Informatica asserted that the ActaWorks product (now sold by BusinessObjects as part of Data Integrator), infringed several Informatica patents including US Patent Nos. The lawsuit related to embedded data flows with one input and one output. On April 2, 2007, a lawsuit from Informatica (inherited by BusinessObjects from the purchase of Acta Technologies in 2002) resulted in an award of $25 million in damages to Informatica for patent infringement. The company's stock was traded on both the Nasdaq and Euronext Paris (BOB) stock exchanges. As of 22 January 2008, the corporation is fully operated by SAP this was seen as part of a growing consolidation trend in the business software industry, with Oracle acquiring Hyperion in 2007 and IBM acquiring Cognos in 2008.īusinessObjects had two headquarters in San Jose, California, and Paris, France, but their biggest office was in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. On 7 October 2007, SAP AG announced that it would acquire BusinessObjects for $6.8B. In 2002, the company made Time magazine Europe's Digital Top 25 of 2002 and were BusinessWeek Europe Stars of Europe. The company went public on NASDAQ in September 1994, making it the first European software company listed in the United States. In 1990, the first customer, Coface, was signed. The concept of BusinessObjects and its initial implementation came from Jean-Michel Cambot. Bernard Liautaud co-founded BusinessObjects in 1990 together with Denis Payre, and was chief until September 2005, when he became chairman and chief until January 2008.

Sap xcelsius guide