Oracle bought Hyperion, and now SAP has made this bold BI move. Here's what analysts say CIOs should be asking themselves and their vendor reps. No one is ever going to mistake SAP for Oracle.

update The Australian user groups for SAP and Business Objects will merge following the pair's marriage earlier this year, it was announced today. This article was updated to note that the SAP ...

There’s been a lot of back and forth about this deal, covered admirably by Dennis Howlett, Dan Farber, and other bloggers, but precious little on what it means to blend a premier applications company ...

SAP just bought Business Objects. CNET Blog Network contributor Matt Asay asks: What does this mean for the industry and for open-source companies? Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has ...

SAP has agreed to buy Business Objects for about €4.8 billion ($6.78 billion), a surprise move that breaks with SAP’s traditional strategy of avoiding large company acquisitions. The deal, announced ...

SAP , Europe's largest software maker, is set to make a formal offer of concessions shortly to settle an EU antitrust ...

SAP , Europe's largest software provider, offered to buy accounting software firm BlackLine for nearly $4.5 billion in June ...