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I absolutely love overcast days when we decide to stay home and bake and cook all day and just hang out. You know on days like this, everything goes! That is also a perfect day to make a soup like this, because even though it is a more lengthy process, it's fun to make and there isn't as much work to it as it may seem. Let the heat do the work and you just facilitate (every now and then)!
Our little one, Lyla (who is now 2) loves "helping" out in the kitchen and so she helped with the process of the soup making. I believe that with her contributing in the kitchen (when she wants to) she eats better. She isn't a bad eater to begin with, I think she just enjoys it more. Plus there is a sense of pride that she helped make something, and it actually tastes quite good. A little tip to parents out there that want to start cooking with their kids more. Prep as much as possible and be patient!
For the Stock:
2-3 lbs bone-in, skinless chicken (I used drumsticks)
3 medium carrots, roughly chopped
1 onion, roughly chopped
4-6 garlic cloves, smashed
1/2 lemon sliced (optional)
1-2 tablespoon ginger, chopped (optional)
2 bay leaves
Fresh Basil
3 quarts water
Chicken (cooked in stock, boned and shredded)
3 medium carrots, chopped
1 onion, minced
1 rib celery
4 gloves of garlic, minced
5 plum tomatoes, chopped (from the can or fresh)
2 bay leaves
Fresh Basil, sliced at last minute
Freshly grated Parmigiana-Reggiano
A good Olive Oil
For the Stock
1) Heat a large Crock-pot or Dutch-oven on medium-high heat. Lightly season chicken with salt and pepper. Add a good glug of olive oil to the pot and allow to heat for a few minutes, until shimmering. Carefully, place chicken in pot and brown both sides, about 7-8 minutes each side. Once both sides' of the chicken have been browned add the rest of the ingredients (season with a little salt and pepper), except the water. Give everything a good toss in the pot for a few minutes, just until you can start smelling the ingredients all starting to cook. Add the water (about 3 quarts) until everything is fully submerged. Cover and bring to a slow boil. Once boiling, reduce heat and gently simmer for 20 minutes, covered, and an additional 20 minutes uncovered.
2) Once chicken is cooked through, remove from pot and place in a heat proof bowl. Spoon a few good ladles of the stock over the chicken, and set aside to cool. Meanwhile, continue cooking the stock for an additional 30 minutes, uncovered. Once the stock has completed its time on the stove, remove from the heat and strain out all the cooked ingredients, through a sieve or colander into a heat proof bowl. Be careful as the stock is extremely hot, set aside to cool slightly.
For the Soup:
1) Heat the same Dutch-oven or Crock-pot on medium-high heat, with a little olive oil. Add the diced onion, celery and carrots. Season with a little salt, and allow to sweat for approximately 5 minutes, until onions become translucent. Add tomatoes, and allow to cook for an additional 4-5 minutes or until some of the juices from the tomatoes have started evaporating. Add Garlic and cook for 30 seconds, until you can start to smell it. Add all of the stock (which you made earlier) and bay leaves and bring to a simmer. Allow to simmer for about 15 minutes, uncovered.
2) Meanwhile remove the chicken from the bones and roughly chop into bite size pieces. Add the chicken (and the stock the chicken was sitting in) back into the pot and allow to continue simmering for an additional 15 minutes or so. Give a taste and adjust seasoning as needed.
|the basil adds a nice touch of freshness
To serve:
I like to serve this with pasta or rice that was cooked separately (Some other good alternatives would be Couscous or Quinoa). This way you can add as much starch as you want and it won't get mushy and over cooked, if you were to add it all to the soup.
Spoon the soup over your pasta/rice and then garnish with freshly grated Parmigiana and sliced fresh basil and a drizzle of good olive oil.
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P.S This soup tastes amazing the next day when all of the flavors have really gotten to know each other a little more! To Die For!
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Date: June 4, 2009
by: Pam McTeer | News Editor
LAKEWOOD RANCH — A native Colombian, Cesar Gomez knows the ins and outs of the Latino business community.
He also knows in the United States last year, the Latino population accounted for $954 billion in revenues, of which $12 billion was spent between Tampa and Sarasota.
"Those are numbers that any business owner wants to keep an eye on," Gomez said.
As executive director of the Gulf Coast Latin Chamber of Commerce, Gomez is positioning his organization to help bridge the gap between American and Latino business owners and customers through networking, training and other business opportunities.
