"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
...
>
> "SAP" stands for Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der
> Datenverarbeitung. They are the largest business software company in
> the world. Perhaps the word "sap" doesn't have a meaning in German.
> I've never heard it pronounced as one syllable, but rather as three. I
> spent several years working with software called PeopleSoft. They are
> major competitors.

Quite! My husband is an S.A.P. fi/co Analyst but don't let that stop
people who don't have a clue, calling it a database) His company is
changing over to it from PeopleSoft.