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Innovation is the spirit that drives SAP®. It is embedded in our corporate culture. It is embodied
in our 30,000 employees. And it is integrated into our business solutions, which are continually
evolving to meet the needs of a changing world. In 2003, the spirit of innovation enabled SAP
to rise above the difficulties of a sluggish global economy, fueling continued growth in profits and
market share. What’s more, it led to important new technologies that helped our customers
achieve their goals for profitable growth.
For example, we rolled out SAP NetWeaverTM, a breakthrough technology platform
that solves one of the industry’s most persistent problems – the integration of disparate information
systems of the past, present, and future. In addition, we expanded the capabilities of our flagship
mySAP® Business Suite, adding features that deliver even greater value in such critical areas as
customer relationship management, supply chain management, product life-cycle management,
and enterprise portals. We also introduced a line of cross-applications known as SAP xAppsTM,
which combine a variety of solutions to meet the needs of a complex business process.
As a result of these and thousands of other innovations, large and small, today’s
SAP is a far different company than it was two years ago. And we continue to embrace change as
the primary agent of our future growth. Because we believe that to stay in one place is to fall
behind.
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