Additionally,a little later,a new switch framework is introduced to allow customers toselectively enable only the new functions developed by SAP in order to avoid disruptingtheir core processes. The SAP R/3 name is now replaced by SAP ERP. SAP ERP is part of a larger family known as SAP Business Suite, which also contains many other line of business (LOB) applications from SAP, such as SAP CRM.● 2015 - A new wave of advances in hardware architecture brings massive computing powerat decreasing costs. Huge memory and multi-core processors arrive to offer massive computing power. The underlying design of existing SAP applications does not fully exploit the power of the new hardware. A complete rewrite of the Business Suite is required. The new business suite is called SAP S/4HANA.