Computerworld Australia: Business Objects to Sell Linux Support for BI

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 22, 2003

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“Business intelligence and analytics vendor Business Objects has
revealed it will offer Linux support for its new Enterprise6 (E6)
software suite.

“The move is a sign that major enterprises remain largely
unfazed by the open source code intellectual property circus–and
will continue their uptake of Linux.

“Addressing around 300 of the company’s key Australian clients,
(including those recently acquired through the purchase of Crystal
Decisions), Chris Caren, vice president of corporate product
marketing at Business Objects, said demand from customers was the
reason behind the its open source offering…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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