SAP Business Objects

SAP Business Objects is amongst a handful of the true premium Business Intelligence software suites in the marketplace and is synonymous with integrated enterprise reporting the world over. Since the early 90’s Business Objects has been at the cutting edge of the BI marketplace, a position reflected by the 2007 takeover by SAP; one of the world’s most powerful software companies. Business Objects is consistently ranked amongst the most influential players in the BI field, and appears in Gartner’s “Magic Quadrant”, seen as the foremost authority in defining BI excellence.

Business Objects is at the heart of the SAP Business Analytics offering, and the flagship product is Business Objects XI, an interactive reporting application, designed to offer an integrated solution, capable of delivering a fully-featured BI portal, offering services from ETL (Extract Transformation and Loading) through searchable/scheduled reporting to ad-hoc reporting, planning and data-analysis to dashboard tools.

In the SME market-place, the primary offering is the BO Edge platform, which is a fully featured BI package, with a low entry cost and rapid path to deployment. It offers, however; the ability to cater for a significant number of end users, thanks to its advanced report searching mechanism and flexible concurrent licensing model.

At the heart of Business Objects is the “Universe”; a patented window on your business data, which removes the need for any expertise in underlying databases and empowers you with a simple click and drag interface to find the data you need in seconds.

In order to leverage this power, the configuration of the Universe is paramount in enabling end-user access without the need for complex training. **Influential have proven methods for designing, configuring and deploying Business Objects Universes, which makes report writing for our customers as easy as breathing; simple, effective and empowering… **

Find out how our Business Objects solutions will breathe new life into your existing IT investment and deliver the kind of value you were always promised.

Products (with downloads)

  • BusinessObjects XI, including Voyager (OLAP)
  • Data Visualization including Crystal Xcelsius turns static data (from Business Objects XI, databases, Excel spreadsheets) into active management dashboards and presentations filled with dynamic charts and graphics.
  • Business Intelligence SaaS including On-Demand - SaaS BI software that is hosted on the web by BusinessObjects.

Expertly implemented Business Objects software can:

  • Interrogate how the business is running
  • Compile reports and analyse them
  • Help to forecast budgets and planning
  • Manage costs
  • Indicate performance
  • Identify opportunities for growth
  • Aids better decision making

And we’ve been successfully implementing it since 1993.

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