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Source - Wiki- 1990, launched BusinessObjects Skipper SQL 2.0.x
- 1994, launched BusinessObjects v3.0 and went public on the NASDAQ — the first European company to do so.
- 1995, Business Objects was the first to focus on enterprise-scale BI deployments.
- 1996, entered the OLAP market and launched BusinessObjects v4.0. Bernard Liautaud was named one of Business Week's "Hottest Entrepreneurs of the Year."
- 1997, crossed the $100M chasm and pioneered the business intelligence (BI) extranet market. Introduced WebIntelligence.
- 1999, its #1 customer today, General Electric (GE), started working with the company. Also went public in France on the Premier Marché. Acquired Next Action Technologies.
- 2000, delivered the industry's first interactive mobile BI solution. Acquired OLAP@Work.
- 2001, opened San Jose, Calif., office; and SAP signed an OEM and reseller agreement to bundle Crystal Reports. Acquired Blue Edge Software.
- 2001, Signs up its single largest global software licensing transaction with Three formerly known as Hutchinson 3G.
- 2002, acquired Acta Technologies. Bernard Liautaud was named to Business Week's "Stars of Europe," and the company was named one of the "100 Fastest Growing Tech Companies" by Business 2.0.
- 2003, acquired Crystal Decisions. Also released Dashboard Manager, BusinessObjects Enterprise 6, and BusinessObjects Performance Manager.
- 2004, launched new combined company with the slogan, "Our Future is Clear, Crystal Clear." Launched Crystal v10 and BusinessObjects v6.5
- 2005, launched BusinessObjects XI, acquired SRC Software, Infommersion, and Medience. Launched BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Release 2.
- 2006, on 8 February 2006 Business Objects acquired Firstlogic, Inc.
- 2006, acquired ALG Software (formerly Armstrong Laing Group).
- 2006, on 30 November 2006 Business Objects acquired Nsite Software, Inc.
- 2006, launched Crystal Xcelsius, which allows users to transform Microsoft Excel spreadsheet data into interactive Flash media files.
- 2007, on 23 April 2007 Business Objects announced their intention to buy Cartesis (a vendor of reporting and planning software) and Konak.
- 2007, on 22 May 2007 Business Objects announced their intention to acquire Inxight Software.
- 2007, on 1 Jun 2007 Business Objects announced close of Cartesis acquisition.
- 2007, on 5 July 2007 Business Objects announced close of Inxight acquisition.
- 2007, on 6 September 2007 Business Objects announced their intention to acquire FUZZY! Informatik AG.
- 2007, on 7 October SAP's Chief Executive Henning Kagermann announced a $6.8 billion deal to acquire Business Objects.
- 2008, On 22 January SAP absorbed all of Business Objects offices, and renaming the entity "Business Objects, an SAP company".
- 2009, Business Objects became a division of SAP instead of a separate company. The portfolio brand "SAP BusinessObjects" was created. All employees now officially work for SAP.
and BusinessObjects XI 3.2 is the latest version.
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