mainly on mainframe computers. It had two-tier architecture with database and application on mainframe system and user access it through terminal.
In 1992 SAP introduced SAP R/3, which was based on client/server architecture and soon it became the world most used ERP system. In SAP R/3 a server can be accessed by many clients through network. With the help of SAP R/3 variety of business processes can be managed effectively through a single integrated information system. Presentations, Application & Database are the three information layers of R/3 system. It runs on variety of platforms including UNIX, Windows NT and OS/400
MySAP technology was launched in 2003, with the pre-defined 200 role templates. The idea behind mySAP technology was to facilitate the transition for e-business application that provide content to user based on his/her role in the company. A user with internet access can work with SAP application through a mySAP Web Portal.
In 2004 SAP introduced first version of SAP NetWeaver 2004. With this release SAP is open for Non-SAP platforms & applications. SAP NetWeaver integrate SAP applications and processes into heterogeneous landscapes so that it can be combine with the technologies such as .NET, Sun java EE & IBM Web sphere. It is used by the companies to improve efficiency & productivity by working collectively with all the resources available to the company.
Netweaver 7.0 or Netweaver 2004s was released on October 2005.
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