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BusinessObjects XI 3.1: All Information, All People, One Platform

Two industry leaders have come together to create a clear leader in the business optimization market. SAP, the leader and pioneer in enterprise applications, has acquired Business Objects, the leader and pioneer in Business Intelligence BI. Together, the two organizations provide the best of both worlds - an organization focused...

Tags: Leader, Business Objects, SAP AG, Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, Leadership, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Management, Marketing, Software, Data Management

White papers 2008-09-01

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Some welcome competition in mid-market ERP

Sage's X3 - Does it need big systems integrators as part of its market success? A few days ago, several members of the analyst and press community were given a briefing on Sage’s high-end ERP product, X3. X3 was acquired by Sage three years ago and...

Tags: Accounting, Reseller, ERP, Channel Partner, Sage, X3, X3 Product Line, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-05-27

SAS preps cloud computing facility; Bets on on-demand BI

SAS is planning to spend $70 million on a cloud computing facility at its Cary, N.C. headquarters as it expands its on-demand offerings. SAS seems to be making a big bet on business intelligence software in the cloud, a concept that isn't expected to get a lot of traction.  ...

Tags: Business Intelligence, Software-as-a-service, On-demand, SAS Institute, Business Analytics, Forrester Research Inc., Forrester Analysis, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Software As A Service (SaaS), Pricing, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Congratulations Marc… The next $billion will be harder

In 10 years, salesforce.com founder and CEO Marc Benioff has turned CRM-as-a-service into a $1B business with 55,400 customers.  Both numbers are impressive.  It took SAP more than 35 years and an acquisition of Business Objects to cross the 50,000 customer mark (BOBJ pushed them over 80,000).  ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Sales Force, Siebel Systems Inc., SAP AG, CRM, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales, Emerging Technologies, Bruce Richardson

Blog posts 2009-03-17

Is BI recession-proof, or are we just bracing for the next shoe to drop?

The economic outlook isn't all gloom and doom. Bright spots remain in some substantial IT growth sectors--most important, in the sprawling business intelligence BI market. In the past month, we've seen solid financials--in some cases, record growth and profitability numbers--from leading BI vendors, including SAP Business Objects,...

Tags: Analytics, MicroStrategy Inc., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, James Kobielus

Blog posts 2009-02-06

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Part Tree, er...Three

To Recap We're heading into the homestretch.  Which is why the Giants need to beat the Panthers....last night.  Oh, snap. This isn't my NFL blog. I don't have one. This is the final episode in that hilarious sitcom, Greenberg's Fools Gold.  For those of you who missed the previous...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, CRM, Greenberg, Connectbeam Management, Zuora, LucidEra, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-22

SAP: Oracle price-gouges customers even more than we do

Doug Merritt, SAP's EVP and GM of Business User Global Sales, predictably came up with quote of the day on day one of the BusinessObjects influencer summit. During a 'fireside chat' in a near freezing air conditioned room with fellow Irregulars Mike Krigsman, Sandy Kemsley and Brian Sommer and myself,...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Pricing, Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Advanced Corda CenterView Data Visualization for the BusinessObjects Intelligence Platform

The BusinessObjects Business Intelligence BI platform pulls company data into one centralized location to ensure that every person connected within an organization has trusted, immediate access to the business information they need. It expands data sources and simplifies the deployment and management of BI tools. Business Objects was recently acquired...

Tags: CORDA Technologies Inc., Business Objects, SAP AG, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management

White papers 2008-08-11

The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms, Q3 2008

In Forrester's 151-criteria evaluation of enterprise Business Intelligence BI platform vendors, the paper found that IBM Cognos and SAP Business Objects maintain their leadership positions, while Oracle and SAS Institute move into leadership positions in enterprise BI thanks to the richness of their functionality, ability to scale, and the completeness...

Tags: Forrester Research Inc., Leadership, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Management, Marketing, Software, Data Management

White papers 2008-07-31

Is SAP's weakness its real strength?

Conversations with Doug Merritt, a member of SAP's executive council and the person driving Business Objects as a platform for intelligence are always entertaining. Merritt represents the unconventional, disruptive element within SAP that was in evidence during Shai Agassi's tenure. For me, Merritt charaterizes the public face of fracture I...

