General Information
The SAP Group of Companies
Founded in 1972, SAP is today one of the leading international providers of business software and, based on market capitalization, it is the world’s third-largest independent software manufacturer. We have more than 46,100 customers in over 120 countries and employ more than 43,800 people at sales and development locations in more than 50 countries in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Americas, and Asia Pacific Japan regions. SAP is headquartered in Walldorf, Germany.
Selling software licences for SAP solutions created by more than 12,000 developers all over the world is the core of our business. With these solutions, companies can design efficient, flexible business processes and make sustainable improvements to value creation. In 2007, our solution portfolio featured the SAP NetWeaver technology platform as well as the following key software applications:
- SAP Business Suite applications, which help large companies and international corporations improve business operations ranging from supplier relationships to production to warehouse management, sales, and all administrative functions, through to customer relationships
- Industry solutions for large companies and international corporations in more than 25 specific industries, for example discrete manufacturing, process industries, financial services, consumer products, retail, and the public, services, and utilities sectors
- SAP Business All-in-One solutions, our new SAP Business ByDesign solution, and the SAP Business One application, which address the needs of small businesses and midsize companies
- Solutions for business users, who need software to help them rapidly make strategic decisions – and relieve them of administrative tasks
In addition, we offer consulting, maintenance, and training services tailored for our software solutions. We develop and market our products in close cooperation with business partners.
Our financial reporting divides our activities into three segments: product, consulting, and training. For more information about the segments, see Note 28 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements section.
1) Pictures and graphs are included for illustrative purposes only and are not part of the audited
Review of
SAP Group Operations
2) In this Review of SAP Group Operations, earnings per share reflects the issuance in 2006,
under a capital
increase from corporate funds, of three bonus shares for every share already held.
(See Note 23 in
the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements section.)
The figures for 2005 have
been adjusted accordingly.
