SAP Business Objects (abbreviated BO, BOBJ) is a French enterprise software company, specializing in business intelligence (BI). In 2007, SAP AG acquired Business Objects for $6.8 billion followed by acquisition of Hyperion by Oracle in 2007 and
Cognos by IBM in 2008.
SAP BusinessObjects delivers a comprehensive suite of products that provide business intelligence functionality to empowers user to make effective, informed decisions based on solid data and analysis. Components of SAP BusinessObjects Product Suite.
Components of SAP BusinessObjects Product Suite
Operational Reporting: Crystal Reports
(Ad Hoc Query and Analysis: Web Intelligence (WebI
Data Exploration: Explorer
Dashboards: Xcelsius
Database Middleware: Universes
Dashboard Integration: QAAWS, BI Web Services