Clickstream

Holy Crap on My Mom's Shoes - SAP Buys Business Objects

Rumors of Business Objects sale have been going around for years, including a decent one last Monday, although fingering Microsoft as a likely buyer is kind of thick-headed given Microsoft's BI announcements and product lines. That looked more like an attempt at misdirection than anything real.

They're calling this a friendly takeover, although I wonder how many employees will view it that way. With this purchase, the BI market now looks a lot like the ETL market. There's only one large independent vendor in each market - Informatica for ETL and Cognos for BI - and a bunch of mostly smaller companies left.

This is a great thing for SAP since they can now start taking in sales for BI where once it all went to third parties. They also get a decent set of data integration and data quality products to complement SAP's sore applications. It's good for Business Objects too, since this opens up the market for all those SAP accounts.

It's not so great for Business Objects customers long term. SAP isn't known for being a quick, nimble company or for offering reasonably priced products. The stand-alone relationship with SAP may prevent the worst of over-management from a large global corporation from happening. This doesn't mean much for customers over the short term since it shouldn't mean any major changes to existing operations.

This is definitely good news for stockholders since Business Objects said it will report earnings per share of 36 cents to 39 cents, well below projections of 51 cents per share [Reuters Estimates]. They likely would had a drop in share price with an earnings gap that large.

The acquisition is somewhat of a strategy shift for SAP since they have either built their own analytic tools or acquired relatively small companies. The purchase of OutlookSoft was a sign that this could be changing. The Oracle buys of Hyperion and Siebel and the Microsoft BI announcements were putting pressure on SAP since their BI story is comparatively weak.

I'm sure there are going to be lots of interesting questions on the briefing calls Monday morning, and probably a lot of low-content answers. If you feel like listening to the announcements, here's the call in information:
dial in number: +1 480 629-9564 (US), +44 207 190 1596 (UK), +49 695 8999 0701 (Germany). Replay number: +1 303 590-3030 (US), +44 207 154 2833 (UK); Replay passcode: 3792655.

Labels: acquisition, BOBJ, business intelligence, business objects, SAP

Posted by Mark Sunday, October 07, 2007 2:39:00 PM | permalink |

Comments:

Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your valuable information. We strive to provide our candidates with excellent care and we take your comments to heart.As always, we appreciate your confidence and trust in us.

SAP training in Chennai

# posted by  Unknown : 7:00 AM

 

Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your valuable information. We strive to provide our candidates with excellent care and we take your comments to our mind.As always, we appreciate your confidence and trust in us.


DotNet Training in Chennai Adyar

# posted by  karthireva : 2:14 AM

 

This is extremely great information for these blog!! And Very good work.

sap abap crm training

# posted by  Anonymous : 10:33 PM

 

Nice post. Thanks for sharing such a worthy information.

Spoken English Classes in Velachery
Spoken English Classes in Medavakkam
Spoken English Class in Guindy
Spoken English Coaching Classes near me
Spoken English Classes in Navalur
Spoken English Classes in OMR Chennai
Spoken English Classes in Perungudi

# posted by  Anbarasan14 : 2:45 AM

 

This information is impressive. I am inspired with your post writing style & how continuously you describe this topic. Eagerly waiting for your new blog keep doing more.
ccna Course in Bangalor
cloud computing training institutes in bangalore
best cloud computing training in bangalore
cloud computing certification in bangalore

# posted by  yuvaprithika : 3:45 AM

 

its very impressive


best training institute for hadoop in Bangalore

best big data hadoop training in Bangalroe

hadoop training in bangalore

hadoop training institutes in bangalore

hadoop course in bangalore

# posted by  uma : 8:39 PM

 

thanks for sharing this information
aws training in btm layout
amazon web services training in btm layout
aws training institutes in btm layout
AWS certification course in BTM Layout
devops training in btm layout
devops training institutes in btm layout
devops certification course in BTM Layout

# posted by  Rajesh : 11:49 PM

 

this is useful one thank you so much
best devops training in chennai
best hadoop training in chennai
best hadoop training in omr
hadoop training in sholinganallur
best java training in chennai
best python training in chennai
selenium training in chennai
selenium training in omr

# posted by  htop : 3:06 AM

 

thanks for sharing this information
best python training in chennai
best python training institute in omr
python training in omr
selenium training in chennai
selenium training in omr
selenium training in sholinganallur
hadoop training in sholinganallur
best hadoop training in chennai

