Business Objects

Business Objects and Microsoft Interoperability

2008-06-13T16:04:00Z

This document discusses how customers using Microsoft and Business Objects technologies can maximize the interoperability from their existing investments.

Powerful Reporting for Your Microsoft Business Solutions - Webinar

2006-11-08T23:12:00Z

Unlock the power of information with business intelligence (BI) solutions from Business Objects. Easily deliver and distribute rich, interactive reports and analysis from your Microsoft Great Plains and Solomon systems with Crystal Reports®, Crystal Reports Server and BusinessObjects™ Enterprise. With Crystal, you can easily deliver rich, interactive content from nearly any data source and publish it locally or to the Web. Crystal Reports allows the creation of virtually any report you can imagine including invoices, checks, statements, mailing labels and many more. Join us May 19th at 8am Pacific (11am Eastern) and learn how we can help you: • Learn the basics of Crystal Reports, including report design/creation, how to modify reports, add parameters, alerts and more! • Publish your reports to the web and allow end users to self serve with Crystal Reports Server. • Integrate Microsoft Great Plains or Microsoft Solomon financial systems data into a SharePoint portal environment.

Who should attend? Business and IT

Register Now! http://www.businessobjects.com/events/seminars/register.asp?ssid=1660&ls=OnlinePreRecorded

Never Export Again - With BusinessObjects™ Live Office - Webinar

2006-11-08T23:06:00Z

Microsoft Gold Partner Business Objects is here to help you add intelligence to your Office suite. Our solution, BusinessObjects Live Office, not only pulls together information from all your data sources into one place, but connects back to the Microsoft Office applications that you rely on every day.

With BusinessObjects Live Office you're adding a real-time component to your Office suite – you can embed live data into your spreadsheets, documents and presentations; refresh the data within your Office documents while retaining existing formatting and calculations; publish information that has already been verified by your IT department for quality and consistency; drill down to the underlying reports, always accessing the most recent version.

Join us June 16th for a webinar and see how companies like National Gypsum saved millions deploying a tightly integrated solution from Business Objects and Microsoft and learn:

How easy it is for everyone in your organization to access real-time accurate information through a consolidated "self-service" approach, using intuitive wizards and toolbars right from within Microsoft Office How to leverage the Crystal reports you've already developed

How to build web portlets more easily than ever before by using the Web Parts that come FREE with BusinessObjects SharePoint Portal Integration Kit How to safeguard your valuable corporate data and ensure that only authorized personnel can access sensitive information How to implement best practices in your organization

Don't miss this chance to learn how you can make the most of your Microsoft investment and empower end users with information they can actually use to make better business decisions.

Maximizing Your Microsoft Investment Webinar

2006-11-08T22:53:00Z

Learn how Business Objects brings proven solutions to your SharePoint, Excel, Office, Analysis Services, Visual Studio and Microsoft Dynamics. You'll learn how to bring your investments to life by providing rich visualization and business insight through reporting, query and analysis and performance management. Business Objects, the maker of Crystal Reports, has a range of award-winning solutions that help stretch your IT dollars and wring more productivity from your Microsoft application investments.

In this webcast you will learn:

How to enhance and improve the Information Worker Experience for everyone from the VP of sales to the business analyst
The benefits of creating a consolidated view of your business in Sharepoint by integrating views taken from multiple databases and applications such as SAP, Siebel or PeopleSoft
Ways to simplify complex or hard-to-communicate Excel models by building an interactive visual model that decision makers can easily understand
Methods for building and modifying analytical reports for SQL Server Analysis Services without help from IT
How to embed live data into Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and have instant, real-time refresh capabilities

Who should attend? Representatives from companies that use Microsoft products, including SharePoint, Excel, Office, Analysis Services, Visual Studio, and Microsoft Dynamics.

Don't miss this important event - attend and discover how you can extend your Microsoft applications and tools with Business Objects.

Customer Success Stories - National Gypsum

2006-11-08T22:45:00Z

"The integration of Business Objects with our existing Microsoft platform led to customers preferring our products because now we're easier to do business with than the other guy. That's a very important part of what we do. On the supply chain side, we've been able to reduce our costs by millions."

Mike Brannon, senior manager, internet technology, National Gypsum

Read the whole story http://www.businessobjects.com/company/customers/spotlight/national_gypsum.asp

Microsoft Dynamics and Crystal Reports Service

2006-11-08T22:41:00Z

Bring Microsoft Dynamics to life with Crystal Reports Server. Crystal Reports from Business Objects is included with Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft Dynamics SL software. These reports can be delivered over the Web with Crystal Reports Server, which addresses all steps - from data access to report design, management and delivery, and seamless integration with SharePoint Portal.

Webcast: Powerful Reporting for Your Microsoft Business Solutions http://www.businessobjects.com/events/seminars/register.asp?ssid=1660&ls=OnlinePreRecorded

Learn More about Crystal Reports http://www.businessobjects.com/jump/smb/main/meet_ceo/cr_server_xi.asp

Learn more about our solutions for mid-market companies

http://www.businessobjects.com/solutions/midmarket/default.asp?intcmp=solutions8>

Visual Studio and Crystal Reports

2006-11-08T22:35:00Z

Bring Visual Studio to life with Crystal Reports XI Release 2. From Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET to Visual Components for BusinessObjects XI, Business Objects provides leading support for the Visual Studio Developer at every stage of the development cycle.

