SAP and Business Objects have announced the first joint products from their merger, although the planned tight integration of the companies’ software will take longer to achieve. SAP agreed to pay ...

FRANKFURT, Oct 7 (Reuters) - SAP has agreed to a cash offer to buy software group Business Objects for about 4.8 billion euros ($6.8 billion) in the face of an aggressive acquisition spree by rival ...

SAP has agreed to buy Business Objects for about €4.8 billion ($6.78 billion), a surprise move that breaks with SAP’s traditional strategy of avoiding large company acquisitions. The deal, announced ...

PARIS (Reuters) - German software maker SAP on Monday defended the 20 percent premium it was prepared to fork out to snap up Franco-American software group Business Objects. "The valuation of Business ...