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SAP SE: A Global Software Giant SAP SE, headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, is a multinational software corporation and the world’s leading provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. Established in 1972 as a private partnership, Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung, the company ...
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- Company type Public
- Industry Enterprise software, Business software, Cloud computing, Consulting
- Founded 1972
- Founders Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, Klaus Tschira, Claus Wellenreuther
- Headquarters Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Area served Worldwide
- Key people Pekka Ala-Pietilä (chairman), Christian Klein (CEO)
- Services Applications, Cloud
- Revenue €34.18 billion (2024)
- Net income €3.150 billion (2024)
- Number of employees 109,973 (2024)
- Website www.sap.com
SAP history
Last Updated : 19/03/25, 03:48 AM
SAP: From Mainframe to Global Software Giant SAP's origins trace back to 1972, when five IBM engineers, dissatisfied with an abandoned project, founded the company as a private partnership. Their initial success stemmed from developing real-time mainframe programs for financial accounting, a signifi...
SAP NEWS
SAP launches Sovereign Cloud in India to enable local data storage, boost AI development
September 20, 2025 9:33 am
Amid the global push for AI and digital sovereignty, major tech players are investing heavily in sovereign cloud initiatives that keep user data within the country or region in compliance with local laws.
‘Scarcity of developers and SAP experts… huge demand for critical skills’: SAP exec on relevancy of tech jobs in AI world
August 11, 2025 8:58 am
As large tech companies see widespread adoption of AI coding tools internally, it raises the question of whether they still need software engineers.
SAP opens new campus in Bengaluru, its second-largest R&D hub outside Germany
August 10, 2025 7:40 pm
SAP has over 17,000 employees spread across Bengaluru, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Delhi in India.
SAP to restructure 8,000 roles in push towards AI
January 24, 2024 9:33 am
SAP expects generative AI to fundamentally change its business and has pledged to invest more than $1 billion.
‘We design AI to augment ingenuity, not to replace humans’: JG Chirapurath, CMO, SAP
November 01, 2023 5:17 pm
SAP is also building its own purpose built large language model.
From shortlisting candidates to interviews: How Generative AI will reshape hiring across industries
November 01, 2023 5:16 pm
HR platforms such as the Generative AI-powered SAP SuccessFactors are rapidly changing the way companies are hiring talent.
SAP to cut 3,000 jobs, explore Qualtrics stake sale
January 26, 2023 7:52 pm
SAP is the latest tech company to cut jobs after companies including Alphabet's Google, Microsoft and Amazon announced thousands of layoffs to cut costs as they brace for tougher economic conditions.
Release Rs 284-cr dues of sugarcane growers immediately: SAD to Congress govt
January 05, 2021 11:53 pm
Sukhbir said that Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh was "impervious to the suffering of the farmers".
Wipro and SAP partner to offer advanced customer-specific content, training assets
October 22, 2020 2:37 pm
With this agreement, Wipro can offer its clients tailor-made industry and line-of-business-specific learning tutorials and training assets, in addition to existing contextual help and guided tours delivered by SAP, according to a statement.
Two Bengaluru employees test positive for swine flu, SAP temporarily closes India offices
February 21, 2020 1:51 pm
In an internal communication e-mail by the Human Resources of the company, the employees based in these locations were asked to work from home.
SAP PHOTOS
PM Narendra Modi wraps up Silicon Valley tour with SAP Center speech
September 28, 2015 2:18 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed a large gathering of Indian Americans at San Jose's SAP Center in Silicon Valley.
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