Business Objects and Netezza Corp. recently announced that they are working together to extend the benefits of business intelligence to SAP customers.  This added dimension to the Business Objects and Netezza alliance is intended to bring the same level of benefits to customers that leverage SAP solutions as a key part of their information infrastructure.

The companies claim that the combination of the Netezza Performance Server system and BusinessObjects XI Release 2 business intelligence platform results in a powerful BI foundation that delivers BI capabilities such as reporting, analytics, dashboards, and data integration, while minimizing data management complexity and driving rapid time to value.

Business Objects recently extended integration with Netezza to include the Business Objects SAP Rapid Marts.  These Rapid Marts deliver pre-built data flows, business logic, and a data schema that is fully aware of the SAP R/3 metadata, therefore accelerating the deployment of SAP-specific BI applications.

The integrated Business Objects and Netezza BI solution for SAP customers consists of the key elements such as BusinessObjects Enterprise, BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports, Crystal Xcelsius and BusinessObjects Dashboard Manager applications; BusinessObjects Data Integrator and the Business Objects SAP Rapid Mart; and the Netezza data warehouse appliance.

Business Objects mentioned that the integrated solution will allow customers to move data from their SAP application environment to the Netezza data warehouse appliance to analyze and report against this information using Business Objects applications.

"Very often business people have problems getting at their own data to derive meaning and purpose from it, this is where we come in" said John Schwarz, CEO of Business Objects. "Together with Netezza we provide customers access to operational data from their SAP implementation, transforming it into intelligent information."

"A large number of Netezza’s customers are already leveraging our data warehouse appliance with Business Objects applications with great success," said Jit Saxena, CEO and co-founder, Netezza Corp.  "I am excited about the expanded relationship we are developing with Business Objects, as it will help us to deliver on the full promise of business intelligence to new customers.  We look forward to working with Business Objects to further enhance the performance, value, ease-of-use, and reach of BI."