SAP is ending a long-running licensing and reselling alliance with Business Objects that brought bundled functionality from Business Objects' Crystal Reports to SAP's NetWeaver BI product.

SAP, the company known for building rather than acquiring technology, did an about-face this week, announcing its intention to acquire Business Objects, one of the largest point-solution ISVs in ...

Business Objects founder Bernard Liautaud resigned his posts at the firm following the closing of SAP's deal to buy the firm this month.