First out the gate: Business Objects, of San Jose, Calif., with news of BusinessObjects XI Release 2. Despite the Release 2 moniker, the new version offers major advancements over the first version of ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Business Objects SA has agreed to acquire Crystal Decisions in a US$820 million cash and stock deal that will create a one-stop shop for business intelligence software products, the ...

This week, the company is scheduled to launch CrystalReports.com, a hosted subscription offering for its reporting software. The venture makes Business Objects one of the first analytics developers to ...

SAP AGs agreement last week to buy Business Objects SA for $6.8 billion left some of the latter companys users fearing a decline in support and a decrease in emphasis on product development. Analysts ...

In a move to jump-start growth in the business intelligence (BI) arena, SAP AG will acquire Business Objects SA for about $6.78 billion. The enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor announced Sunday ...