History Of SAP Software

History Of SAP Software

From day one, SAP was created as a global software product.
The software was engineered on a multilingual and multinational platform. 
Only a few years after its core product hit the marketplace the SAP become Germany's top software vendor.
 
SAP AG also offers comprehensive industry solutions besides regular SAP software (ECC products).
Examples are SAP Aerospace & Defense, SAP Automotive, SAP Banking, SAP Chemicals, SAP Consumer Products, SAP Engineering & Construction, SAP Healthcare, SAP High Tech, SAP Insurance, SAP Media, SAP Oil & Gas, SAP Pharmaceuticals, SAP Public Sector, SAP Retail, SAP Service Provider, SAP Telecommunications, SAP Utilities.
 
WebAS is very flexible.
Due to this flexibility an orgranization can initially choose to deploy SAP system very similar to how they do business today, and then gradually evolve business model over time.  
 
Client/server is of a few architectures available. 
In a client/server environment, a client machine requests information, via network, from the supplying machine, known as the server. 
A client machine could be an individual PC, workstation, mobile computing device, or even another computer system.
 
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The three-tiered architecture divides the architecture into three layers: 
·         The user interface layer 
·         The business logic layer ("application" layer) 
·         The database layer
 
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The four-tiered system enables simple browser-based access.
This laywer helps in reducing the expense associated with installing, patching, and upgrading the SAP GUI user interface across perhaps hundreds or thousands of desktops.
Also it helps to integrate web services into the overall architecture.
 
Designing an adaptable enterprise computing solution is now possible using ESA. 
Using ESA, SAP R/3 and other legacy SAP solutions can be plugged in as application services.