His goal is not only to equip Latino business owners with the skills and tools they need to be successful but also to teach Americans and Hispanics how to do business with each other.
"Their business behavior is totally different," Gomez said. "We (Latinos) need more time and trust. We need to know a little bit more about you to do business.
"Both cultures are going to be exposed to the other one in many ways (through the chamber)," he said. "We build those bridges. We help them work together."
Gomez stepped in to lead the Latin Chamber about two years ago when the organization had about 60 members. Since that time, he has worked to discover what resources Hispanic business owners most need and establish programs such as business card exchanges and networking luncheons.
He's also improved communication for the organization by growing the email list, creating a better image for the organization and improving the organization's Web site and logo.
If numbers are any indication, Gomez's strategies are working. Despite changes in the economy, membership has grown to 250, and the organization's e-mail list has hit 5,000.
"Every day, it's growing," Gomez said.
The chamber recently moved its operations to an office in the ComCenter in Lakewood Ranch to better position itself for the future and for the growth of new business.
"We needed to find some place on University (Parkway) between Sarasota and Manatee — a middle point because we serve both counties," Gomez said. "Lakewood Ranch is a wonderful area. It's a wonderful point to do new business."
Although East County typically hasn't had many Hispanic business owners, the trend is upcoming, Gomez said. A decade ago, immigrants to the area, and Florida in general, came only with basic labor skills. Five years ago, that began to change as Latin American doctors and other business people began to seek out lucrative areas in which to raise their families.
Areas such as Lakewood Ranch are perfect for those business professionals and Gomez said he expects to see more Hispanic-oriented businesses come to the East County, possibly some Latino markets or other venues.
"I think we can bring this to Lakewood Ranch and make it richer in culture in a nice way," he said.
Gomez also said the chamber already is working to establish a cause for its members. The organization is setting up a 501C3 to set up the Latin Chamber Foundation, which will provide scholarships, Gomez said.
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Haji Yousf Death Case: Final arguments concluded, parties seek time for written arguments
SRINAGAR, Nov 7: The counsel representing parties in Haji Yousf mysterious death case being probed by Bedi Commission today concluded with family lawyer and the counsel for Chief Minister Omar Abdullah seeking time to file supplementary written arguments within ten days.
Yesterday, Advocate Mushtaq Dar had started his final arguments but had remained inconclusive. As the hearing resumed today, Dar competed his final argument till afternoon. "I completed my final arguments today," said Dar. Sources in the commission said that parties in the matter have sought 10-days time to file written supplementary arguments which has been granted.
The counsel Gaurav Pachnanda representing chief minister Omar Abdullah minister of state for home Nasir Aslam Wani and political advisor to Omar, Devinder Singh Rana had completed his final arguments on November 6.
"I submitted before Bedi Commission that there was no direct or indirect evidence against CM, Nasir and Rana in this matter that they are in anyway involved in causing death of Haji Yousf. Besides, if the family lawyer pleads about torture, he never suggest the same to the witnesses who were called before the Commission for cross examination," said senior lawyer Gaurav Pachnanda, representing CM, Wani, and Rana.
Meanwhile, the crime branch and police department lawyers have also completed their arguments before the Commission.
The state government had on November 18 appointed the retired Supreme Court judge H S Bedi as the head of a one-man Commission to probe the death of 61-year-old Haji Yousuf in custody. Yousuf was handed over to IG, Crime Branch, by the Chief Minister on September 29 last year after he allegedly admitted that he had taken money from two National Conference workers for getting them berths in the Legislative Council and the state council of ministers. He died a day later. While Yusuf's family alleged he was tortured to death, an autopsy showed that Haji Yousuf died of cardiac arrest. On September 3, Bedi Commission examined Syed Talib Hussain son of Haji Yousf. Pertinently, the commission has already declined attendance and oral examination of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his minister of state for home Nasir Aslam Wani, and Devinder Rana the political advisor to Omar.
Besides Omar and Wani, those who were exempted from cross examination include Asghar Hussain private secretary to Omar, Ghulam Hassan Bhat Assistant Inspector General of Police, Abdul Gaffar Malik SSP Crime branch, Muzaffar Khan the then SHO Batmaloo, Dr Irshad Kuchay medical officer of police hospital and Dr Nadeem Nazir.
