SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced the SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence (BI) OnDemand solution to meet a growing demand from companies of all sizes for software-as-a-service (SaaS) business intelligence (BI) tools. This easy-to-use offering makes SAP’s powerful analytics available to a community of business users outside the traditional IT department.
“SAP is best placed to deliver what customers need in this new reality,” said Peter Gartenberg, managing director, SAP India . “With SAP® BusinessObjects™ BI OnDemand solution, organizations can empower their users instantly and easily. The best way to experience the toolset is to try it today at www.biondemand.com. This is an important milestone in SAP’s on-demand vision, and further proof that we continue to innovate in the cloud.”
On-demand offerings from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio currently have more than 260,000 subscribers who are empowered with the tools and information required to drive their businesses forward.
The solution will also include capabilities that make it easier than ever for business users to tap into their data online, get better insight into their organization and securely share illustrative reports and dashboards with colleagues inside and outside the firewall.
Significant features include:
· SAP BusinessObjects Explorer software, which is built for powerful data exploration and visualization capabilities.
· Guide to product usage for people with no prior BI experience through the processes of accessing, exploring, visualizing and sharing data – without needing to switch between applications.
· The ability to access all on-demand and on-premise data – including SAP data and data from the Salesforce customer relationship management (CRM) application. Users can easily upload data to create dashboards, reports or interactive visualizations.
· An on-demand solution for creating ad-hoc reports, conducting what-if analyses and securely sharing this information inside or outside the company. Business users can provide customers, partners and employees across all lines of business with immediate, anytime access to the most current data.
· SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand also has a flexible pricing model, offering three editions of the product to address the different needs of each customer: Free Personal, Essential and Advanced editions.
“Current market trends show strong demand for SaaS BI tools that are easy to use and acquire, and IDC research[1] expects the SaaS BI market to grow three times faster than the overall BI and analytics market over the next five years,” said Dan Vesset, program vice president, Business Analytics, IDC. “As organizations look for intuitive, cloud-based solutions that can empower their end-users, applications that supplement traditional BI functionality of query, reporting and analysis with support for workflow, search and collaboration will become increasingly attractive to them – especially applications that offer rapid, alternative deployment options.”
SAP is currently planning to make SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand available through its SAP® PartnerEdge™ program in the channel partner ecosystem later in 2010.
Experience the SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand Personal Edition at www.biondemand.com. This allows users to try the comprehensive capabilities with limited storage facilities.
Follow SAP BusinessObjects on Twitter at @businessobjects, and be sure to check out the Needle In A Haystack blog.
“SAP is best placed to deliver what customers need in this new reality,” said Peter Gartenberg, managing director, SAP India . “With SAP® BusinessObjects™ BI OnDemand solution, organizations can empower their users instantly and easily. The best way to experience the toolset is to try it today at www.biondemand.com. This is an important milestone in SAP’s on-demand vision, and further proof that we continue to innovate in the cloud.”
On-demand offerings from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio currently have more than 260,000 subscribers who are empowered with the tools and information required to drive their businesses forward.
The solution will also include capabilities that make it easier than ever for business users to tap into their data online, get better insight into their organization and securely share illustrative reports and dashboards with colleagues inside and outside the firewall.
Significant features include:
· SAP BusinessObjects Explorer software, which is built for powerful data exploration and visualization capabilities.
· Guide to product usage for people with no prior BI experience through the processes of accessing, exploring, visualizing and sharing data – without needing to switch between applications.
· The ability to access all on-demand and on-premise data – including SAP data and data from the Salesforce customer relationship management (CRM) application. Users can easily upload data to create dashboards, reports or interactive visualizations.
· An on-demand solution for creating ad-hoc reports, conducting what-if analyses and securely sharing this information inside or outside the company. Business users can provide customers, partners and employees across all lines of business with immediate, anytime access to the most current data.
· SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand also has a flexible pricing model, offering three editions of the product to address the different needs of each customer: Free Personal, Essential and Advanced editions.
“Current market trends show strong demand for SaaS BI tools that are easy to use and acquire, and IDC research[1] expects the SaaS BI market to grow three times faster than the overall BI and analytics market over the next five years,” said Dan Vesset, program vice president, Business Analytics, IDC. “As organizations look for intuitive, cloud-based solutions that can empower their end-users, applications that supplement traditional BI functionality of query, reporting and analysis with support for workflow, search and collaboration will become increasingly attractive to them – especially applications that offer rapid, alternative deployment options.”
SAP is currently planning to make SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand available through its SAP® PartnerEdge™ program in the channel partner ecosystem later in 2010.
Experience the SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand Personal Edition at www.biondemand.com. This allows users to try the comprehensive capabilities with limited storage facilities.
Follow SAP BusinessObjects on Twitter at @businessobjects, and be sure to check out the Needle In A Haystack blog.
