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SAP


SAP is the No. 1 enterprise software maker in Europe and the world's third largest.

Best known for its SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, the enterprise software giant was founded in 1972. It is headquartered in Walldorf, Germany and has 51,447 employees in over 50 countries serving more than 76,000 customers worldwide.

In July, SAP announced that it will wind down TomorrowNow, the third party support subsidiary it bought over in 2005, by Oct. 31, following long-running legal case with archrival Oracle.

For the third quarter ended Sep. 30, the German software company posted a 5 percent drop in net income to 388 million euros (US$495 million) from 408 million euros (US$521 million) a year earlier. Meanwhile, revenues rose 14 percent year-on-year to 2.76 billion euros (US$3.52 billion).

This company is listed in Software infrastructure, Business applications.



Financials
Fiscal year-end December FY08 FY07 FY06 FY05 FY04
Global revenue (US$millions) — 14,957.0 12,408.0 10,080.4 10,173.1
Global full-year net income (US$millions) — 2,806.0 2,472.0 1,775.5 1,780.8
Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years 14.24%
Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years 17.48%
Percentage of revenue from Asia (including Japan/Korea) 12.4%

Operations
Founded 1972 Germany
First Asian office 1989 Australia
Global employees 51,447
Global employees in Asia —
Asian economies: Total 10 China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

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