SAP To Acquire Business Objects
Over the weekend, SAP announced the
acquisition
of Business Objects in a $6.7 billion deal. SAP expects that France-based
Business Objects will help grow its presence in the business analytics, business
intelligence and reporting fields.
Crystal Reports, a company that's had more owners than a holiday fruitcake,
finds itself in the hands of yet another parent company. Owned by Business Objects
for the last several years, it now gets to become a part of the SAP empire.
Crystal Reports has been an integral part of Visual Studio for a number of years,
with its reporting engine in addition to the development environment in the
Professional edition.
Do you use Crystal Reports in development or reporting? Let me know at pvarhol@redmondmag.com.
Posted by Peter Varhol on October 09, 2007 at 11:57 AM