| 1990 |
Business Objects is founded in Paris, France. |
| 1991 |
France Telecom becomes the first customer after viewing a prototype of Business Objects' initial product
offering. |
| 1994 |
Business Objects launched BusinessObjects v3.0 and goes public on NASDAQ – the first European company in
history to do so. |
| 1995 |
Business Objects is the first software company to focus on enterprise-scale business intelligence (BI)
deployments. |
| 1996 |
Business Objects enters OLAP market and launches BusinessObjects v4.0.
Bernard Liautaud is named one of Business Week's "Hottest Entrepreneurs of the Year."
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| 1997 |
BusinessObjects Web Intelligence is introduced.
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| 1999 |
Business Objects is publicly listed in France on the Premier Marché.
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| 2000 |
Business Objects delivers the industry's first interactive mobile business intelligence solution.
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| 2001 |
Business Objects opens offices in San Jose, California.
SAP signs an OEM and reseller agreement to bundle Crystal Reports.
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| 2002 |
Business Objects acquires Blue Edge Software and Acta Technologies.
Bernard Liautaud named to Business Week's "Stars of Europe."
Business 2.0 names Business Objects as one of the "100 Fastest Growing Tech Companies."
Leading direct
retailer Lands' End deployed one of the first executive dashboards, resulting in a 33% reduction in lost sales
over the year.
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| 2003 |
Business Objects acquires Crystal Decisions and releases Dashboard Manager, BusinessObjects Enterprise 6, as well as BusinessObjects Performance Manager.
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| 2004 |
Business Objects launches Crystal v10 and BusinessObjects v6.5.
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| 2005 |
Revenues reaches more than a billion US dollars.
John Schwarz joins Business Objects as chief executive officer.
BusinessObjects XI and Crystal Xcelsius are launched.
Business Objects acquires SRC Software, Medience, and Infommersion.
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| 2006 |
Business Objects acquires Firstlogic, Inc., Armstrong Laing Limited (ALG), and nSite.
Business Objects
releases crystalreports.com and BusinessObjects Data Quality XI.
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| 2007 |
Business Objects acquires Cartesis.
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| 2008 |
SAP acquires Business Objects to lead emerging market for business performance optimization.
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