On 8th of October 2007 it has been announced that SAP is acquiring Business Objects a well know BI company. It is important news for BW people. It may bring some new tools in SAP BI capabilities. For sure there will be tightening integration with SAP’s BI platform. You can find more information within following links:
http://www.sap.com/about/press/press.epx?pressid=8360
http://www.businessobjects.com/news/press_release.asp?id=20071007_005046
http://www.sap.info/public/INT/int/index/Category-28893c613963f405e-int/0/articlesVersions-140124709eeca56cf2
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21196298/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Greenbaum/?p=136
http://www.channelinsider.com/article/Indigestion+for+SAP/216720_1.aspx
After acquisition Business Objects is suppose to operate as a stand-alone business under SAP Group. John Schwarz will serve as the CEO of the Business Objects entity and Doug Merritt, Corporate Officer, Business User, SAP, will join the Business Objects entity. SAP’s Supervisory Board intends to propose to elect Business Object founder Bernard Liautaud to the SAP Supervisory board at the company’s next shareholders meeting. Until that time, Liautaud will have an advisory role to Henning Kagermann on aspects of strategy and integration.
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