Most of the people today know what SAP is, however, there are still some of them who when hear the word SAP say what is SAP? Well the answer to that question is that SAP is a German global software house that was established in 1972 by five former IBM employees in Mannheim, Germany. The word SAP is actually a German word meaning Systeme, Anwendungen, and Produkte. The English translation for SAP is Systems Applications and Products. The software house now is internationally recognized and is the world's leading inter-enterprise software company and the world's fourth leading independent software supplier. They create and supply all kinds of software from a basic device driver to complex software like Operating System, Anti-Virus, windows utility to treat any problem and many other software that are required in the world of technology.

When the SAP was originally formed the main idea or the concept behind its formation was to provide the customers with the ability to interact with a common corporate database for a comprehensive range of applications however, today the situation is totally reversed as today numerous applications have been assembled and they are being used by IBM, Microsoft etc themselves to run their businesses. In the start SAP was run on the mainframe called R/2, however, the number of this mainframe were numbered, that is, as soon as the SAP caught up to the client server model a newer version of this mainframe was released named R/3 and this version turned out to be one of the most popular and stable version. Therefore today all of the SAP applications are made around this R/3 system. This system is capable of running on a number of platforms like Microsoft windows, Linux etc. without any problem. The company has created and introduced a number of products in the market; however, among all of them the most popular products of the company are SAP Enterprise Resource Planning or SAP Basis ERP and SAP Business Objects software or SAP BO.

Some of the other products of the company are NetWeaver platform, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions, Duet, Performance management solutions, RIFD and many more; the list just goes on getting longer and longer. SAP has not only offered systems services or applications; SAP has also introduced SOA capabilities in the form of the web services that can be used to control the applications. SAP has many partners that help SAP in completing their products and then launching them. The names of the partners are Global Services Partners, Global Software Partners and Global Technology Partners. Apart from these large partners there is Solutions extensions partners too. Each of these partners performs a specific role in helping the company. Initially SAP targeted larger companies with their products; however, they are targeting small and medium scale businesses so that the products they are releasing get popular more quickly. According to the survey done some time ago, it was found that there were 38,400 employees in over 50 countries and the number of SAP's customers was more than 36,200.

SAP R-3 – Client Server Architecture.R-3 Stand for Real-time 3-tier architecture.SAP most popular product package by far is called SAP R/3/SAP ERP/SAP ECC, which competes in the Collaborative Business Solutions category of software, designed to facilitate business
operations such as: order entry, materials and warehouse management, logistics,sales and distribution, financial and asset accounting, human resource management,and more.Other applications created and marketed by SAP have become quite popular as well.
SAP offers data warehousing (mySAP Business Intelligence, which includes Business Information Warehouse, or SAP BW), supply chain management (Advanced Planner and Optimizer, or SAP APO), customer relationship management (mySAP CRM), product lifecycle management (mySAP PLM), business-to-business procurement
(mySAP Supplier Relationship Management, which consists of Enterprise Buyer Pro,or EBP, and predecessors BBP and B2B), and much more. Today, it can be safely said that if there is any system or software need in the enterprise, SAP probably offers a product to fill that need. This is a much different scenario than three or four years ago, when SAP was a synonym for simply R/3.

SAP NetWeaver is essentially the integrated stack of SAP technology products. The SAP Web Application Server (sometimes referred to as WebAS) is the runtime environment for the SAP applications—all of the mySAP Business Suite solutions (SRM, CRM, SCM, PLM, ERP) run on SAP WebAS.

mySAP – Covers SAP's internet-enabled applications.

SAP R-3 Functional Modules :

SAP NetWeaver is essentially the integrated stack of SAP technology products. The SAP Web Application Server (sometimes referred to as WebAS) is the runtime environment for the SAP applications—all of the mySAP Business Suite solutions (SRM, CRM, SCM, PLM, ERP) run on SAP WebAS.

mySAP – Covers SAP's internet-enabled applications.

    * mySAP™ Customer Relationship Management (mySAP CRM)The fully integrated CRM solution that facilitates world-class service across all customer touch points
    * mySAP™ FinancialsThe leading solution for operational, analytical, and collaborative financial management
    * mySAP™ Human Resources (mySAP HR)The HR management system that helps more than 7,800 organizations worldwide maximize their return on human capital.
    * mySAP™ MarketplaceAn online marketplace solution that allows your company to buy, sell, and conduct business around the clock and around the world
    * mySAP™ Product Lifecycle Management (mySAP PLM)The collaborative solution that helps your designers, engineers, and suppliers achieve new levels of innovation
    * mySAP™ Supplier Relationship Management (mySAP SRM)Covers the full supply cycle – from strategic sourcing to operational procurement and supplier enablement for lower costs and faster process cycles
    * mySAP™ Supply Chain Management (mySAP SCM)The world's number one SCM solution. Gives you the power to dramatically improve your planning, responsiveness, and execution Best of all, this entire family is built on SAP Basis NetWeaver™, the integration and application platform from SAP.ASAP (AcceleratedSAP) :ASAP (AcceleratedSAP) is a step-by-step methodology for speeding up the implementation of an SAP R/3 system. The components of ASAP, which can be used together or individually, are called accelerators.

SAPPRACTICES SAP Expertise :

SAP ABAP
SAP Materials Management
SAP Sales and Distribution
SAP Production Planning
SAP Warehouse Management
SAP Business Objects
SAP Basis
SAP Human Capital Management
SAP Event Management
SAP Extended Warehouse Management
SAP Supply Network Collaboration
SAP BW,BI,BO
SAP Supply Chan Management APO
SAP Customer Relationship Management
SAP Supplier Relationship Management
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation
SAP Transportation Management
SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization
SAP Human Resources(E-Recruitment,Talent Management,ESS,MSS,Payroll-canada,USA,UK,India)
SAP Product Lifecycle Management
SAP Plant Maintenance
SAP for Banking
SAP Healthcare
SAP Oil & Gas
SAP Public Sector
SAP Retail
SAP Utilities
SAP SAP Solution Manager 7.0
SAP TAO
SAP NetWeaver 7.0
SAP MaxDBSAP