Haji Yousuf, an NC worker from south Kashmir's Anantnag district, died allegedly in police custody on September 29, 2011 after two fellow party workers had accused him of taking Rs 1.18 crore from them for getting them berths in the Legislative Council. The Commission was asked to complete its probe within six weeks but due to 'unavoidable circumstances', including pendency of a petition relating to the matter before the Supreme Court and adverse weather conditions, the state government granted a three-month extension to the Commission on January 7.
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Cleveland Police Are Seeing and Believing with Motorola Solutions' Advanced Video Surveillance08:00 EDT Tuesday, August 21, 2012 MINNEAPOLIS (Business Wire) -- Helping to save lives, improving officer safety and increasing effectiveness are just a few of the reasons the city of Cleveland turned to Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) to upgrade its security. Video surveillance is transforming the way first responders react to an emergency situation and helping keep cities safe. The Cleveland Shared Security Surveillance (CS3) program is a public-private partnership that allows security cameras to stream real-time information back to a police command vehicle, Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and, as the program expands, to a dispatch center. Cleveland's project started in 2007 with a small wireless build and has evolved into a phased-in system that includes command vehicles, wireless cameras, incident correlation, wireless broadband integration, managed video services and more. Working with Motorola's integrated services experts, Cleveland officials are expanding their video system to act as a crime deterrent. The forensic evidence gathered from the system has already helped Cleveland police solve crimes. An International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) study has shown that 93 percent of officer misconduct charges are overturned by video evidence, and other research shows a majority of defendants plead out when their activities are captured on video. Motorola's advanced video solutions allow first responders to view real-time, 24/7 visuals of their communities. They are given immediate access to view commercial districts, neighborhoods, high-risk areas, crowded public events, dangerous intersections, public transit vehicles and municipal buildings when they're not physically on the scene. Live, mobile video streaming from the scene back to the command center or eventually to hand-held devices – such as Motorola's LEX 700 Mission Critical Handheld – enhances coordination of efforts from all officers and response teams. KEY FACTS Funding from the Department of Homeland Security and other federal organizations has allowed the CS3 program to support 25 city-owned cameras and dozens of other cameras owned by local organizations, businesses and other public safety agencies. Cleveland's cameras can tilt, pan and zoom in on a particular area to follow the activities of an ongoing situation or help predict a dangerous situation before it happens. Motorola's video system allows an emergency responder in distress to press an emergency button on his or her radio that triggers an alarm at the dispatch center. The system then identifies neighboring cameras and directs them to the responder's coordinates. Motorola's deep domain expertise in public safety allows for a community's video solution to grow from specifically selected areas where video is a proven deterrent to "safe corridor" implementations for broader city-wide coverage. SUPPORTING QUOTESMartin Flask, public safety director, city of Cleveland "The Cleveland community has benefitted directly from our work with Motorola Solutions. The video solutions project creates a sense of awareness and a feeling of safety, especially in the high-traffic areas such as our downtown business district and sporting arenas." Michael McGrath, police chief, city of Cleveland "One of the most important aspects of the video solution project has been the preventative component. Individuals know the cameras are there, and that can prevent crime and tragedies from occurring. I don't want to catch the person who stole the purse…I want to prevent the purse from being stolen in the first place." 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|Traded as
|Enterprise software
|Weinheim, Germany, EU (1972)
|Dietmar Hopp
Hans-Werner Hector
Hasso Plattner
Klaus Tschira
Claus Wellenreuther
|Walldorf, Germany
|Area served
|Key people
|Hasso Plattner (Chairman)
Jim H. Snabe (Co-CEO)
Bill McDermott (Co-CEO)
|See list of SAP products.
|€16.22 billion (2012)[1]
|Operating income
|€4.064 billion (2012)[1]
|€2.826 billion (2012)[1]
|Total assets
|€26.87 billion (2012)[1]
|Total equity
|€14.16 billion (2012)[1]
|64,598 (2012)[1]
|It has been suggested that SAP for Retail be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since July 2013.
|Traded as
|Enterprise software
|Weinheim, Germany, EU (1972)
|Dietmar Hopp
Hans-Werner Hector
Hasso Plattner
Klaus Tschira
Claus Wellenreuther
|Walldorf, Germany
|Area served
|Key people
|Hasso Plattner (Chairman)
Jim H. Snabe (Co-CEO)
Bill McDermott (Co-CEO)
|See list of SAP products.
