Business Objects Open Appliance Initiative (OAI) is designed to offer customers an array of business intelligence (BI) appliances that provide innovative and streamlined ways to deploy integrated BI and data warehousing solutions. With this initiative, customers will have the flexibility to choose the right mix of data warehouse and business intelligence technology to meet their specific business needs and maximize the value of their corporate data.
Business Objects Initial OAI Partners
- IBM
- Netezza
- DatAllegro
- Greenplum
- HP
- rPath
- Teradata
- VMware
- Andrews Consulting Group
- Brightlight Consulting
- Data Management Group
- Headstrong
Benefits of BI Appliances
Companies are struggling with a growing number of disparate data sources and expanding data volumes. Business Objects recognizes that many organizations do not have the resources to maintain and manage components of data warehousing and BI applications internally. BI appliances offer these companies a combination of hardware and software, or just software, packaged together to provide a complete, simple, and affordable solution to gathering and analyzing data. BI appliances deliver a pre-installed and pre-configured application that reduces installation, configuration, and deployment time to lower the total costs associated with running multiple, disparate software solutions independently.
The Business Objects Open Appliance Initiative encompasses extensive technology integration, joint product development, and joint marketing activities with leading technology and solution provider partners.
OAI Technology Partners
Business Objects has been working closely with IBM to deliver a bundled data integration and reporting solution targeted at the mid-market. The IBM Balanced Warehouse C1000 combines IBM DB2 Warehouse Starter Edition, Crystal Reports Server from Business Objects, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and a Series x server in a pre-integrated, pre-tested solution with an easy, single-install format. A software only version of this offering is also available. The IBM Balanced Warehouse C1000 allows mid-sized businesses and organizations to integrate and maintain multiple, scattered information resources in a central, accessible repository – a dynamic data warehouse – and to create, manage and securely distribute reports from this information across the organization. Learn more
"We are very excited to be working with Business Objects to extend the benefits of the appliance into broader market segments. The combination of the extensive capabilities of the Business Objects application suite and the high performance and simplicity attributes of Netezza’s data warehouse appliance puts cutting-edge BI capabilities within reach of customers, without taxing resources or budgets. We are working closely with Business Objects to develop complete turnkey BI appliances that can be deployed quickly and easily while providing a powerful foundation that allows organizations to realize the full potential of business intelligence" Learn more
Vishal Daga
director of partner marketing
Netezza Corporation
"DATAllegro is working with Business Objects to deliver a bundled solution that combines the DATAllegro v3 data warehouse appliance with BusinessObjects XI Release 2. The combination of the technologies benefit customers by providing them with a high-speed, pre-packaged, end-to-end data warehouse and business intelligence solution."Mark Thacker
co-founder/EVP business development
DATAllegro
"Greenplum believes strongly in the value and innovation created from open systems, and the impact it will have on the business intelligence and data warehousing industry. We are excited to be working with Business Objects and leading systems vendors like Sun Microsystems to drive standardization in the data warehouse appliance market, as it will enable unprecedented levels of scale, flexibility, and performance for customers."
Scott Yara
president
Greenplum
"Leveraging and applying business information more efficiently and effectively is a growing requirement for corporations of all sizes. Customers are demanding solutions that are simple, affordable, and scalable, and offer a reduced implementation time. Pre-tested and packaged appliances are growing in popularity and demand to satisfy this need." Learn more
Carl DCosta
director of horizontal solutions
HP
"Customers are constantly seeking software that is simpler to deploy and manage. Software appliances deliver the value of the application without the expense of system management and maintenance. rPath is excited to bring our expertise in appliance lifecycle management to the Business Objects Open Appliance Initiative and to expand our work with Business Objects in delivering greater value to joint customers."
Billy Marshall
CEO & founder
rPath
"Companies and departments can quickly and easily build a proven, integrated BI solution at a low cost with a Teradata and Business Objects RightStart data warehouse. Starting the right way with Teradata and Business Objects provides a simple, innovative, and proven BI solution, reducing much of the risks associated with BI projects. Teradata is the proven industry leader in helping businesses quickly achieve and leverage intelligence for better, faster decisions for more than 20 years. This joint initiative, with low entry price points and quick implementation parameters, extends Teradata's and Business Objects' ability to engage new customers with proven business value." Learn more
Randy Lea
vice president product and services
Teradata
"Large numbers of Business Objects customers have already adopted VMware Infrastructure to simplify their IT, fully leverage their IT investments, and respond faster to changing business demands. Business Objects virtual appliances that leverage VMware Infrastructure will enable customers to have reduced implementation timelines, fewer support issues, automatic workload balancing, high availability and agent-less backup."
Brian Byun
vice president of global partners and solutions
VMware
OAI Solution Providers
"Andrews Consulting Group, developers of RapidDecision, continues to work with Business Objects to develop innovative, flexible, and customer-centric solutions. Appliances lower the total cost of ownership, simplify deployment, and streamline maintenance and upgrades, while enhancing end user experience from the procurement process to the utilization of end-user functionalities. RapidDecision simplifies the process of getting information out of the JDE application and into the hands of key decision-makers and can streamline this even further via appliances." Learn more
Joseph Guerra
JD Edwards expert and the architect of RapidDecision
RapidDecision
"Brightlight Consulting is excited to be a solution provider for the Open Appliance Initiative. This tightly bundled solution of Business Objects and Netezza provides a highly flexible, affordable, and feature rich BI platform with unprecedented performance. Combining this platform with Brightlight’s business intelligence expertise provides an enterprise class BI solution to mid-market clients never seen before in the market." Learn more
Mark Ketterin
president
Brightlight Consulting
"The SAP Appliance from Business Objects and Netezza is a great solution to come out of the Business Objects Open Appliance Initiative. The marrying of two world-class technologies such as the SAP Rapid Marts solution from Business Objects and Netezza’s high-performance appliance can substantially improve reporting performance and usability for SAP customers. We see a tremendous demand for business intelligence in the SAP market, and the SAP Appliance implemented with DMG’s extensive skills in both Business Objects and SAP, will be of significant value to our customers." Learn more
John Morrissey
managing director
Data Management Group
"Headstrong has a long and successful track record of deploying innovative, scalable, and sustainable business intelligence and data warehousing solutions that help improve our clients' business results, especially in very large data base (VLDB) environments. We have worked extensively with Business Objects and Netezza separately in providing key BI solutions. The opportunity to deploy a bundled software and hardware solution – customizing an appliance box to achieve business intelligence – is an approach that we are sure will appeal to many organizations." Learn more
Nicki Mehra
managing director of corporate strategy and marketing
Headstrong
