In the second quarter of 2006, Business Objects started offering some Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Business Intelligence (BI) products. This was a late but necessary move given the strong prospects of the SaaS model. Learn about the implications of Business Objects recent actions to make better BI purchase or upgrade decisions.

Business Objects Made Many SaaS Moves in 2006

The recent success of Microsoft in the BI mid-market segment is forcing pure-play vendors to find new ways to better serve the small and mid-sized enterprise (SME). An effective way to do this is by offering BI solutions via the SaaS delivery model. Business Objects has taken three important actions in 2006 to get established as a strong SaaS BI player...