Tuesday, July 18, 2006
CRN | Business Intelligence, ERP | SAP Kills Reseller, OEM Alliance With Business Objects
CRN Business Intelligence, ERP SAP Kills Reseller, OEM Alliance With Business Objects: "Business Objects' reseller agreement with SAP fell apart just a few months after the companies fired off a press release last November heralding the deal's renewal. Still, both sides cast the alliance's recent dissolution as a relatively friendly falling out.
'It had run its natural course,' said Jill Henry, Business Objects' director of European alliances.
The partnership originated in September 2001, when SAP reached a deal with Crystal Decisions to resell Crystal Reports and license some of its components to fill out the formatted reporting capabilities of SAP BW (Business Warehouse). Business Objects inherited the contract through its 2003 purchase of Crystal Decisions and subsequently extended its contract with SAP several times. But SAP later decided it could better serve its customers by baking in its own reporting tools. "
'It had run its natural course,' said Jill Henry, Business Objects' director of European alliances.
The partnership originated in September 2001, when SAP reached a deal with Crystal Decisions to resell Crystal Reports and license some of its components to fill out the formatted reporting capabilities of SAP BW (Business Warehouse). Business Objects inherited the contract through its 2003 purchase of Crystal Decisions and subsequently extended its contract with SAP several times. But SAP later decided it could better serve its customers by baking in its own reporting tools. "
