COMP-03Business Objects’ Crystal Reports Server for Progress Customers and Partners

Jason McCafferty, Business Objects Consultant

Jim Lundy, ProgressSr. Product Manager

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Crystal Reports Server

Crystal Products Quick Update Crystal Reports Server XI Summary Questions & Answers

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Crystal V10

Crystal Reports– Professional– Developer– Advanced

Scaling Add-ons– WebFarm / WebGarden– 6CPL Add-on– RDC/RAS CPU Licenses

Crystal Enterprise– Professional– Auditing / SmartReporting Add-on– Premium

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Crystal XI

Crystal Reports– Professional– Developer– Advanced

Scaling Add-ons– WebFarm / WebGarden– 6CPL Add-on– RDC/RAS CPU Licenses

Crystal Enterprise– Professional– Auditing / SmartReporting Add-on– Premium

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Crystal XI

Crystal Reports– Professional– Developer

Crystal Reports Server– CR Developer– Web engine for 5 Concurrent users– 1-Year telephone support

Business Objects Enterprise– Professional– Auditing / Explorer / LiveOffice Add-on– Premium

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D I S C L A I M E R

Under Development

This talk includes information about potential future products and/or product enhancements.

What I am going to say reflects our current thinking, but the information contained herein is preliminary and subject to change. Any future products we ultimately deliver may be materially different from what is described here.

D I S C L A I M E R

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Crystal Timeline

Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov JanJan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan

2004 2005 2006

Crystal V10 Crystal XI

Business Objects

BO Acquisition of Crystal Decisions

Crystal / BOE XI V2

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Crystal Reports Server

Crystal Products Quick Update Crystal Reports Server Summary Questions & Answers

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Crystal Reports XI

Access and present any data– Flexible and unconstrained

database connectivity– Automated wizards and reusable

templates speed report production Info when and where people need it

– Real-time and scheduled reports– Embeddable in MS Office

Universal integration– SDKs to view, print, export, and modify

reports within an application A proven market standard

– The choice of over 500 independent software vendors

Richly formatted, interactive information delivered to every user

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Crystal Reports Server for the Mid-Market

Create, manage, and deliver Crystal reports over the web– Windows client report designer – world’s best!– Web-based report management and delivery– Based on a proven platform!

Drive your business with proven technology– Leverage existing investments in Crystal Reports assets – Embedded within Microsoft, SAP, Borland, BEA, and IBM– Extend anytime to BusinessObjects Enterprise

Complete mid-market reporting solution

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Crystal Reports Server

Access and present any data the way you want Deliver the right information to the right people

at the right time– Report publishing wizard– Report scheduling– Security– Report processing server (Windows and Linux)

Universal integration with applications and portals– Software development kits (Java, .NET, and COM)– Portal integration kits

Everything you need to create, manage, and deliver reports

Plus, support & maintenance included for quick deployment and assured success!

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Business Objects Enterprise XI

Robust infrastructure features

Fault Tolerance Load Balancing Failover Increased Platform Support

Auditing CR Explorer MS Live Office add-in

Add-On Features

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Demo: Crystal Reports Server / Crystal Reports XI

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Crystal Reports Server

Crystal Products Quick Update Crystal Reports Server Summary Questions & Answers

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In Summary

Crystal Reports Server: Ideal solution for web-based reporting in the mid-market

High-end features like scheduling and security to the mid-tier

Everything you need to create, manage, and deliver reports

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BI Sessions Monday

– 3:15pm BO CR Server; Room A1– 4:30pm Expo

Tuesday– 7:00am BOF: Security/Regulatory– 11:45pm Lunch/Expo– 2:15pm Better Decisions; Room A3– 6:00pm BOF: Corporate Performance Management

Wednesday– 8:00am BOF: BO “Classic” Products– 10:15am BI Info Exchange; Room A4– 1:00pm Integrating CR/Progress; Room A4– 2:15pm Running Your Business; Room A3

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Questions?

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Thank you for your time!

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