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Combining SAP and BusinessObjects

Combining SAP and BusinessObjectsmiddle of last monthHow did Zdnet miss reporting on the rumor? Business Objects made a push on Crystal Report's owners to upgrade last month. I know one Share point shop that agonized over spending another dime on Crystal Reports only to cave in and purchase the upgrade....

Tags: Microsoft development tools, BOBJ, SAP AG, Crystal Reports, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-08

Combining SAP and BusinessObjects

Henning Kagermann, CEO of SAP and John Schwartz, CEO of BusinessObjects today parried questions about SAPs proposed acquisition of BusinessObjects but as always we are left with open questions. The most significant part of the discussion cut across several questions Larry Dignan left hanging in the wind earlier today: ...

Tags: Acquisition, SAP AG, BusinessObjects, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-10-08

SAP's acquiring Business Objects: 1st take

SAP's proposed acquisition of Business Objects is an interesting move on a number of fronts: It provides a fresh route to achieving the 100,000 customer target that Leo Apotheker has previously described as 'aspirational.' While there is significant overlap, BusinessObjects' 44,000 customers as a top line number...

Tags: Acquisition, Oracle Corp., Business Objects, SAP AG, BusinessObjects, Jason, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-10-07

Additional Resources

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

Quick Audit XI (zip)

Security information related to a BusinessObjects XI deployment is stored on a repository called CMS. Querying and extracting data from this CMS require the use of the BusinessObjects Query Builder or SDK. Both solutions do not allow the BusinessObjects administrator to access the data is an easy and standard way....

Tags: Audit, Data, Content Management System, Business Intelligentsia, Content Management, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Software downloads 2008-05-19

SAP Business By Design likely to be delayed

Sketchy reports coming out of Germany are saying that SAP's Business By Design is likely to be delayed. According to Handelsblatt: An SAP developer speaking to Handelsblatt claimed in German that ByDesign was suffering from performance issues and bugs that would delay general availability until perhaps the end of...

Tags: SAP AG, Sales Force Management, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-04-28

Leo Apotheker appointed joint CEO at SAP

According to sources, Leo Apotheker is set to join Henning Kagermann as joint CEO of SAP. Previously, Apotheker held the post of deputy CEO. The move signals that rather than extend his contract of service with the company which runs out in May 2009, Henning Kagermann has...

Tags: SAP AG, CEO, Leo Apotheker, Sales Strategy, Corporate Governance, Sales Force Management, Team Management, Sales, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-04-02

SAP's Business Objects promises to 'break barriers'

Business Objects, which was just brought into SAP's orbit, announced BusinessObjects™ 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

News to know: People don't get the MacBook Air; Thinnest digital camera; Merger mania

Notable headlines: Cisco plugs CallManager vulnerability that rates a '10' Janice Chen: Think the MacBook Air is thin? Check out the thinnest 8-megapixel digital camera. Dan Farber: Salesforce adds $5 per login pricing option and new developer tools. Phil Wainewright:...

Tags: FCC, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Merger, Apple MacBook, Digital Camera, Microsoft Corp., Camera, Notebooks, Open Source, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-01-17

SAP-BusinessObjects: what was unsaid

SAP-BusinessObjects: what was unsaidSAP sales of ORCL DBMSDennis, Unfortunately, you're dead wrong about SAP reselling $1bn of ORCL databases per year. Its not even close to that amount, even including maintenance fees.Ok thenThat is what I've been advised on many occasions and have no reason to disbelieve it. If...

Tags: Databases, SAP-BusinessObjects

Discussion threads 2008-01-16

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

A great day for Larry Ellison

Earlier in the day, Larry Ellison, CEO at Oracle was crowing about the company's Q2 results. Larry Dignan reported the numbers but in amongst the commentary, the company claimed to have made 365 direct wins against SAP. I live Twittered the call in conference and at least one SAPper called...

Tags: Oracle Corp., NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, Larry Ellison, Investment, IPO, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Smb/Sme, Finance, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-12-19

SAP and TIBCO: a marriage to make in hell?

Dana Gardner says that TIBCO must surely be in the firing line for an approach. I agree. Dana thinks Sun is the natural ally: Other vendors will be significantly impacted by the proposed merger as well. Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, and TIBCO will face a tougher market. That's because...

Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., SAP AG, Dana, SAPs BusinessObjects Acquisition, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-10-15

News to know: Google's virtual worlds; Amazon S3; Forsee out; Aviary

Notable headlines: Google tools to power virtual worlds. Gallery right. ReadWriteWeb: Here Comes the Money: YouTube Videos Coming to AdSense. Google: Introducing video units. Amazon S3 gets service level agreement. Larry Dignan: Forsee out at Sprint. Russell...

Tags: Google Inc., S3 Inc., Larry Dignan, SAP AG, Amazon.com Inc., Video, Sprint Communications, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Team Management, Operating Systems, Marketing, Software, Management

Blog posts 2007-10-09

Can Web 2.0 really save the planet?

Chad Hurley, the worldwide Web 2.0 video king, hailed before the U.S. Congress last week that his YouTube “community” is helping “children in Africa.” BUT, can the entire Web 2.0 community save the WHOLE planet?Business Objects, a self-described “pioneer in business intelligence since the dawn of the category,” believes...

Tags: Enterprise, Social Capital, Social Software, Social Web, User-Generated Content, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-05-15

Cognos joins AppExchange but isn't going SaaS

BI vendor Cognos has followed in the footsteps of its rival BusinessObjects in joining Salesforce.coms AppExchange marketplace this week, but that doesnt mean its embracing SaaS, oh no. UK-based title IT Week reports: "Graham Walter, vice president of Cognos in the UK, Middle East and South Africa, ......

Tags: Business applications, Celequest, Cognos Inc., Saas

Blog posts 2007-01-18

Look for a quickening tango between open source and SaaS at LinuxWorld

I recently wrote about how SaaS applications can be delivered as on-premises instances with increasing ease. Now I'm seeing evidence of more overlap and mutual advancement of open source models with SaaS. And a lot of it has to do with the ability to have the application services delivered across...

Tags: Saas

Blog posts 2006-08-11

Benioff: Making AppExchange work for developers

Salesforce.com's founder and CEO Marc Benioff told me when we met last week that its newly launched AppExchange could become an even bigger 'killer app' for the company than its trademark CRM application — because of its ability to act as a platform, either for enterprises or...

Tags: Salesforce.com AppExchange

Blog posts 2006-02-03

BusinessObjects XI: Redefining How Information Empowers Users

With BusinessObjects XI, one can go beyond the limits of traditional Business Intelligence BI suites. By extending the reach of information to all users in the organization, BusinessObjects XI redefines the way the organization captures and shares knowledge. Users get the information they need in a way they understand. And...

Tags: Business Objects, Information, BusinessObjects XI, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management

White papers 2005-09-01