これまで何度も再編劇を繰り返してきた世界のソフトウェア業界に、また新たな衝撃が走った。今まで大規模な買収を行わず自力成長路線を取ってきたSAPが、ビジネスインテリジェンス（BI）ソフト大手のBusiness Objectsの買収に乗り出したからだ。 両社は ...

Oracle bought Hyperion, and now SAP has made this bold BI move. Here's what analysts say CIOs should be asking themselves and their vendor reps. No one is ever going to mistake SAP for Oracle.

There’s been a lot of back and forth about this deal, covered admirably by Dennis Howlett, Dan Farber, and other bloggers, but precious little on what it means to blend a premier applications company ...

Business intelligence is an acronym for all IT solutions that work together to extract, transform, and load data, as well as to analyze and report data. As well, Business Objects (BO) is an industry ...

独SAPは16日(現地時間)、昨年買収を発表したBI(ビジネスインテリジェンス)ベンダの仏Business Objectsの買収を15日に完了したことを発表した。大企業向けに6パッケージ、中小規模企業(SMB)向けに3パッケージを発表、1月中に提供を開始する。今後は製品統合を進め ...

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. Under the terms ...

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. "Anything less than ...

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, ...

独SAPは10月7日(現地時間)、BI(Business Intelligence)ベンダーの仏Business Objectsの買収で合意したと発表した。Business Objects株1つあたり42ユーロをキャッシュで支払い、買収総額は48億ユーロ以上になる見込み。ビジネスアプリケーションの中でBIは急成長を遂げている ...

独SAPと仏Business Objectsは10月7日、SAPがBusiness Objectsを買収する提案を行ったと発表した。SAPは1株当たり42ユーロでの取引を提案し、買収金額は48億ユーロを若干上回る。Business Objectsの取締役会はこの提案を承認しており、規制当局の認可を待って株主への推奨 ...