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February 8, 2006

Business Objects Leads In BI Reporting And Analysis Platforms

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q1 2006

by Keith Gile

with Connie Moore, Lucy Fossner

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Executive Summary

BusinessObjects XI Release 2 provides a strong, integrated reporting and analysis platform that includes a best-of-breed solution for both analytic reporting in WebIntelligence XI and enterprise reporting in Crystal Reports XI. The product offers comprehensive query capabilities, metadata functionality, and report development features along with strong usability, internationalization, and result dissemination. Business Objects is one of a growing number of vendors — also including Actuate, Cognos, Hyperion, Microsoft, and MicroStrategy — that offer both analytic and enterprise reporting capabilities on an integrated platform; however, BusinessObjects XI Release 2 contains proven and tested reporting and analysis products. Based on this combination of features, BusinessObjects is a leader in both analytic and enterprise reporting.

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