Extreme Makeover: BusinessObjects XI is the company's most distinct release in a long time, a fusion under one server architecture of the best two product lines had to offer

摘要

When Business Objects acquired Crystal Decisions, the company promised to deliver a unified suite of products incorporating the best of both lines. BusinessObjects XI is that suite. For new customers, the product integration is seamless. Crystal administrators will find most screens familiar. Business Objects administrators will need some retraining but will applaud the easier installation and configuration. This review focuses on the broadest-reaching aspects of XI: updates to the architecture and to Web-Intelligence, the business user interface. (See "Piece by Piece" below.)