|€16.22 billion (2012)[1]
|Operating income
|€4.064 billion (2012)[1]
|€2.826 billion (2012)[1]
|Total assets
|€26.87 billion (2012)[1]
|Total equity
|€14.16 billion (2012)[1]
|64,598 (2012)[1]
SAP AG is a German multinational software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with regional offices around the world, SAP is the leader in the market of enterprise applications in terms of software and software-related service.[2]
The company's best-known software products are its enterprise resource planning application systems and management (SAP ERP), its enterprise data warehouse product – SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW), SAP BusinessObjects software, and most recently, Sybase mobile products and in-memory computing appliance SAP HANA. SAP is one of the largest software companies in the world.
When Xerox decided to exit the computer industry, they asked IBM to migrate their business systems to IBM technology. As part of IBM's compensation for the migration, IBM was given the rights to the SDS/SAPE software, reportedly for a contract credit of $80,000.
Five IBM engineers from the AI department [3][4] (Dietmar Hopp, Klaus Tschira, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, and Claus Wellenreuther, all from Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg) were working in an enterprise-wide system based on this software, only to be told that it would be no longer necessary. Rather than abandon the project, they decided to leave IBM and start another company.[5]
In June 1972 they founded Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung ("System Analysis and Program Development") as a private partnership under the German Civil Code.[5] The acronym was later changed to stand for Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung ("Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing").
Their first client was the German branch of Imperial Chemical Industries[6] in Östringen, where they developed mainframe programs for payroll and accounting. Instead of storing the data on punch cards mechanically, as IBM did, they stored it locally. Therefore, they called their software a real-time system, since there was no need to process the punch cards overnight (for this reason their flagship product carried an R in its name until the late 1990s). This first version was also a standalone software, that could be offered to other interested parties.
In 1973, the first commercial product was launched. The SAP R/1, as it was called,[7] offered a common system for multiple tasks. This permitted the use of a centralized data storage, improving the maintenance of the data. From a technical point of view, therefore, a database was necessary.[8]
In 1976, SAP GmbH was founded, and moved its headquarters the following year to Walldorf. SAP AG became the company's official name after the 2005 annual general meeting. AG is short for Aktiengesellschaft (public limited company).
Three years later, in 1979, SAP launched SAP R/2, expanding the capabilities of the system to other areas, such as material management and production planning.[7]
In 1981, SAP brought a re-designed product to market. However, SAP R/2 did not improve until the period between 1985 and 1990. SAP developed and released several versions of R/3 in 1992 through 1995. By the mid-1990s, SAP followed the trend from mainframe computing to client/server architectures. The development of SAP's internet strategy with mySAP.com redesigned the concept of business processes (integration via Internet).[5] SAP was awarded Industry Week's Best Managed Companies in 1999.[9]
In August 1988, SAP GmbH became SAP AG (a corporation by German law), and public trading started on 4 November 1988. Shares were listed on the Frankfurt and Stuttgart stock exchanges.[5] In 1995, SAP was included in the German stock index DAX and on 22 September 2003, SAP was included in the Dow Jones STOXX 50.[10]
In November 2010, SAP lost a US$1.3 billion intellectual property lawsuit—related to the actions of the SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow—to Oracle Corporation; the penalty was cited as the largest software piracy judgment in history.[11] SAP filed post-trial motions to lower the damage awarded to Oracle and stated it may also file an appeal.[12] On 9 September 2011, the verdict was overturned by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, who called the penalty "grossly excessive."[13]
In 2001 SAP acquired Israeli company TopTier Software (founded in 1997) for $400 million.[14] The founder of TopTier Software Shai Agassi joined SAP and eventually was given the responsibility for the company's overall technology strategy and execution.[15]
In 2008, SAP acquired Business Objects, a business intelligence company, and added its products to its portfolio. In 2010, SAP acquired Sybase in a major acquisition move. Sybase being the largest business software and service provider specializing in information management and mobile data use.
