SAP is the world's leading provider of business software solutions, and is the third-largest independent software vendor in the world with more than 64,500 installations in 120 countries. More than 20,000 companies are using SAP solutions. In 2002 SAP had around $7.8 billion in sales. It was founded in 1972 by five former IBM employees; Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, Klaus Tschira, and Claus Wellenreuther. Their vision was to develop standard application software for real-time business processing. The company is …showed first 75 words of 1853 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1853 total…and it is important to follow the guidelines for successful implementation that each product supplies. It would be unfair for anyone to say one product is better than another; however for your particular business one product may be better than another. Works Cited www.cnn.com www.peoplesoft.com www.hoovers.com www.zdnet.search.com www.businessweek.com. "Software Hell". Dec 6th, 1999 Issue. SAP Innovation Report 2003. Published by SAP AG. September 2003. www.Oracle.com