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InternetNews
October 8, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Shareholders, Analysts Pan SAP's Strategic About-Face SAP, which has long lauded the virtue of growing from within, took some heat Monday after paying $6.8 billion to acquire Business Objects.   |
CRM
December 1, 2007
Bailor & Lager |
A Shift in SAP's Growth Strategy: Buy Big to Get Bigger SAP's planned acquisition of analytics powerhouse Business Objects represents the largest in company history. |
The Motley Fool
October 9, 2007
Tom Taulli |
SAP Goes Big The major business-software company jolts Wall Street with a transformative deal, agreeing to spend $6.8 billion for Business Objects. |
InternetNews
January 30, 2008
Larry Barrett |
Chaos Abounds But SAP's Outlook Remains The Same SAP's 2008 sales forecast is identical to the guidance it offered a year ago. But a lot has changed in the interim. |
InternetNews
March 2, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Will Oracle's BI Buy Stick it to SAP? Oracle's $3.3 billion bid for Hyperion Solutions is another sign of how hot the market for business intelligence software has become. |
Bank Systems & Technology
October 30, 2007
Nancy Feig |
SAP Scoops Up Business Objects to Add Business Intelligence Functionality to its Software How does the latest in business intelligence deals affect the financial services industry? |
Bank Technology News
June 1, 2008
Michael Dumiak |
SAP vs. Oracle: Silicon Sluggers While the blow-by-blow between SAP and Oracle can be parsed as attack-counterattack, analysts say what's going on in these transformations is more than meets the eye. |
InternetNews
January 17, 2008
Larry Barrett |
SAP Talks Up Business Objects Union After completing the largest acquisition in its history, SAP execs tout their vision for business optimization software in 2008. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Business Objects Is Buyout Bait? The enterprise software company is again the subject of takeover rumors, after reports that they hired Goldman Sachs to field buyout overtures from five parties. |
InternetNews
March 1, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Oracle Offers $3.3B For BI Power Hyperion Oracle makes a play for Hyperion to grab a leadership position in the business intelligence space. |
InternetNews
April 23, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Business Objects Fills BI Hole For $300M The business intelligence software looks to join Oracle and Cognos in performance management by buying Cartesis. |
CIO
November 2, 2011
Chris Kanaracus |
SAP's Business Objects Latest version of BI suite tries to fix the disjointed feeling of the user experience. |
InternetNews
January 10, 2011
David Needle |
Oracle Debuts Financial Analytics for SAP Targeting a familiar rival, Oracle releases a new business module called Financial Analytics for SAP. |
InternetNews
October 13, 2009 |
SAP Beefs Up BI Offering With HP's Help Expanded integration partnership targets Oracle's Exadata 2 offering, bolsters BI scalability. |
CFO
May 1, 2007
Karen M. Kroll |
Divining Oracle's Latest Gambit By snapping up Hyperion, Oracle intensifies its war with SAP, even as it pledges to play nice with others. |
InternetNews
February 7, 2008
Larry Barrett |
Vendors Jockey For BI Pole Position IBM, SAP and Oracle slug it out for business intelligence dominance. But will customers win? |
InternetNews
May 3, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Business Objects: 'Let There Be Light' "Let there be light," may not be the freshest phrase around to instill a sense of awe and majesty into a product, but it's the marketing mantra Business Objects is using to compete in the business intelligence market going forward. |
InternetNews
November 12, 2007 |
IBM to Buy Cognos For $5 billion IBM said on Monday that it would buy Canadian business intelligence software company Cognos for $5 billion, following a wave of acquisitions in the industry. |
InternetNews
May 12, 2010
Larry Barrett |
SAP to Purchase Sybase for $5.8 Billion Intensifying the battle with archrival Oracle, SAP ponies up $5.8 billion to acquire Sybase, marking the biggest buy for the enterprise software giant in three years. |
InternetNews
October 18, 2007
Larry Barrett |
SAP Shows Solid Earnings, Firm Stance Against Oracle Strong license sales boosted SAP's profits, and it announced a sweet deal with retail giant Wal-Mart. |
InternetNews
November 12, 2007
David Needle |
IBM Follows Rivals' BI Moves With $5B Cognos Bid The purchase of the business intelligence software maker Cognos brings IBM up to speed with competitors Oracle, SAP and Microsoft. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Business Objects Splurges on M&A A recent acquisition should help fuel the company's growth. |
InternetNews
May 22, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Business Objects Pays to Handle Disorder Business Objects bids for unstructured data specialist Inxight. |
InternetNews
February 11, 2010 |
SAP Gets New COO, Shakes Up Board SAP's makeover continued Thursday when it named Gerhard Oswald as its new chief operating officer and announced that former Business Objects CEO John Schwarz has resigned from its board. |
InternetNews
February 12, 2008
Larry Barrett |