In December 2011, SAP AG agreed to buy SuccessFactors Inc. for $3.4 billion in cash or 52 percent more than the share closing price on 2 December 2011.[16]
In May 2012, SAP AG announced acquisition of the Sunnyvale, California-based supply chain network operator Ariba Inc. for an estimated $4.3 billion. SAP said it will offer $45 a share.[17]
In June 2013, SAP AG announced the acquisition of Hybris and completed the acquisition on 1 August 2013.[18]
SAP is the world's largest business software company and the third biggest independent software provider by revenue (as of 2007).[19] It operates in four geographic regions: EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), America (United States and Canada), LAC (Latin America and Caribbean), and APJ (Asia Pacific and Japan), which represents Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand, India, Greater China, and Southeast Asian countries. In addition, SAP operates a network of 115 subsidiaries, and has R&D (Research & Development) facilities around the globe in Germany, India, US, Canada, France, Brazil, Turkey, China, Hungary, Israel, Ireland and Bulgaria.
SAP focuses on six industry sectors - process industries, discrete industries, consumer industries, service industries, financial services, and public services - and 25 industries.[20] It offers integrated product sets for large enterprises,[21] midsize companies and small businesses.[22]
Service-oriented architecture has been incorporated into the SAP ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system and other products defined within the SAP Enterprise Services Architecture (Enterprise SOA).
SAP Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture (or Enterprise SOA) has been defined by SAP AG as "an open architecture for adaptive business solutions" and "the blueprint for an architecture that enables innovation and standardization in a single environment".[23] Enterprise SOA is enabled by the SAP NetWeaver platform, and builds on the benefits of Web services. SAP has positioned Enterprise SOA to deliver the benefits offered by service-oriented architecture, including enabling both flexibility and business efficiency. SAP states that Enterprise SOA provides companies with a "cost-effective blueprint for composing innovative new applications by extending existing systems, while maintaining a level of flexibility that makes future process changes cost-effective".[24] SAP Solutions that currently use Enterprise SOA are mySAP CRM, mySAP ERP, and mySAP SRM.
SAP E-SOA supports different authentication methods like SAP Logon Ticket, Kerberos authentication, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) assertions, SSL and X.509 client certificates, apart from basic authentication (User ID and Password) to guarantee stronger authentication and Single Sign-On methods across SAP technologies.[25]
SAP's products focus on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The company's main product is SAP ERP. The current version is SAP ERP 6.0 and is part of the SAP Business Suite. Its previous name was R/3. The "R" of SAP R/3 stood for realtime. The number 3 related to the 3-tier architecture: database, application server and client (SAPgui). R/2, which ran on a Mainframe architecture, was the predecessor of R/3. Before R/2 came System RF, later dubbed R/1.
SAP ERP is one of five enterprise applications in SAP's Business Suite. The other four applications are:
Other major product offerings include: the NetWeaver platform, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) software, Duet (joint offering with Microsoft), Performance Management software and RFID. SAP offers service-oriented architecture capabilities (calling it Enterprise SOA) in the form of web services that are wrapped around its applications.
While its original products were typically used by Fortune 500 companies[citation needed], SAP now actively targets small and medium sized enterprises (SME) with its SAP Business One and SAP Business All-in-One.
On 19 September 2007 SAP announced a new product named SAP Business ByDesign. SAP Business ByDesign is a software as a service (SaaS) offering, and provides a fully integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, On Demand. SAP Business ByDesign was previously known under the code name "A1S".[26] In October 2007, SAP AG announced the friendly takeover of Business Objects. This acquisition expanded SAP's Product Suite of Business Intelligence (BI) software and increased the customer installed base to 89,000.[27]
In February 2009 SAP AG, which invested in Coghead, purchased the start-up's intellectual property. SAP will only be using the company's technology as an internal resource and has no plans to offer Coghead's products to its customers.[28]
In May 2010 SAP AG announced that it is buying the database software maker Sybase for US$ 5.8 billion in cash.[29] The deal closed at the end of July 2010. Sybase will continue to run as a separate, independent unit but will be leveraged across the other SAP areas.
As of July 2010 TechniData is a 100% subsidiary of SAP AG.[30]
In October 2010, SAP AG announced the release of SAP HANA 1.0 (High-performance Analytics Appliance), an in-memory appliance for Business Intelligence allowing real-time analytics.
SAP Enterprise Learning (environment) is an enhancement of the previous version of the learning management system, SAP Learning Solution 600. Apart from the features in SAP Learning Solution 600, SAP Enterprise Learning (environment) contains a virtual learning room feature powered by Adobe Connect.[31] SAP officials say there are over 100,600 SAP installations serving more than 41,200 companies in more than 25 industries in more than 120 countries.[32]
SAP Press has published a book on SAP Enterprise Learning.[33]
SAP Human Resources Management System is one of the largest modules in the SAP R/3 system which consists of many sub modules that assist with tasks of human resource management.
