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BusinessObjects
What’s New
Acquisitions & XI Release 2
Migration Issues
Business Objects Delivers
My Questions. My Insight. One BI Platform
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Business Objects Product Line
EPM/Financial
Applications
Industry Analytic
Applications
Core Business Intelligence
Enterprise Information Management
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Business Objects Product Line
EPM/Financial
Applications
Industry Analytic
Applications
Core Business Intelligence
Enterprise Information Management
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Performance Management Planning
Highly flexible, easy-to-use products
Rich product functionality
 Embraced by the user community
 Leverages the power of Excel
The “safe choice” for the CFO
 Successful implementation track
record
 Consistent high customer
satisfaction
 Low total cost of ownership
Vertical and domain expertise
 Customized vertical products
 Sales, service, and support
Acquired SRC in 2005
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Business Objects Planning unique product design
Workflow Management
Process Control
Web and LAN
Accessibility
“We wrap a virtual shell
around Excel and industrystandard databases,
preserving strengths,
eliminates weaknesses,
extending functionality.”
Enterprise Security
Hierarchy Management
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Real Time Consolidations
Scheduler Services
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Business Objects Product Line
EPM/Financial
Applications
Industry Analytic
Applications
Core Business Intelligence
Enterprise Information Management
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Enterprise Information Management
Strategy, practices, and technologies that deliver a comprehensive
approach to integrate and deliver trusted information.
Business
Intelligence
Data
Quality
Data Quality Firewall
EIM
enabling
technology
Data
Integration
EII
ETL
Profiling and Design
Source
Data
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Metadata
Metadata
Manager
Semantic Layer
Enterprise Information Management
Deliver BI you can trust
Deliver accurate and
trusted information
Provide a comprehensive
view of the business
Deliver the right
information at the right
time
EIM Products
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Data Integrator
Data Federator (Medience)
Data Cleansing (Firstlogic)
Metadata Manager
Composer
Rapid Marts
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Business Objects Product Line
EPM/Financial
Applications
Industry Analytic
Applications
Core Business Intelligence
Enterprise Information Management
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Accelerating Adoption in 2005
All roads lead to BusinessObjects XI
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BusinessObjects XI Release 1 and 2 Overview
Business Objects XI Release 1 (January 05)
 Innovation and enhancement throughout the
platform
 Product integration was key focus area
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CE and BOE combined to one platform (BOE XI)
BI Interface support includes Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence,
OLAP Intelligence (aka:Crystal Analysis) and Enterprise
Performance Management
 Business Objects Full Client not supported
 Upgrade Release for Crystal 8, 8.5, 9 and 10 users
 Possible upgrade Release for Business Objects 6.x
users (With no full client requirement)
BusinessObjects XI Release 2 (November 05)
 Innovation and enhancements throughout the
platform
 Major improvements to Web Intelligence
 BusinessObjects Full Client support (Renamed
Desktop Intelligence)
 Upgrade for Crystal 8.5, 9 and 10 users AND for
BusinessObjects 5.1.4, 6.X, or XI users
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BusinessObjects Enterprise XI (Infrastructure)
New features
 Single BI Platform for entire product line (based on Crystal
Enterprise)
 Support for Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence,
OLAP Intelligence, Dashboard Manager, Performance Manager, Live
Office and Crystal Reports Explorer (all document types have same
capabilities)
 Single repository, security, system management and publishing
 Web-based Administration
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BusinessObjects Enterprise XI (Infrastructure)
New features
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Out of the box portal, called Infoview
Integrated scheduling based on user input, events, & calendars
Universe, Business Views, and native data access
Threaded Discussion capability
Business Encyclopedia
Intelligent Questions
Improved information distribution capabilities
Enhanced system auditing
BI lifecycle management support
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BusinessObjects Live Office XI R2
Live Data Access to
Business Objects Reports
Through Excel, Powerpoint
or Word
 Connection to Crystal Reports
or Business Views
 Connect to data through Web
Intelligence documents
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BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence XI
Formerly known as the BusinessObjects full client
BusinessObjects XI
platform integration
Protect existing
investment in full
client deployments
Enhanced end user
platform capabilities
for end users
Support for all
deployment options
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Web Intelligence XI
Web-based ad hoc query & analysis
Key features
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BusinessObjects XI platform integration (threaded discussions)
Platform scheduling capabilities (calendars, instances, etc.)
Updated Interactive Viewing
Increased query power including subqueries, combined queries
such as union, minus and intersection and ranking
 Increased reporting power including synchronized multiple data
providers, enhanced formula functions, color pallettes, cell
enhancements
 Live Office utilization
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Introducing BusinessObjects Intelligent Question
A simple interface allowing users to easily ask business questions
Structured questioning for non-traditional BI users
A new way to deliver extreme insight
 BI to new users in new ways
 Focusing on “the other 85%”
Patent-pending innovation based on the semantic layer
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Performance Management Tools
Convert high-level objectives into metrics users can track
Align actions with strategy
Monitor what matters
Act with confidence
Integration with Platform
New Analytics
 Thermometer
 Barometer
Support for Flash
Goal values via Universe
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Crystal Xcelsius
What is Crystal Xcelsius?
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Point and click development
environment to create interactive
visual analytics against a range of
data sources
Output visual analytics to be hosted in
office documents or through the web
What is it used for?
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Develop personal dashboards from
your spreadsheet data
What-if analysis against highly
interactive visual analytics
Thought leadership – “steal the show”
element – in communicating
information to colleagues and
customers
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