Business Objects and MySQL offer new BI solutions

I Division staff Business Objects and MySQL announced the signing of a new OEM referral agreement on Monday. According to the terms of the agreement, the two companies will jointly sell integrated solutions that combine the MySQL Network database subscription service with business intelligence software from Business Objects. New solutions for customers with a cost-effective way to deploy an integrated business intelligence and database solution, at a fraction of the cost of traditional, proprietary databases, software maker said.

April 2005, Business Objects and MySQL announced a partnership to embed MySQL database technology into BusinessObjects XI platform on the use of Linux and Unix operating systems. After the inclusion of the new OEM referral agreement, the two companies have created several customers reporting and data integration for the MySQL database through MySQL network. These solutions for testing, certification and support from Business Objects common with the MySQL.

"This partnership is one thing, help organizations meet the challenges, and to improve their return on enterprise information, and said:" Steve Lucas, vice president of field sales, global alliances and data integration in the Business Objects. "Tremendous momentum in open-source software right now, the open-source databases and operating systems will play an expanded role in business intelligence deployment of the direction of development. Business Objects is working closely with the open-source leaders such as MySQL, to ensure that our software works together seamlessly and customers can take advantage of lower total cost of ownership with these solutions. " For more information, please go to www.businessobjects.com / MySQL.