SAP partners include Global Services Partners with cross-industry multinational consulting capabilities,[34] Global Software Partners providing integrated products that complement SAP Business Suite solutions,[35] and Global Technology Partners providing user companies with a wide range of products to support SAP technology, including vendors of hardware, database, storage systems, networks, and mobile computing technology.[36]
Extensions partners: this is a small number of companies which provide functionality that complements SAP product capabilities. These enhancements fulfill high quality standards and are certified, sold and supported by SAP directly. These partner companies include Adobe, CA Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, IDS Scheer, OpenText, Redwood Software, Vistex Inc., Knoa Software, Nakisa Inc, ICON-SCM, Prometheus Group and SmartOps.[37][38]
SAP products for small businesses and midsize companies are delivered through its global partner network. In 2008, SAP signed SAP Global Service partnership with HCL Technologies, a $6 b technology service provider, headquartered in India.[39] SAP PartnerEdge has also signed with ENFOS, Inc., a software as a service company, to develop their EcoHub Partner Sustainability Solution platform. The SAP PartnerEdge program, SAP's partner program, offers a set of business enablement resources and program benefits to help partners including value added resellers (VARs) and independent software vendors (ISVs) be profitable and successful in implementing, selling, marketing, developing and delivering SAP products to a broad range of customers.[40]
SAP Community Network (SCN) is a community of SAP customers, partners, employees, and influencers – typically in roles such as: developers, consultants, integrators, and business analysts – who gain and share knowledge about ABAP, Java, .NET, SOA, and other technologies, plus analytics and dashboards, business process best practices, cloud, mobile, big data, and a range of other topics via expert blogs, discussion forums, exclusive downloads and code samples, training materials, and a technical library.[41] SAP Community Network has more than 2.5 million members, representing a wide range of roles and lines-of-business, from countries and territories all over the world, in 24 industries.
Functional units of SAP are split across different organizational units for R&D needs, field activities and customer support. SAP Labs are mainly responsible for product development whereas the field organizations spread across each country are responsible for field activities such Sales, Marketing, Consulting etc. Head office located in SAP AG is responsible for overall management as well as core Engineering activities related to Product Development. SAP customer support, also called Active Global Support (AGS) is a global organization to provide support to SAP customers worldwide.
SAP Labs is the research and development organization of the parent company.[42] SAP has its development organization spread across the globe. As of Jan 2011, but not all, labs locations host SAP Research groups.[43]
The labs are located in Germany, France, Ireland, Bulgaria and Hungary in Europe; Palo Alto, USA; Bangalore, Mumbai and Gurgaon, India; São Leopoldo, Brazil; Ra'anana and Karmiel, Israel; Montreal, Vancouver, and Waterloo Canada and Shanghai, China. SAP Labs India[44] is the largest development unit in terms of number of employees outside the SAP headquarters located in Walldorf, Germany.[45]
Each SAP Lab has prominent area of expertise and focus. SAP Labs in Sophia Antipolis, France for example specializes in development of Java based SAP software products. Whereas, SAP Labs in Palo Alto, California is famous for its focus on innovation and research.
SAP opened in June 2009 its new SAP Labs campus in Brazil, representing the first SAP Labs Center in Latin America and the eighth worldwide. The facility is located in São Leopoldo, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and employs 520 people.[46] Of particular note are the building's structure and interior, which are composed entirely of environmentally friendly materials. Since these materials were not available in Brazil, constructing the facility did not come cheap for SAP. The project was an effort not only to create a "green house" in Latin America, but also to design offices with a pleasant work atmosphere.
SAP Labs Latin America has just received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification for the building.
User Groups are independent, not-for-profit organizations of SAP customer companies and partners within the SAP Ecosystem that provide education to their members, influence SAP product releases and direction, exchange best practices, and provide insight into the market needs. Examples of User Groups are the Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG),[47] the German speaking SAP User Group (DSAG),[48] the SAP Australian User Group (SAUG),[49] User Community of SAP Customers in the Indian Subcontinent [50] and the SAP UK & Ireland User Group.[51][52] Further SAP User Groups can be found at the List of SAP Users' Groups.