Explore our technical resources: product documentation, technical support and set-up information for Visual Studio 2005. http://www.businessobjects.com/products/dev_zone/net/2005.asp

If you are planning to use a full stand-alone version of Crystal Reports with Visual Studio 2005, a software update is required. Check out the compatability information. http://www.businessobjects.com/products/reporting/crystalreports/compatibility_vs2005.asp

What's New: Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005:

Find out about all of the new features included in this release. These new features are divided in Windows Application new features, ASP .NET Web Application new features, and platform new features. http://www.businessobjects.com/global/pdf/dev_zone/VS2005_Whats_New.pdf

Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005 Release Notes http://www.businessobjects.com/global/pdf/dev_zone/VS2005_Release_Notes.pdf
Installation notes and important information for existing customers

SQL Server Analysis Services and Business Objects

2006-11-08T22:32:00Z

Bring SQL Server Analysis Services to life with OLAP Intelligence. Build and modify analytical reports for SQL Server Analysis Services without help from IT using OLAP Intelligence.

View the OLAP Intelligence product tour http://www.businessobjects.com/global/flash/products/xi_tour/demo.asp?swfurl=/global/flash/products/xi_tour/demos/browser/olap.swf,demotitle=OLAP%20Intelligence,presentationtype=standard

Learn more about Business Objects OLAP Intelligence http://www.businessobjects.com/products/queryanalysis/olapi.asp

Office and BusinessObjects Live Office

2006-11-08T22:21:00Z

Bring Office to life with BusinessObjects Live Office. Easily embed live data into Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint with BusinessObjects Live Office. Securely share the results using BusinessObjects XI and SharePoint for collaborative decision making.

BusinessObjects Live Office integrates with the Microsoft Office environment, embedding up-to-the-minute corporate data in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word documents. Plus, you can share any resulting Office documents with others over the Web for collaborative decision-making.

Learn more about BusinessObjects Live Office http://www.businessobjects.com/products/platform/liveoffice/default.asp

Webcast: Never Export Again - With BusinessObjects Live Office http://www.businessobjects.com/events/seminars/register.asp?ssid=1662&ls=OnlinePreRecorded

Free Trial - Crystal Xcelsius

2006-11-08T22:15:00Z

Create interactive visual models from Excel, then integrate them into PowerPoint, PDF, and the Web.

Click here for a free trial! http://www.businessobjects.com/products/trial/xcelsius/desktop.asp

Free Trial - Crystal Reports XI

2006-11-08T22:14:00Z

Get 30-day trial of Developer Edition or Crystal Reports Server.

Try out a fully functional copy of our industry-leading software for 30 days. Evaluation software is available in all supported languages, including Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.

Click here http://www.businessobjects.com/products/reporting/crystalreports/eval.asp

Excel and Reporting Services with Business Objects and Crystal Xcelsius

2006-11-08T22:00:00Z

Bring Excel and Reporting Services to life with Crystal Xcelsius. Create interactive visual models and business dashboards from Excel spreadsheets and Reporting Services reports - then integrate them into PowerPoint, Word, PDFs and the Web with Crystal Xcelsius.

View a Crystal Xcelsius demo http://www.xcelsius.com/Examples/Overview.html

Learn more about Crystal Xcelsius http://www.xcelsius.com/

Read the Crystal Xcelsius and SQL Server Reporting Services press release http://www.businessobjects.com/news/press/press2006/20060711_xcelsius_connectivity_prod.asp

Bring Your Microsoft Investments to Life with Business Objects

2006-11-08T21:55:00Z

Maximize your existing Microsoft investments with reporting, query and analysis, and performance management solutions for:

SharePoint Office

Excel Analysis Services

Visual Studio Microsoft Dynamics

Click here to learn more http://www.businessobjects.com/microsoft

Sharepoint and Business Objects

2006-11-08T21:48:00Z

Bring SharePoint to life with the BusinessObjects Portal Integration Kit. Deliver BusinessObjects and Crystal reports, interactive charts, and metrics into SharePoint Portal Server 2003 from enterprise databases and applications such as SAP, PeopleSoft, and Siebel.

Business Objects and Microsoft Solutions

2006-11-08T21:27:00Z

Answer Critical Questions, Share Business Insight, Leverage Your Microsoft Investment

Solution Overview
BusinessObjects XI Release 2 is the latest version of BusinessObjects XI, an advanced business intelligence platform. The new release brings unprecedented simplicity to end users, delivers trusted information, and makes it easier for customers to standardize on a single business intelligence (BI) platform. It also includes BusinessObjects Intelligent QuestionTM, the industry’s first solution that enables anyone to intuitively ask business questions and receive correct answers, without the need to build a query or know the underlying systems or data.

Customer Success

“The integration of BusinessObjects with our existing Microsoft platform led to customers referring our products because now we’re easier to do business with than the other guy. That’s a very important part of what we do. On the supply chain side, we’ve been able to reduce our costs by millions of dollars.”
Mike Brannon, Senior Manager, Internet Technology, National Gypsum

Business Advantages

• Utilize and extend your current Microsoft investment. BusinessObjects integrates with Office, SharePoint Portal Server, Analysis Services, and .NET, solutions that your company has already invested in. You can now take that investment and extend it to include Business Intelligence.

• Manage your business. Business Objects provides you with the tools to manage your business more effectively and efficiently, allowing end users a single entry point to all of their live, secure, and connected information in Office or in their business intelligence reports, within the SharePoint Portal Server environment.

• Achieve BI standardization. Business Objects offers you a single platform to address your BI needs. This reduces duplication in your back-end infrastructure, and lowers total cost of ownership (TCO) by consolidating the number of BI tools and technologies. Including OLAP reports from Analysis Services and Crystal Reports from SQL Server, Business Objects and Microsoft provide a full-suite solution.

• Rely on a trusted platform. From years of proven integration, Business Objects and Microsoft offer performance, scalability, security, and reliability to end users responsible for making quick and accurate decisions for their business.

BusinessObjects XI Release 2 provides a services-oriented architecture for information management.