SAP Labs are R&D locations that develop and improve SAP core products.

SAP Labs are

strategically located in high-tech clusters around the globe.

SAP Labs are located in Germany (main locations: Walldorf/Rot, Markdorf, Berlin), United
States (main location: Silicon Valley), India (main location: Bangalore), China (main
location: Shanghai), Brazil (main location: Sao Leopoldo), Bulgaria (main location: Sofia),
Canada (main locations: Vancouver, Montreal), Vietnam (main location: Ho Chi Minh City),
Israel (main location: Ra’anana), CIS (main location: Moscow), France (main location: Paris,
Sophia Antipolis), Ireland (main location: Dublin), Hungary (main location: Budapest),
Slovakia (main location: Bratislava), Czech Republic (main location: Brno), Poland (main
location: Gliwice).

SAP’s main 4 Labs’ locations are Germany, India, China and the US. Labs Walldorf was
founded in 1972 and became SAP’s first location. At the beginning, the focus of SAP
expansion was entering highly developed IT markets: in 1993 Palo Alto becomes a part of
SAP Labs‘ locations. Aiming to acquire talented employees, in 1998, SAP opens its Labs in
Bangalore, in 2003 – in China.

Among the latest SAP Labs are Labs Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. All three labs
have been established in 2016.

Based on SAP HANA in-memory platform, SAP Labs develop innovative products for 98 of
the 100 most-valuable global brands using cutting-edge methodologies and technologies.

In order to manage SAP Labs, SAP Labs Network (SLN) was created. SLN is a global unit
that manages regional Labs and shares best business practices. It coordinates and distributes
development projects among individual SAP Labs locations, accelerates product delivery,
gives SAP full access to talent, and drives SAP corporate strategy regarding innovation and
business growth.[48]