Looking to broaden its portfolio of business intelligence tools, Business Objects SA announced today that it has agreed to buy a U.S.-based vendor of software for analyzing unstructured data. Business ...

French software company Business Objects booked revenues of €407.5 million through its Dublin operations last year and generated a pre-tax profit of €47 million. Accounts for the year to December 31st ...

First out the gate: Business Objects, of San Jose, Calif., with news of BusinessObjects XI Release 2. Despite the Release 2 moniker, the new version offers major advancements over the first version of ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Business Objects SA has agreed to acquire Crystal Decisions in a US$820 million cash and stock deal that will create a one-stop shop for business intelligence software products, the ...

SAP has agreed to buy Business Objects for about €4.8 billion ($6.78 billion), a surprise move that breaks with SAP’s traditional strategy of avoiding large company acquisitions. The deal, announced ...

In a move to jump-start growth in the business intelligence (BI) arena, SAP AG will acquire Business Objects SA for about $6.78 billion. The enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor announced Sunday ...