The local division of business intelligence vendor Business Objects has outlined ambitious goals for the Australian market as it settles into its new relationship with parent SAP.

SAP announces it plans to acquire Business Objects in a cash deal valued at slightly more than $6.8 billion.

Updated: Those tired business intelligence reports--the spreadsheet graphics meet a bunch of text--are becoming increasingly more interesting.Business Objects CEO John Schwartz delivered the ...

According to SAP CEO Henning Kagermann, however, homegrown solutions will still be part of SAP’s ongoing strategy. “The acquisition of Business Objects is in keeping with SAP’s stated ...

SAP and Business Objects have announced the first joint products from their merger, although the planned tight integration of the companies’ software will take longer to achieve.

SAP got into business intelligence in a big way with the 2007 acquisition of Business Objects. “For every use case in BI, they’ve got a good tool,” says Forrester Research analyst Boris ...

Marking perhaps one of the most significant business intelligence (BI) acquisitions to date, SAP plans to buy Business Objects, the largest supplier of BI software, for $6.7 billion. The companies ...

SAP is ending a long-running licensing and reselling alliance with Business Objects that brought bundled functionality from Business Objects' Crystal Reports to SAP's NetWeaver BI product.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- SAP AG has agreed to acquire software maker Business Objects SA in an all-cash deal valued at more than $6.8 billion, the two companies announced Sunday.

Marking perhaps the most significant BI acquisitions to date, SAP plans to buy Business Objects, the largest supplier of BI software, for $6.7 billion.