Unlike SAP ERP, SAP Business One is not an in-house development of the Walldorf-based software group SAP. It originally comes from the Israeli provider TopManage Financial Systems, which was taken over by SAP in 2002.
Since then, the ERP solution has been significantly enhanced. Among other things, functions for reporting and budgeting have been added. With the acquisition of the US provider Praxis Software Solutions in 2006, the software was expanded to include web-based e-commerce and CRM applications. Around the world, some 48,000 small and medium-sized companies now use the system.
From a technical perspective, SAP Business One was originally based on Microsoft SQL Server. However, today it also works on the high-performance in-memory database SAP HANA. A large SAP partner network has been established around the ERP solution, which has developed more than 500 industry-specific extensions for SAP Business One over the years. The focus here is on the manufacturing, consumer goods, retail and wholesale, and service sectors. SAP partners are also responsible for selling the ERP solution.
The ERP application can be run either on premise (local installation) or in the cloud. Let's take a closer look at these two models below.