OPINION ABOUT: SAP SE is a German company world leader in enterprise applications (software and software-related service) and a software manufacturer. With more than 253,500 customers in over 180 countries, the SAP Group includes subsidiaries in major countries and employs more than 66,500 people (FY2013). SAP derives its revenue from fees charged to customers for licensing of onpremise software products and solutions, the use of cloud solutions by subscription, and other services (support, consulting, development, training). Activities are broken down into two divisions: On-Premise (On-Premise Products and On-Premise Services) and Cloud (Cloud Applications and Ariba).