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| 2024 | Supervisory Board election where Eberhard Schick from IG Metall and Andreas Hahn from the European Works Council were elected as representatives. |
| September 13 2024 | German prosecutors open a formal investigation of sexual harassment involving Juergen Mueller and a female employee. |
| September 3 2024 | CTO and Executive Board Member Juergen Mueller reaches a mutual agreement to leave the company by the end of the month due to an incident of inappropriate behavior. |
| March 2024 | SAP agrees to pay R500 million as part of an agreement with South Africa's Special Investigating Unit related to previous bribery allegations. |
| 2023 | SAP achieved revenue of €31.2 billion with a significant net income of €6.1 billion, though workforce reduced to 106,043 employees. |
| December 2023 | SAP's market capitalization reached US$180 billion, establishing it as the largest German company by market capitalization. Share price traded at over US$154 per share. |
| 2022 | SAP's revenue rose to €30.8 billion, but net income decreased to €2.2 billion, with workforce reaching 111,961 employees. |
| May 5 2022 | Works council election where 15 out of 45 seats went to IG Metall and ver.di trade union lists. Eberhard Schick was elected as works council chair, and Anne Schmitz as deputy chair, marking the first time union representatives held both positions. |
| 2021 | SAP saw a slight revenue increase to €27.8 billion and continued workforce expansion to 107,415 employees. |
| April 13 2021 | SAP announces the formation of a joint venture SAP Fioneer with investment company Dediq GmbH, focusing on the Financial Services Industry. |
| January 18 2021 |
SAP BTP
SAP retired the 'SAP Cloud Platform' name from its product portfolio and introduced SAP BTP, which now serves over 27,000 customers and 2,800 partners.
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| 2020 | Despite the global pandemic, SAP maintained revenue at €27.3 billion and grew to 103,876 employees. |
| 2020 | SAP signed a collective agreement with the Histadrut trade union federation's Cellular, Internet and High-Tech Workers Union, covering 800 workers in the Israeli branch of the company. |
| 2020 | The German Federal Labour Court referred a question to the European Court of Justice regarding trade union representation in Supervisory Boards and compatibility with the Employee Involvement Directive. |
| April 2020 | SAP announced that Jennifer Morgan would leave the company, and Christian Klein would continue as the sole CEO, citing the need for clear leadership during the COVID-19 recession. |
| 2019 | SAP increased revenue to €27.5 billion and expanded its workforce to 100,330 employees, showing continued growth. |
| 2019 | Founded Vianai, an AI company, with $50 million in initial funding and notable advisors including Indra Nooyi, John Etchemendy, Divesh Makan, Sebastian Thrun, and Alan Kay. |
| December 2019 | Sikka was named to Oracle's board of directors. |
| October 2019 | Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein were appointed as co-CEOs of SAP, introducing a dual leadership structure for the company. |
| September 17 2019 | Demonstrated Vianai's platform and announced the creation of a proprietary programming language designed to expand AI and Machine Learning accessibility for developers and companies. |
| January 29 2019 | SAP announces plans to cut approximately 4,000 positions to shift to more modern cloud-based technologies. |
| 2018 | SAP reported annual revenue of €24.7 billion with 96,498 employees, demonstrating significant corporate performance. |
| 2017 | SAP reported annual earnings of €4 billion, with total revenue of €23.5 billion, representing a 6.3% increase from the previous fiscal cycle. |
| 2017 | Ranked #32 in India Today magazine's 50 Most Powerful People list. |
| August 24 2017 | Left his position as executive vice chairman of Infosys, with Nandan Nilekani appointed as the new non-executive chairman. |
| August 24 2017 | U. B. Pravin Rao was appointed as interim CEO of Infosys following Sikka's resignation. |
| August 18 2017 | Stepped down as Managing Director of Infosys after three years in the role. |
| August 18 2017 | Vishal Sikka resigned from his position as Managing Director and CEO of Infosys. |
| February 27 2017 |
SAP BTP
At the Mobile World Congress, SAP HANA Cloud Platform was renamed to 'SAP Cloud Platform'.
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| 2016 |
SAP BTP
SAP partnered with Apple Inc. to develop mobile applications on iOS using cloud-based software development kits (SDKs) for the SAP Cloud Platform.
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| 2015 |
SAP BTP
SAP HANA Cloud Platform reached significant market adoption with over 4,000 customers and 500 partners.
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| 2014 | SAP converted from a German Aktiengesellschaft (AG) to SAP SE, a European Company, maintaining employee representation in the Supervisory Board. |
| August 1 2014 | Vishal Sikka officially took over as CEO from S.D. Shibulal, replacing one of Infosys' founders. |
| June 14 2014 | Sikka was inducted as a whole-time director of the Board and CEO & MD (Designate) of Infosys. |
| June 12 2014 | Infosys named Vishal Sikka as its chief executive officer and managing director. |
| June 12 2014 | Announced as CEO and Managing Director of Infosys, transitioning from his role at SAP. |
| May 2014 | Left his position on the SAP board after 12 years with the company. |
| May 4 2014 | Sikka announced his departure from SAP after being named leader of Infosys. |
| May 13 2013 |
SAP BTP
The cloud platform was rebranded as 'SAP HANA Cloud Platform', establishing itself as the foundation for SAP cloud products including SAP BusinessObjects Cloud.
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| October 16 2012 |
SAP BTP
SAP initially unveiled 'SAP NetWeaver Cloud' as part of the SAP HANA Cloud portfolio, marking the platform's first public introduction.
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| 2010 | Sybase was acquired by SAP, marking the end of its independent corporate existence as a software and services company. |
| 2010 | Following Léo Apotheker's resignation, Sikka was named to a newly reconstituted executive board alongside co-CEOs Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe. |
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