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June 6-9, 2005Key Biscayne, Florida
Open Solutions for a Changing World™
Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide
Crystal Reports XIEnvironment, Features & Comparison
Chip Casanave
Data Access Worldwide
Miami, Florida USA
June 6-8,2005Key Biscayne, Florida
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Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide
Agenda
Crystal / Business Objects Merger Summary of Crystal XI Comparison
• Crystal Reports XI• Crystal Server XI• Dynamic AI
Q&A
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Crystal & Business Objects
(the companies) Merged in December 2003 Leaders in their respective categories
• B.O. – Business Intelligence• Crystal – Report Writers/Servers
Both companies “enterprise oriented”• B.O. - a small business is < $1B/revenue
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Crystal & Business Objects Merger
Challenges…• Overlapping product families• No common technology• Need to integrate technology, products,
partners, business model and customer base
Report card…• Excellent progress• DAW has a better OEM relationship today
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Crystal & Business Objects - Products
Milestone: release of Crystal XI and Business Objects XI• Common technology framework• Creates a complete product “stack” from
desktop reporting to enterprise business intelligence
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Business Objects’ Product Stack
Market Space Product Offering
Enterprise Bus. Intell. Business Objects Enterprise
S.M.B. Bus. Intell. Business Objects Professional.
S.M.B. Report Serving Crystal Server
Embedded Reports Crystal Developer
Desktop Reporting Crystal Standard
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Product status as of Crystal XI
Crystal brand will continue Crystal Standard, Professional and
Developer Editions remain the same Crystal Advanced Developer and
Enterprise eliminated New XI Server is “top-of-the-line” for
Crystal
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Crystal Reports XI Server
Report Publisher• Centralized report execution & distribution
Web Portal Interface• Report management & access
Report Scheduler Security: users, groups, folders, reports Design tool: CR Professional Edition
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Crystal Reports XI Server
Licensed in 5-Concurrent User blocks Maximum of 20 Users/Server
• Upgrade: Business Objects Professional
Getting started with Server XI• Free 5-Named User License
Included with each Developer Edition Upgradeable to 5-Concurrent Users
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Crystal XI Server vs. Dynamic AI
Both products offer attractive features Selection should be based on…
• Intended use and user• Users’ requirements• Environment• Cost
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Crystal Reports XI Server
Superlative pixel-perfect reports Thick client design environment Server concept is “publisher” Limited to 20 users Good output options (static) Positioning: departmental; small
business
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Dynamic AI
Web-based design & reporting User driven, customizable Cross-platform data integration Powerful ad-hoc query & analysis Dashboards, alerters, “BAM’s” Excel integration (static & dynamic) Positioning: Small/Med/Large Business Supports large user counts
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Crystal XI Server vs. Dynamic AI
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