Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany based software development company. Founded in June 1972 by former IBM engineers Dietmar Hopp, Klaus Tschira, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, and Claus Wellenreutheras. Initially called Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung (System Analysis and Program Development), later renamed to Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung (Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing).
In 2011, revenue was €14.233 billion.
Known for the Enterprise Resource Planning software SAP. |