Business Objects Serves Up BI Buffet Business Objects, now an official division within SAP, on Tuesday released the latest version of its business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects XI 3.0. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2008
Tim Beyers |
SAP's Would-Be Jedi Master SAP shows growth in its Core Enterprise Applications, but the company pays heavily for that growth. |
InternetNews
July 26, 2010 |
Will SAP's Earnings Renew Investor Optimism? SAP has seen better days and now must find away to break out of its recent stupor to give investors some hope and perhaps regain a bit of its own swagger. |
InternetNews
January 14, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Bernard Liautaud, CEO, Business Objects The business intelligence software chief talks about acquiring and integrating a company and a new platform. |
InternetNews
June 7, 2004
Achim Sawall |
Microsoft, SAP Considered Merger At the start of Oracle's takeover trial, Redmond's secrets are being exposed. |
InternetNews
October 6, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
SAP Shares Slide on Earnings Warning Like other IT companies, SAP, already locked in a tussle with Oracle, is hit by the financial crisis. |
InternetNews
November 11, 2005
Clint Boulton |
John Schwarz, CEO, Business Objects John Schwarz talks about leaving Symantec, and the challenges he faces as the new CEO of Business Objects. |
The Motley Fool
March 27, 2008
Tim Beyers |
Why Microsoft Might Bid for BI Google is attacking Excel -- by adding analytics, a common feature of what's referred to as business intelligence software, or BI. The assault won't be taken lightly. |
InternetNews
February 20, 2007
Clint Boulton |
SAP Tabs Pilot For Analytics Flight SAP buys Pilot Software to fortify its applications portfolio. |
InternetNews
October 9, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
Microsoft Bundling For BI Microsoft has announced new Business Intelligence technologies designed to help knowledge workers use business intelligence software with more smarts and analytical tools. |
The Motley Fool
October 23, 2006
Tom Taulli |
SAP Still Not Serious About M&A Third-quarter results were much improved, but intense competition from Oracle clouds the picture. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
September 15, 2010 |
SAP's New Analytics Apps Target Big Verticals SAP unwraps a set of 10 new SAP BusinessObjects business analytics applications. |
InternetNews
March 7, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Oracle: Dynasty or Diluted? Oracle's bid for Hyperion is its latest attempt to corner a market. But what will it really accomplish? |
InternetNews
July 28, 2006
Clint Boulton |
BI Buoys Software Sales Business intelligence software is thriving, paving the way for a brighter, more expansive future in the market. |
InternetNews
October 4, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Business Objects Opts For Presentation The company's purchase of Infommersion will provide it with interactive charts and graphs as a differentiation point for its business intelligence software offerings. |
BusinessWeek
July 11, 2005
Andy Reinhardt |
SAP: A Sea Change In Software The German legend's move into Lego-like modules could revolutionize the way companies do business. |
CRM
October 19, 2011 |
SAP Unleashes Real-Time Analytics in the Cloud SAP provides freedom to analyze data at a lower cost with SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand Solution |
CRM
May 19, 2014 |
Microsoft and SAP Expand Their Partnership Microsoft's ongoing collaboration with SAP seeks to improve cloud and data interoperability and deliver new mobile and productivity solutions. |
InternetNews
September 19, 2005
Clint Boulton |
SAP Takes Triversity For Retail SAP's acquisition of retail software maker Triversity will give the company's retail arm a big boost against Oracle. |
Bank Technology News
June 1, 2008
Michael Dumiak |
Suddenly, SAP Long considered too "old world" in its business practices and unskilled with the regulatory environment, especially in the U.S., SAP now may be on the verge of a major breakthrough. |
CRM
July 20, 2012
Judith Aquino |
SAP Adds Analytics to BusinessObjects Suite Upgrade includes enhanced analytics and self-service features. |
Bank Systems & Technology
December 12, 2008
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Business Objects Rolls out Latest Version of BI OnDemand software. Business Objects has released the latest version of Business Objects BI OnDemand software. BI OnDemand is a complete suite of business intelligence capabilities, including a data warehouse, delivered on-demand. |
InternetNews
April 21, 2010 |
SAP Scoops Up TechniData As it looks to fend off Oracle and remain the leading business application vendor, SAP opens its wallet to buy TechniData, a German firm specializing in environmental, health and product-safety applications. |
BusinessWeek
April 4, 2005
Steve Hamm |
Larry, You Picked A Nasty Fight In taking on heavyweight SAP in the corporate applications software market, Oracle faces very long odds. |
InternetNews
December 27, 2007
Sean Gallagher |
Business Intelligence's Feeding Frenzy Softness in the software market? Think again. While most of the big names have been snapped up by larger vendors, BI won't be cooling down anytime soon. |
The Motley Fool
November 13, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Big Blue Adds to Its Software Empire In its latest deal, IBM agrees to shell out $5 billion for software powerhouse Cognos. |