In 2007, the SAP User Group Executive Network (SUGEN) has been established to foster the information exchange and best practice sharing among SAP User Groups and to coordinate the collaboration with SAP for strategic topics.[53]
SAP also has a large collaboration with developers, partners, customers online via SAP Community Network.
SAP has two annual conferences: SAPPHIRE and SAP TechEd. SAPPHIRE is SAP's customer-facing event.[54][55] It is generally where SAP has announced major product changes and strategic direction. It is typically held annually in the spring, in both North America and Europe.
SAP TechEd is the more technical conference, aimed at SAP's ecosystem of consultants and software development partners.[56][57] SAP TechEd has been held since 1995, and it usually held in four locations around the world every year in the fall. Technical sessions and workshops are held during the conference, as well as Birds of a Feather sessions, and a developer's competition: DemoJam. An associated one-day Unconference event, Community Day, was initiated in 2006 for the SAP Developer Network (SDN), now referred to as SAP Community Network (SCN). In 2008 a Community Day program was added to address the Business Process Expert (BPX) community, which has begun to evolve into new events like InnoJAM, CodeJAM. SAP Inside Tracks are also a popular grassroots level un-conferences locally held in various global locations.
SAP competitors are primarily in the Enterprise Resource Planning Software industry. In this field, Oracle Corporation is SAP's major competitor. SAP also competes in the Customer Relationship Management, Marketing & Sales Software, Manufacturing, Warehousing & Industrial Software, and Supply Chain Management & Logistics Software sectors.[58]
Oracle Corporation filed a case against SAP for malpractice and unfair competition in the California courts on 22 March 2007. In Oracle Corporation v. SAP AG Oracle alleged that a Texas subsidiary, SAP TN (formerly TomorrowNow before purchase by SAP), which provided discount support for legacy Oracle product lines, used the accounts of former Oracle customers to systematically download patches and support documents from Oracle's website and appropriated them for SAP's use.[59][60] Later SAP admitted wrongdoing on smaller scale than Oracle claimed in the lawsuit. SAP has admitted to inappropriate downloads; however the company denies the theft of any intellectual property.[61]
SAP increased its annual profits by 370% since 2002.[62]
SAP announced in October 2007 that it would acquire Business Objects, a market leader in business intelligence software, for $6.8B.[63]
SAP provoked controversy and frustration among its users in 2008 by raising the cost of its maintenance contracts. The issue was the subject of intense discussion among user groups.[64]
The resulting pressure saw SAP and SUGEN (SAP User Group Executive Network) agree to a major benchmarking exercise to prove the value of the new support pricing policy to customers. In December 2009, SAP delayed its Enterprise Support price rises until agreement had been reached on the benchmarks and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).[65]
In January 2010, SAP reversed its direction on Enterprise Support and reintroduced its standard support package for customers. The move to reinstate standard support – at 18 percent of annual license fees, "will enable all customers to choose the option that best meets their requirements," the company said.[66]
In August 2013, SAP acquired Hybris publicly for eCommerce capabilities after failing in a bid for Neolane. The rationale for the acquisition of Hybris was really for product catalog and product information management [67]
One of SAP's highest partnership levels leads to a product being designated an "Endorsed Business Solution" (EBS) and it is an invitation-only arrangement. As of December 2013, only 44 SAP EBS providers exist globally[citation needed]:
Aris Global[69]
BlackLine Systems[70]
CA Technologies
Conformia Development
Emergys Software
Epic Data
FRS Global
Invensys Wonderware
Financial Management Consulting
KSS Fuels
NRX Global
Open Text
Oracle Corporation
OR Soft Jänicke GmbH
Oversight Systems
RIB Software
StreamServe (Open Text)
Skipper Electricals (India) Limited
TechniData cFP
Triple Point Technology
Verint Systems
Vision Chain
Werum Software Systems
In 2012, SAP is listed as a partner of the (RED) campaign, together with other brands such as Nike Inc., Girl, American Express and Converse. The campaign's mission is to prevent the transmission of the HIV virus from mother to child by 2015 (the campaign's byline is "Fighting for an AIDS Free Generation").[71]
SAP is funding a project[72] to assess and educate Autistic Children.[73] It has also launched an initiative to hire employees with autism and Asperger syndrome, citing their intelligence in the IT field and attention to detail; they aim to compose 1% of its 65,000 workforce with autistic people by the year 2020.[74]
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