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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Purchasing SAP and Business Objects of the BI vendor for 67 hundred million 9,000 ten thousand dollars

It announced German SAP that October 7th, BI (business intelligence) Business Objects of the vendor, sum total 48 hundred million Europe (67 hundred million 9,000 ten thousand dollars) with both corporations agreed by the fact that it purchases.

We have assumed that SAP with the latest purchase, can integrate the software of the same company, and the BI tool which Business Objects has can offer the software which can pursue management circumstance in real time to the customer.

The moth which serves CEO with SAP - can be offered the man person, quickly in press conference after the purchase announcing, "by the fact that Business Objects is purchased, the software which integrates the BI tool, (by comparison with the case where it develops with partner enterprise jointly). The software where the customer finishes, is integrated the ふ biting the whole management, is calculated ", you said.

After the purchasing, Business Objects enters into the affiliation of the SAP group, but you say that it is managed as the organization which becomes independent. The mosquito moth - as for the man person, "as for the field where both corporations overlap almost it is not. It does not do large-scale organization reorganization (with purchase)", that it has explained.

As for John is served with Business Objects, "in the future as for us, in order to be able to cooperate with the SAP product smoothly, it keeps developing the tool", you said. Furthermore after the purchasing as for Business Objects, you say that it is the schedule which keeps offering the BI tool of the respective company in addition to the customer of SAP.

SAP the January last year, "the number of customers 4 times, the strategy that the sale by the new product to 50% of the entire sale pulls up is put out by 2010". The same company last month for medium scale enterprise release does the ERP suite "SAP of Business ByDesign" as the link, aims for new customer acquisition.

On the one hand, also the United States Oracle which is the largest competitive partner of SAP, has purchased the BI vendor in the March this year. From such background, SAP in order to strengthen competitiveness, seems that is finished to step on in the latest purchase.

If as for and Business Objects become one, it is possible to thoroughly contain wide customer layer. When both businesses partner is totaled, it rises 5,000 corporations or more ", you said, emphasized the merit of purchase.

However, the concrete product road map after the purchasing is not made clear. The mosquito moth which receives the question regarding software release time in interview - as for the man person, "as for purchase we have not been formed yet formally, announce (the product road map), it is timewise prematureness", that you expressed.

Furthermore, final value of last week Friday the Europe next in Business Objects stocks was 35 Europe, but the purchase price of SAP, per 1 stocks of 20% extra becomes 42 Europe in this stock price. The latest purchase has obtained the approval of the board of directors both already, passing the approval of the regulation authorities, it is the prospect that it completes to 2008 1st quarter.

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