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Business Objects acquires visualisation company
News Business intelligence (BI) software provider Business Objects said on Tuesday it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the privately-held information visualisation and presentation software company, Infommersion.
[October 4, 2005, 17:10]
Business Objects plugs in to Eclipse
News Business intelligence software maker Business Objects has signalled its intention to join the Eclipse Foundation and move several products onto the open source platform. Business Objects said back in July it was nearing completion of an Eclipse...
[November 7, 2005, 9:05]
Business Objects ready to swallow Crystal
News Business Objects announced that it is ready to merge its business-reports software with that of Crystal Decision, which is the rival it purchased last year. The two software sets will be brought together on a common technology infrastructure...
[January 12, 2004, 8:05]
Business Objects buys rival
News Business Objects has agreed to acquire fellow business-reports software company Crystal Decisions in a deal valued at $820m (£517m), the latest in a series of buyouts reshaping the business-software market.
[July 21, 2003, 8:47]
Business Objects plays catch-up with SRC buy
News Business Objects plans to acquire privately held SRC Software for about $100m (£56.9m) in cash, a move that fills out the company's product line and ratchets up the competition with Cognos and Hyperion.
[July 22, 2005, 9:45]
Oracle Case Study: Business Objects
White Papers Challenged by management to improve its service organization, Business Objects needed to quickly implement a solution that would deliver increased visibility and control over its worldwide consulting operations.
[March 9, 2006, 23:00]
Business Objects patent case gets go-ahead
News Software company Business Objects said on Friday that an American federal appeals court has ordered a trial in a patent infringement lawsuit that the company filed against competitor MicroStrategy. Business Objects, which makes data analysis...
[January 10, 2005, 17:00]
Business Objects boosts Office integration
News On Wednesday French business intelligence (BI) vendor Business Objects released the latest version of its software platform, which it claims finally integrates much of the functionality it gained from its recent acquisition of reporting tool...
[January 12, 2005, 10:50]
Business Objects: Open source a distant threat
News There's little chance of an open source company shaking up the Business Intelligence (BI) market any time soon, according to Bernard Liautaud, the chief executive of Business Objects. Speaking last week after the launch of Business Objects Extreme...
[January 17, 2005, 17:00]
Business Objects offers BI for the mid-range
News Hoping to find a market among mid-range companies for sophisticated business intelligence tools (BI), Business Objects has launched specially priced applications for SMEs. This is sophisticated software and it is clearly not for the smaller SME...
[February 5, 2007, 16:30]
Evaluating Business Intelligence Offerings: Business Objects and Microsoft
White Papers This paper will analyze the key considerations for deciding on a BI offering, review the BI strategies of Microsoft and Business Objects, and then evaluate each company's offerings in light of these key considerations.
[July 2, 2007, 1:00]
Business Objects makes business intelligence 'easy'
News Business intelligence (BI) software vendor Business Objects claimed a breakthrough in ease of use on Tuesday with the launch of the latest version of Business Objects, XI Release II. According to Donald MacCormick vice-president of applications at...
[September 27, 2005, 14:40]
Keeping Business Objects on track
News Because the pitch from companies like Business Objects is, here's a way to help your business make better decisions - with the applications you've already bought and installed. So awful, in fact, that the company Liautaud helms, Business Objects...
[August 23, 2005, 14:20]
SAP to acquire Business Objects
News SAP plans to acquire Business Objects in a cash deal valued at slightly more than $6.8bn (£3.3bn), SAP announced on Sunday. The acquisition of Business Objects, a leading supplier of business intelligence software, is designed to dovetail into SAP...
[October 8, 2007, 10:54]
Migrating From Business Objects Crystal Reports to SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
White Papers For many years, Business Objects Crystal Reports was the mainstream option for business reporting solutions, as evidenced by the bundling of Crystal Reports with other applications including Microsoft Visual Studio.
[December 29, 2006, 0:00]
SEC may sue Business Objects
News The Securities and Exchange Commission may file a civil suit against Business Objects for the software company's practice of not disclosing its backlog of unshipped orders. On Wednesday, Business Objects said that it received a "Wells notice" from...
[August 5, 2004, 10:00]
Business Objects: Open source a distant threat
Talkback Watch your backside pal the next thing you know Open Source will be biting a lump out of it and the we can all LOL saying we told you so so many companys have said the self same thing and look at them now they almost invariabley end up...
[January 19, 2005, 0:08]
Business Objects: Open source a distant threat
Talkback Thank you for sharing Bernard Liautaud's perspective on the evolution of Business Intelligence. Companies that provide an open source business intelligence platforms will exactly enable this by commoditizing the infrastructure and put the necessary...
[January 19, 2005, 19:27]
Business Objects: Open source a distant threat
Talkback Take a look at PALO www.palo.net - This is an open source OLAP server which will be similar to commercial offereing such as TM1 and MIS Alea. Its RAM based and so should be fast and there is an excel add-in so end users should feeel comfortable...
[October 10, 2005, 19:41]
Picis Transforms Healthcare Processes with Business Intelligence from Business Objects
White Papers Find out how Picis incorporated business intelligence (BI) reporting and analysis technology from SAP BusinessObjects in the development of the Picis CareSuite family of products, comprising best practice applications for automating and...
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