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Crystal Reports Server 2008

Manage, share and deliver interactive reports.

Crystal Reports Server 2008 is a complete report management solution that enables IT professionals to securely share, schedule, and deliver interactive reports over the web, in email, and Microsoft Office documents. It empowers business users to view, print and share more compelling reports—and make better decisions.

Why Crystal Reports Server 2008?

Allow all business users to securely access reports on the Web
Make better decisions with interactive reports
Refresh data in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents
Minimize IT cost with job scheduling and automatic report delivery
Share reports anywhere via email, portals or Microsoft Office documents
Grow your business with a flexible licensing model
Supports all new features in Crystal Reports 2008

"With Crystal Reports Server 2008, Business Objects is offering smaller organizations with tight resources the ability to deliver interactive, relevant reports securely to all business users in the company, easily over the web," said Charlotte Craig, partner at Crystal Advantage, a Business Objects training and consulting partner.

Charlotte Craig
Partner
Crystal Advantage

Technical Specifications

Version:

2008

License Model:

5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 Named User License packs (NUL) - max 100 NUL per implementation
5, 10, 20 Concurrent User License packs - max 20 CAL per implementation Single server solution

Licensing Conditions:

Learn more about licensing.

Languages:

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Dutch, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean

System Requirements

Product Prerequisites:

Crystal Reports 2008 (sold separately)

Client Tools

Processor:

PC: 2.0 GHz Pentium 4-class processor

Memory:

2GB of RAM

Disk Space:

1 GB hard disk space

Operating Systems:

Microsoft Windows Vista, 2003, or XP

Platform Support:

Microsoft Office 2007, 2003, or XP

Server Components

Processor:

2.0 GHz Pentium 4-class processor

Memory:

2 GB RAM

Disk Space:

4.9 GB hard disk space

Operating Systems:

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Red Hat Advanced/Enterprise Server 4.0 or SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 SP3 or 10

Platform Support:

Windows, Linux - Full Specifications

Java Portal Integration Kit:

Oracle Portal Server 10g, WebLogic Portal Server 9.2x, WebLogic Portal Server 10.0x, WebSphere Portal 6.0.x.x

Contact Us:

For sales or general inquiries call:
U.S. and Canada: +1 866 681 3435
Europe: 00800 55 11 55 11
Asia Pacific: find an office near you

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Thank you for your interest

Purchase from our online store:
Crystal Reports Server 2008: 5 Concurrent Access Licenses
Crystal Reports Server 2008: 5 Named User Licenses
Crystal Reports 2008 (*Report designer must be purchased separately)

Crystal Reports products can also be purchased through one of our resellers, or bought directly from a Business Objects sales representative—locate a sales office near you.

Key Features

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Crystal Reports 2008 Support

Use Crystal Reports 2008 to create reports from any data source and format them to meet the specific requirements of your business users. Make your interactive reports with dynamic visualizations available to all your users via the web, in email or Microsoft Office Documents with Crystal Reports Server 2008 (Crystal Reports 2008 named user license not included with this product).

Report Publishing Wizard

Easily publish multiple Crystal Reports to the Web; provides step-by-step guide to configuring Crystal Reports to the Web.

Security Options

Give the right people access to the right information at the right time with robust security options for user, group, object and folder levels.

Custom Access Levels

Tailor group rights for targeted users, reducing the complexity of security management. Administrators can create and maintain access levels that are customized to their deployment and security needs. By creating groups of rights that users frequently need, administrators can set common security levels quickly and uniformly.

Live Office

Integration with Microsoft Office provides support for the major recent versions of Office including Microsoft Office 2000, 2003, XP, and 2007. Also, it allows for easily embedding accurate, refreshable corporate data within Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word documents.

Report Scheduler

Set up reports to run at specific times or based on specific events. Plus, schedule reports to generate in specific formats such as Excel, PDF, and RTF.

Customer Spotlight

Government of Bermuda

The Government of Bermuda's outdated reporting solution provided limited access to reports in Excel format only.

See This Case Study

Bromford Housing

Bromford Housing chose Business Objects because Crystal Reports is easy to use and provides Web-based multi-dimensional reporting.

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Graniterock

Graniterock, a materials supply and construction company, chose Business Objects to manage large amounts of data from its radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging system and produce operational reports on truck pick-ups and deliveries.

See This Case Study