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 ...

SAP announced Sunday afternoon it plans to acquire Business Objects in a cash deal valued at slightly more than $6.8 billion. The acquisition, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008, ...

SAP has agreed to buy Business Objects for about €4.8 billion ($6.78 billion), a surprise move that breaks with SAP’s traditional strategy of avoiding large company acquisitions. The deal, announced ...

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 ...

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 ...