SAP Research Ra'anana (Israel) was established in 2008 and is co-located with SAP Labs Israel. The group is engaged in EU FP7 research projects in the information and communication technology (ICT) space, as well as in shorter-term advanced prototyping projects.

The Israeli group focuses on the following research areas:

• Technology infrastructure – SAP is investigating new models of deployment using cloud, virtualization, and multitenancy. In addition, the modern SAP landscape relies on state-of-the-art main memory, columnar databases. We are looking into distributed shared-memory technology in order to obtain very large-scale, yet cost-effective main memory architectures.
• Semantic Web and business applications – There are benefits in applying semantic technologies in service-oriented architectures and business applications. The areas of semantic interoperability and service compositions are promising candidates. Semantic technologies can be applied to harmonize different content sources – improving enterprise information management and increasing the productivity of information workers.
• Analytics in the context of business intelligence (BI) – This new activity is predicated on the observation that SAP's business applications can serve as an excellent platform for generating, analyzing, and presenting added-value information to information workers and decision makers. The activity blends theoretical foundation, interaction with SAP customers, innovation, and ease of use.

Research and Development

SAP Research Ra'anana leverages the expertise and know-how within the development groups in SAP Labs Israel as a context for innovative and useful research. This synergy will boost the image of SAP Labs Israel as a cutting-edge R&D center – both internally and externally.

Research and Israel

One of the goals of the location is attracting top talents from the highly-acclaimed Israeli high-tech industry and distinguished university graduates. In addition, SAP Research Ra'anana creates opportunities for cooperation with the Israeli start-up ecosystem, Israeli academia, and industrial research groups in Israel.