The move merges Business Objects' query and analysis, performance management and data integration tools with SAP applications and data sources. Previously, only Business Objects' reporting tools were ...

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 ...

Business Objects' reseller agreement with SAP fell apart just a few months after the companies fired off a press release last November heralding the deal's renewal. Still, both sides cast the alliance ...

SAP, the company known for building rather than acquiring technology, did an about-face this week, announcing its intention to acquire Business Objects, one of the largest point-solution ISVs in the ...

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 ...

FRANKFURT, Oct 7 (Reuters) - SAP has agreed to a cash offer to buy software group Business Objects for about 4.8 billion euros ($6.8 billion) in the face of an aggressive acquisition spree by rival ...

SAP Business Objects is a global business intelligence (BI) software company with more than 35,000 customers – including over 80 per cent of the Fortune 500 – and a network of more than 3000 partners ...