SAP CEO Henning Kagermann said Business Objects gives his company number one leadership in one of fastest growing markets--business intelligence and business performance optimization.

SAP got into business intelligence in a big way with the 2007 acquisition of Business Objects. “For every use case in BI, they’ve got a good tool,” says Forrester Research analyst Boris ...

Marking perhaps the most significant BI acquisitions to date, SAP plans to buy Business Objects, the largest supplier of BI software, for $6.7 billion.

Marking perhaps one of the most significant business intelligence (BI) acquisitions to date, SAP plans to buy Business Objects, the largest supplier of BI software, for $6.7 billion. The companies ...