# posted by  htop : 2:42 AM

 

great one to read

www.padmavathitravels.in CHENNAI TO TIRUPATI ONE DAY CAR PACKAGE WITH DARSHAN GUIDE
padmavathi Travels systematizes the car packages offer from Chennai to Tirupati. These packages can are personage based one day, two days entirely. we provide 24/7 trip and tour from Chennai to Tirupati from one to day to as many days as you require.

chennai to tirupati packages
One day package from chennai to tirupati
One day trip from chennai to tirupati
chennai to tirupati package
tirupati darshan package

# posted by  padmavathi travels : 8:06 PM

 

nice post

www.balajidarshanbooking.com Padmavathi Travels - We offer best service and best price in one day package from chennai to tirupati by car,chennai to tirupati tour package, chennai to tirupati
package , tirupati packages, best tirupati package from chennai, car packages,one day trip from chennai, car rental package,balaji darshan booking, tirupati tour,sharing tirupati
packages from chennai, Anna nagar to tirupati packages, tambaram to tirupati packages, velacherry to tirupati packages, T.Nagar to tirupati packages,tirupati mandir package from chennai.

chennai to tirupati packages
One day package from chennai to tirupati
One day trip from chennai to tirupati
chennai to tirupati package
tirupati darshan package

# posted by  Anonymous : 8:07 PM

 

Thank you so much for these kinds of informative blogs.We are also a digital marketing company in gurgaon and we provide the website design services,
web development services, e-commerce development services.
website designer in noida
website designers delhi
website designers in delhi
website designing agency in delhi
website designing and development
website designing companies in delhi
website designing company delhi
website designing company in delhi ncr
website designing company in gurgaon
website designing company in new delhi
website designing company in noida
website designing company list
website designing company noida
website designing cost in delhi
website designing cost in india
website designing delhi
website designing firms in delhi
website designing in delhi
website designing in delhi ncr
website designing in gurgaon
website designing in noida
website designing services
website designing services delhi
website designing services in delhi
web design development company
web design development services
web design in delhi
web design service
web design services company
web design services in delhi
web designer company
web designer delhi
web designer in delhi
web designers delhi
web designers in delhi
web designing & development
web designing advertisement
web designing and development
web designing and development company
web designing and development services

# posted by  TNK Design Desk : 10:39 PM

 

This is so elegant and logical and clearly explained. Brilliantly goes through what could be a complex process and makes it obvious.

advanced java training
j2ee tutorial for beginners

# posted by  svrtechnologies : 10:48 PM

 

Excellent post. I was always checking this blog, and I’m impressed! Extremely useful info specially the last part, I care for such information a lot. I was exploring this particular info for a long time. Thanks to this blog my exploration has ended.
If you want Digital Marketing Serives :-
Digital marketing Service in Delhi
SMM Services
PPC Services in Delhi
Website Design & Development Packages
SEO Services PackagesLocal SEO services
E-mail marketing services
YouTube plans

# posted by  Online Front : 10:36 PM

 

Awesome post.Really nice blog, i enjoyed your infomations. Thank you and i will expect more in future..keep it up!!
Amazon Web Services Training in Chennai

# posted by  Aishwariya : 9:59 PM

 

Very nice blog.
Tamil novels pdf
Ramanichandran novels PDF
srikala novels PDF
Mallika manivannan novels PDF
muthulakshmi raghavan novels PDF
Infaa Alocious Novels PDF
N Seethalakshmi Novels PDF
Sashi Murali Tamil Novels

# posted by  Tamil novels : 5:02 AM

 

Very Informative blog thank you for sharing. Keep sharing.

Best software training institute in Chennai. Make your career development the best by learning software courses.

php training center in chennai
rpa training in chennai
DevOps Training in Chennai
cloud computing training in chennai
Uipath training in chennai
blue prism training institute in chennai
microsoft azure training in chennai

# posted by  Mrbk30 : 9:13 PM

 

Really cool post! This was exactly the same software for our small firm that we were trying to find out more about our own industry. Thanks for putting this great blog about accounting software with us!!

# posted by  Cloud Telephony Software : 11:43 PM

 

oracle fusion financials online training

# posted by  Anonymous : 10:57 PM

 

Very handful of internet sites that take place to become in depth below, from our point of view are undoubtedly well worth checking out
SQL Server Developer Training
Oracle Golden Gate Training
<a href="https://viswaonlinetrainings.com/courses/sap-security-online-training/>Sap Security Training</a>

# posted by  Chaitanya : 1:43 AM

 

Post a Comment