Forrester Wave™ BI Vendors Q3 08
SAP Business Objects and IBM Cognos maintain leadership positions in Enterprise BI, while Oracle and SAS Institute also move into leadership positions. Microsoft and others, closely follow.
Lean Accounting Presentations
PCS Consulting, SAP and BMA present at various conferences, webinars and summits on the subject of Lean Accounting. Access Videos and Presentations.
Acorn “Safe Harbor” Program
Acorn Systems Announces a “Safe Harbor” Migration and Trade-in Program for Companies using SAS' Oros or SAP Business Objects' Metify Activity-Based Costing Software.
Acorn Announces Industry Solutions
Acorn launches new pre-packaged cost and profitability management solutions designed for customers in Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Distribution and Logistics.
IBM Aquires Cognos
Cognos is the last of the big BI pure plays to be acquired. In Nov, 2007 IBM and Cognos announce an agreement for IBM to acquire Cognos, a Canadian company, for approximately $5 billion USD.
SAP Aquires Business Objects
SAP announced acquisition of Business Objects SA for $6.8 billion USD. Business Objects, a Paris born BI software vendor, has been acquired by the global German company SAP.