Tags: SAP AG, Merritt, Phil, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Leadership, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Human Resources, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-22

SAP aims to make upgrades easier; Rolls out enhancement packages; Touts analytics

Henning Kagermann, co-CEO of SAP, wants to do away with the upgrade-go-round with its upcoming Business Suite 7.0 with "enhancement packages," small optional updates designed to add functionality to enterprise resource planning applications. Enhancement packages are small SOA-enabled packs that can add new functionality to SAP's Business...

Tags: Analytics, SAP NetWeaver, SAP AG, Enhancement Package, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Why social software won't dethrone the incumbents

It's not often I find myself fundamentally disagreeing with Sam Lawrence. He's a smart guy with a great marketing head. But on this post he's over-reaching in my opinion. His basic argument says this: The big IT vendors aren’t taking social software seriously. They can’t. Not even if they...

Tags: Austin Ventures, Channel Management, Dennis Howlett, IBM Corp., Internet, Marketing, Oracle Corp., Sam, SAP AG, Software, Value Chain, Vendor, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2008-04-30

Steve Jobs named

Steve Jobs namedI agree, The only thing he is shaping the futureof is "corporate acquisitions".Agreed...Don't hardly ever hear his name these days.Totally AgreeLarry's name probably shouldn't even be on the list and if it must be, then it should be the last one. All Oracle has done is acquire...

Tags: Linux, Strategy, Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Steve Jobs, Microsoft Corp., Larry Ellison, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

SAP's Business Objects promises to 'break barriers'

Business Objects, which was just brought into SAP's orbit, announced BusinessObjectsâ„¢ XI 3.0, which the company said "breaks the barriers of traditional business intelligence BI." Every BI company makes a similar claim--promising to provide the key to making better business decisions and more profit. According to the...

Tags: Barrier, Business Objects, SAP AG, Business Objects XI 3.0, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-02-12

Sterna launches Business Positioning System

Sterna Technologies was one of the few enterprise products to present at Demo 08. The company introduced its Business Positioning System BPS, which is another name for Business Performance Management BPM or any other variety of acronym for dashboards the improve corporate performance. Sterna's technology goes...

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Performance, Positioning, Dashboard, Sterna Technologies, Business Positioning System, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-01-30

SAP-BusinessObjects: what was unsaid

The SAP-BusinessObjects go to market show was mildly interesting but left key questions unanswered. Colleagues Dan Farber and Mike Krigsman were on the call as was James Governor. I asked how the combined operation might incorporate non-financial measures into the new solutions. I was thinking about how...

Tags: Opportunity, Hyperion Solutions Corp., SAP AG, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Human Capital, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-01-16

SAP-Business Objects combo ready to roll

This morning, after digesting Oracle's acquisition of BEA and Sun's consumption of MySQL, I headed down SAP's Palo Alto offices to hear how the enterprise software giant will digest its latest acquisition, Business Objects. SAP CEO Henning Kagermann said Business Objects gives his company number one leadership...

Tags: Business Objects, SAP AG, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Investment, Finance, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-01-16

BI leader Cognos gets scooped up by IBM

The thought on the street was that Cognos had to get bought soon, given the business intelligence BI consolidation land-grab of late -- punctuated by Oracle's acquisition of Hyperion and SAP's buy of Business Objects. So now Big Blue steps up to the plate, and for $5...

Tags: Cognos Inc., Leader, EMC Corp., IBM Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Business Structures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Finance, Investment, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-11-12

SAP's growth spurt: $6.8 billion for Business Objects

SAP took a page out of Oracle's grow-by-consolidation playbook in acquiring business intelligence leader Business Objects for $6.8 billion (42 Euros per share). SAP CEO Henning Kagermann positioned the acquisition as part of his company's strategy to rapidly grow its customer base. SAP wants to have 100,000 customers by 2010,...

Tags: Analytics, Business Objects, SAP AG, Business ByDesign, Business Object Acquisition, Financial Planning, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Finance, Software, Data Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-07

The force joins Salesforce.com

Salesforce.com keeps changing the names, which makes it somewhat confusing if you are trying to cover the company’s quest to upend the software industry. This week salesforce.com (the publicly-traded company, with the ticker symbol "CRM") introduced Force.com , the new moniker for the salesforce (the applications--sales, services, marketing, partner, content...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Sales Force, Force.com, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-17