Worldwide Distribution of Development
SAP employs over 12,900 people in software development, at development centers in eight countries. These locations, known as SAP Labs, include major international centers in Germany, the United States, India, China, and Israel, as well as smaller SAP Labs in Bulgaria, Canada, and Hungary.
Thinking globally, acting locally, the network of SAP Labs generates significant and lasting competitive advantages for SAP. The global distribution of the labs enables us to secure the services of excellent employees from different cultures and with the widest range of market and specialist expertise. It also allows us to make the most effective and efficient use of our resources.
We devised the structure of the SAP Labs network to accelerate product innovation and raise productivity. Due to the network’s excellent flexibility, we can quickly react to new customer and market requirements. Furthermore, the global arrangement of our development organization enables us to develop products and services in collaboration with leading customers and partners, always giving us access to the best know-how to match our needs.
In 2007, SAP invested €1.458 billion in research and development for business software solutions.
Boundless Collaboration
The principle of sharing ideas and collaborating across company boundaries and geographies is also reflected in the SAP community network, which includes the SAP Developer Network (SDN) community and the Business Process Expert community. Each of these communities consists of members who work on SAP software and technology, both within SAP and in other companies, such as developers working for our customers and partners. In late 2007, roughly three years after its launch, the SAP community network welcomed its one millionth member.
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