Business Objects provides BI software on-demand
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Business Objects has started to roll out a full suite of business intelligence (BI) software in the form of an online service, initially for customers using Salesforce.com applications.
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This paper explains how the newest offering from Cognos - Cognos 8 Business Intelligence - can help organizations avoid the "Fatal Flaws" of Business Intelligence and Performance Management.  The Cognos Views are not intended to be exhaustive; rather, they are intended to act as an introduction to Cognos 8 BI and a catalyst for further reading.
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SAP plans to expand its focus on business intelligence (BI) software over the next year.
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To stay competitive as outsourcers, firms are developing reusable components for business applications.
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(Source: SAS) SAS&reg; Enterprise BI Server includes both a suite of powerful business intelligence tools and a complete integrated BI architecture -- to provide fast, simple access to the consistent data that will move your business forward.
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SAP unveiled several products that combine its tools with those in its new Business Objects division.
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Microsoft invites business users to preview its integrated performance management applications.
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Shoulders its way into search tech Business Objects' stated intention of becoming a $2bn company was never going to be achieved only through organic growth, and it was inevitable that there would be a number of acquisitions along the way, of which the latest is Inxight Software.â¦
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Oracle Corp. on Monday introduced a standalone business intelligence product that&#39;s designed to address a large portion of an enterprise&#39;s analytical requirements, including information access
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Paris-based Business Objects is targeting mid-sized firms with a new business unit and BI product line.
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(InfoWorld) - Business Objects has released the second of three planned versions of its Crystal Decisions business intelligence software suiteÂ aimed at midmarket users. Rather than viewing other BI pure-plays as its main competitors, the vendor increasingly sees Microsoft as its rival for midmarket customers' loyalty and is trying to differentiate its offerings accordingly. Crystal Decisions Professional Edition, which debuted Tuesday, follows the February release of a Standard version of the suite aimed at users with no previous experience with BI software. The Professional version builds on the Standard Edition, adding data integration so that users can extract information from a variety of databases, including Microsoft's SQL Server, IBM's DB2, and databases from Oracle, Sybase, and Ingres. Still to come is the third member of the family, Crystal Decisions Premium Edition, due out in the fourth quarter. The Premium release will also include performance management functions such as score cards, metrics, and goals, according to Todd Rowe, vice president of worldwide midmarket business at Business Objects. "We took a stair-step approach in adding functionality" when designing midmarket versions of the company's enterprise BI software, Rowe said. All offerings share the same code set so thatÂ a midmarket user has the ability to upgrade to the enterprise software. The midmarket offerings are focused on simplicity, integration, and aggressive price points, he added. Business Objects has added wizards, prebuilt templates, reports, and data marts for users who are migrating to their first BI software from simple spreadsheet applications. The vendor has also spent time creating integrated suites since, unlike enterprise users, midmarket customers don't tend to have employees who work on tying together individual BI modules. The midmarket products sell from theÂ low tens of thousands of U.S. dollars compared to $100,000 to $150,000 for enterprise versions. Business Objects defines midmarket companies as those reporting less than $1 billion in revenue or with less than 1,000 staff. With perhaps only 10 to 15 percent of those customers currently using BI software, Rowe said the primary competitor for Business Objects in the midmarket is market awareness. The market is also highly fragmented, with analysts estimating that 18 software vendors divide up 80 percent of the market. "Microsoft is our primary competitor for midmarket for the medium to longer term," Rowe said. "We're no longer focusing as much on CognosÂ or other BI pure-plays." Business Objects is trying to differentiate itself from Microsoft by offering Crystal Decisions not only on Windows but on two flavors of Linux: Red Hat and Suse. The company also believes it's ahead of the game in providing the Professional version that includes BI and data integration in a single product. Business Objects has made a number of acquisitions in performance management, including the recent purchase of Cartesis for around $300 million. The vendor is currently integrating the planning and budgeting capabilities it has bought but will look to offer that functionality for the midmarket in 2008, Rowe said. Business Objects has yet to determine what that midmarket budgeting and planning product will look like. It could be the fourth member of the Crystal Decisions family, or itÂ could be a separate offering, he added. Pricing for Crystal Decisions Professional Edition starts from $35,000 in North America for five concurrent users on a single Windows or Linux server. Pricing elsewhere in the world will vary according to local market conditions. The software is available in 12 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
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TechWeb - JasperSoft, a maker of open-source business intelligence tools, unveils software for extracting data from multiple sources and loading it into a BI data warehouse
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(Source: Tibco)  The future of business intelligence demands visualization capabilities that let users see the relationships among data, interactivity that lets them manipulate the data and an intuitive manner of working that suits the way business users think. Enterprise analytics enable business users to access the information and metrics relevant to their particular roles to assist the company in reaching its current goals and setting new ones for the future.
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IBM today announced new virtual resources to help business partners more quickly build and deploy on demand business applications tailored to meet customer requirements across all vertical industries.
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Oracle has launched a new set of business intelligence (BI) tools for its grid-enabled database technology. The BI 10g product has been separated out of Oracle&#39;s existing application server software.
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Business Objects took the wraps Monday off the latest version of its Crystal Reports software and released a new bundle aimed at giving smaller businesses an all-in-one package for creating and delivering analytical reports over the Web.
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The software, developed by IBM&#39;s new Sensors and Actuators business unit, is designed to help businesses collect and act on data from RFID and other sensor-based technology.