ZDNet

SAP-Business Objects combo ready to roll

This morning, after digesting Oracle's acquisition of BEA and Sun's consumption of MySQL, I headed down SAP's Palo Alto offices to hear how the enterprise software giant will digest its latest ...
ZDNet

SAP - Business Objects acquisition: Linking value proposition to action

SAP announced yesterday that it has successfully completed the share purchase requirements needed to acquire Business Objects. Coming on the heels of that announcement, SAP held a special briefing for ...
InfoWorld

SAP’s Business Objects acquistion: The death knell for point solutions?

SAP, the company known for building rather than acquiring technology, did an about-face this week, announcing its intention to acquire Business Objects, one of the largest point-solution ISVs in the ...
MarketWatch

SAP to buy Business Objects in strategy U-turn

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of SAP AG posted their biggest drop in eight months in German trading on Monday after the world's largest maker of business software said its 4.8 billion-euro ($6.8 ...
InfoWorld

Update: SAP to buy Business Objects for $6.78 billion

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 ...