Business Objects Delivers Integration Between BusinessObjects and SAP's Business API; One of the First Integrations Between Front End Decision Support Tool and BAPI Enters Beta.ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1997--Business Objects (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BOBJY), the world's leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools, today announced the beta release See beta version. of the integration between Business Objects and SAP's Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI (Business API) An interface to one of SAP's earlier R/3 applications. It enabled third-party developers to write enhancements that interacted with the R/3 modules. See R/3. BAPI - Business Application Programming Interface ). This integration will natively access R/3 data through a BAPI, rather than using structured query language See SQL. Structured Query Language - SQL (SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. ) calls, to directly access the underlying databases used by R/3, SAP's integrated suite of client/server business applications solutions. This is one of the first integrations of a front end decision support (DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S ) tool and SAP's BAPI. Business Objects products enable non-technical users to access and analyze data stored in corporate data warehouses, data marts A subset of a data warehouse for a single department or function. A data mart may have tens of gigabytes of data rather than hundreds of gigabytes for the entire enterprise. See data warehouse. , and packaged applications. Business Objects offers both a full-client suite of DSS tools including BusinessObjects, BusinessMiner, and BusinessQuery, as well as its new thin-client solution, WebIntelligence. About the Business Objects BAPI Integration With this integration, the BusinessObjects will include features specific to R/3. For example, BusinessObjects will now include SAP BAPI as a data provider, enabling end users to access all the data provided by BAPI while adhering to their security schemes. BusinessObjects will also be able to combine the R/3 data with data from other sources, including relational databases, flat files, and spreadsheets. "This announcement is a clear indication of the necessity of linking data access tools with packaged applications," said Henry Morris, program director for data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse and applications at IDC. "The close development work between SAP and Business Objects will provide business users with a more flexible way to analyze application data as a basis for forming their business decisions." "We are extremely pleased with this next level of integration with R/3," said Dave Kellogg, vice president of corporate marketing at Business Objects. "In our role as the leading provider of enterprise decision support tools, we come across many companies who want to deploy DSS across the enterprise. Our integration with R/3 will enable customers to fulfill that wish and will provide access to whatever information they need to carry out the decision making process in a timely and effective manner." Availability This integration is expected to enter beta in Q3 97. Business Objects will offer a demonstration at the SAPPHIRE 97 conference in Orlando, Fla. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools. Business Objects products provide non-technical business users with access to information stored in data warehouses, data marts, and packaged business applications. Business Objects provides a complete suite of decision support tools including query, reporting, online analytical processing Online Analytical Processing, or OLAP (IPA: /ˈoʊlæp/), is an approach to quickly provide answers to analytical queries that are multidimensional in nature. , data mining, and DSS administration for both client/server and internet environments. Business Objects has sold more than 575,000 licenses to over 5,000 organizations in more than 60 countries worldwide. Business Objects may be reached by phone at 408/953-6000 or on the worldwide web at http://www.businessobjects.com . The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors BOBJY. -0- Note to Editors: BusinessObjects, BusinessQuery, BusinessMiner, and WebIntelligence are trademarks of Business Objects SA. SAP, R/3, and SAPPHIRE are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG (company) SAP AG - (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung - German for "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing") A company from Germany that sells the leading suite of client-server business software. The US branch is called SAP America. . Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. A full-text copy of this announcement may be obtained by calling the company's fax retrieval line at 800/414-2114 and selecting option "two". The announcement may also be downloaded from the Web; access http://www.businesswire.com/cnn and search on "Business Objects." Business Objects product inquiries should contact 800/527-0580. CONTACT: Business Objects Danielle Dawson, 408/953-6108 |
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