SAP Making Big Splash In Small Business
August 13, 2008 3:54 am BI SolutionsSAP is not playing slow in getting off the blocks to provide business intelligence solutions more suited to small business.
It has revealed a bundling of its Crystal Reports reporting software with the BusinessOne application for small businesses. The announcement, made on Tuesday at the Business Objects Influencer Summit in Boston signals a solid move by SAP’s Business Objects in to the SME market.
It also revealsed BusinessObjects Xcelsius Present, a new data visualization tool.
These applications are aimed for companies with 100 employees or less and will be sold through SAP’s channel partners. The BusinessOne-Crystal Reports package is good news for both small business owners and SAP channel partners. Many small businesses already have Crystal Reports deployed, and these can now be pulled together into a more consolidated reporting and analytics platform.
In addition, SAP are offering new and existing BusinessOne customers who are under maintenance agreements, a free basic version of Crystal Reports, the popular reporting software acquired by BO in 2003.
Small businesses need to transform their data into business insight as much as big business, but most struggle with the economics of implementing current enterprise scale BI solutions. The SME range now includes:
- Crystal Reports 2008 Visual Advantage – provides a view of information in multiple data sources
- Crystal Reports Server 2008
- BusinessObjects Xcelsius Present data visualization software – provides a way to convert static Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets into interactive graphics that can be shared via Microsoft PowerPoint or Adobe PDF files. Currently available priced at $195 from BO Channel resellers.
- BusinessObjects EPM version 7.0 – analytics tool that extends CPM beyond finance to business operations. It is more tightly integrated with BusinessObjects XI 3.0 business intelligence system, SAP’s NetWeaver technology platform, and SAP’s applications for governance, risk and compliance management.
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