What Does SAP Stand For?

INTRODUCTION TO SAP
Ever wonder what SAP stands for? You can’t be reading business news and never heard of it, right? It means "Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing." Really, the lengthy and cumbersome name barely scratches the surface of its vast contributions to global enterprises.

As the world's most influential technology giant, SAP has widely transformed the way businesses work by creating software solutions for business process activities, resource management, and innovative product development.

The Full Form of SAP
The acronym SAP is a German word that makes the name; "Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung". The company was founded in 1972 as a small software firm in Germany. Today it stands tall as the world leader in a package of ERP and other software solutions.

SAP as a Leader in Technology
Importance in the Business World
SAP had created an innovation for the integration of all the functions of business, accounting, sales, and supply chain on one single platform. To integrate in this way was a game-changer.

Early Innovations
R/2, one of the first offerings of SAP, ran on the mainframe computer and would lay a foundation for future ERP solutions.