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Business Objects and SAP - Easing Toward Intergation?

I am at the IAP, Independent Analyst Platform, in sunny (and hot) Phoenix AZ, and the first set of presentations came from folks at Business Objects, an SAP company. I mention it this way since it seemed pretty clear that the presenters were coming from the BOBJ point of view, looking at where Business Objects fits into the SAP strategy.

One thing that looks clear: the objective in maintaining Business Objects as a separate division focusing on being "open and agnostic" as to the platforms to be supported (aside from SAP) may allay fears of existing customers of being forced into the newly created "mega-stack."

I do wonder, though, about the extent to which there is cross-pollination between the product suites of SAP and Business Objects; there may be some nice chunks in NetWeaver that could be siphoned off and offered as part of a Business Objects Enterprise Information Management suite.

Another interesting point with respect to MDM: Aaron Mahimainathan, who is the Senior Director, Platform Marketing SAP, did admit the challenges in synchronizing master data between the BI environment and the operational SAP applications.

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