First Oracle acquired Hyperion for $3.3B then SAP snatched up Business Objects for $6.8B. Now, in what is not a particular surprise, IBM announced it would acquire Cognos for $5B.
What’s it all mean for the geospatial market? I discussed the SAP/BO combo in April when it happened and said Oracle is more geospatial-aware than […]

On Sunday, SAP agreed to acquire Business Objects for $6.78 billion. Wall Street apparently is not in love with the deal as skepticism pushed the SAP stock price down 4% on Monday. Some are suggesting SAP overpaid for the French business intelligence (BI) software provider. (I am baffled that some call BI an “emerging” market […]

Yes, it means something that Oracle is buying Hyperion. Hyperion is, however, integrated only with ESRI, while the other largest business intelligence (BI) vendors also integrate with others (Autodesk, Bentley, GE Energy, Google Maps, and MapInfo). Hyperion provides retail and public sector geospatial intelligence (GI) capabilities through a partnership with Australia-based Integeo, a Forge Group company. Integeo Map Intelligence […]