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Business Objects builds new links with Salesforce.com for BI On Demand

Posted by Stuart Lauchlan in Applications on Thu, 11/12/2008 - 09:11

One year on from its acquisition by SAP, Business Objects has added a Salesforce.com accelerator for Cloud Computing, hoping to carve a niche as an integrator between SaaS and On Premise business intelligence implementations.


Business Objects already has SaaS links with Salesforce.com with integrations into CrystalReports.com, but the new Accelerator allows customers to rapidly build data warehouses centered around data from Salesforce.com. To use the service, all customers need do is provide Business Objects with a login to their Salesforce system.

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