Business Objects is a French enterprise software company, specialising in business intelligence (BI). It is now part of SAP AG. The company claims more than 42,000 customers worldwide. Their flagship product is BusinessObjects^TM XI, with components that provide performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and enterprise information management. Like many enterprise software companies, Business Objects also offers consulting and education services to help customers deploy their business intelligence projects.

BusinessObjects XI (XI Release 2 is the latest version):

• Common services to simplify deployment and management of BI tools reporting.  

• Query and analysis allows for self-service reporting.

• Enterprise Information Management (EIM) integrates and improves data to create a trusted foundation for business decisions. Creates a basis for querying and analysis through ETL or EII.

• Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) helps users align with strategy by tracking and analysing key business metrics and goals via management dashboards, scorecards, analytics, and alerting.

• Enterprise Reporting (Crystal Reports) access, format, and deliver information to large populations of users.

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