Technical Advantages of using SAP

Hi,
I want to know technical advantages of using SAP in detail.
I mean, why people using SAP ( technically,i mean not in terms of reducing cost, time required to implement it...), what benefits they are getting!!!
Thanks in advance!!

Dear Neha,
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Integration between different modules in SAP.
Support of various industry solutions.
Support of different business processes.
Industry specific and cross-industry best practice packages.
Support of governance, risk, and compliance.
Business to business and application to application integration.
Easy data migration from other legacy systems.
Knowledge warehouse.
Architecture.
Support of business workflow.
Support of warehouse solutions.
Support of integration solutions.
Support of Industry standards such as WSDL, XSD, and BPEL etc.
Availability of standard reports, transactions, classes, methods, layouts etc.
Enhancing capability.
Archiving.
Administration framework.
Support framework.
Notification engine and alert framework.
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Hi Vegendla
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Hi Lalit,
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