SAP Brings SaaS BI to India

SAP has announced the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) OnDemand
solution to meet a growing demand from companies of all sizes for SaaS BI tools.
This easy-to-use offering makes SAP's powerful analytics available to a
community of business users outside the traditional IT department. "SAP is the
best place to deliver what customers need in this new reality," said Peter
Gartenberg, MD, SAP India. "With SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand solution,
organizations can empower their users instantly and easily. The best way to
experience the tool set is to try it today at www.biondemand.com. This is an
important milestone in SAP's on-demand vision, and further proof that we
continue to innovate in the cloud."

On-demand offerings from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio currently have
more than 260,000 subscribers who are empowered with the tools and information
required to drive their businesses forward. The solution will also include
capabilities that make it easier than ever for business users to tap into their
data online, get better insight into their organization and securely

share illustrative reports and dashboards with colleagues inside and outside the
firewall.

Significant features include:

• SAP BusinessObjects Explorer software, which is built for powerful data
  exploration and visualization capabilities
• Guide to product usage for people with no prior BI experience through the
  processes of accessing, exploring, visualizing and sharing data, without
  needing to switch between applications
• The ability to access all on-demand and on-premise data, including SAP
  data and data from the Salesforce customer relationship management (CRM)
  application. Users can easily upload data to create dashboards, reports or
  interactive visualizations
• An on-demand solution for creating ad-hoc reports, conducting what-if
  analysis and securely sharing this information inside or outside the company.
  Business users can provide customers, partners and employees across all lines
  of business with immediate, anytime access to the most current data
• SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand also has a flexible pricing model,
  offering three editions of the product to address the different needs of each
  customer: free personal, essential and advanced editions. "Current market
  trends show strong demand for SaaS BI tools that are easy to use and acquire,
  and IDC research expects the SaaS BI market to grow three times faster than
  the overall BI and analytics market over the next five years," said Dan Vesset,
  Program VP, Business Analytics, IDC.