Digital Transformation

The Evolution of SAP offers great lessons in storytelling as this is the oldest continuously evolving IT system. Enterprise software suites like SAP are built on thousands of interconnected software patents rather than a single master filing. However, the structural backbone of early SAP PLM—which integrated mechanical CAD models directly into the ERP database master logic—rests on this early, foundational system utility patent filed by SAP and it is a fascinating read into t