SAP AG has released the 4.0 versions of business intelligence (BI) and enterprise information management (EIM) offerings from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio, including the 4.0 release of SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI software.

The company said that the releases deliver on its business analytics product road map. SAP added that the new offerings represent the future of analytics with real-time, mobile and social capabilities and are designed to help organisations better understand their businesses and make data-driven decisions.

SAP said, from large enterprises to small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) and lines of business, all types of organisations and people can use the 4.0 releases to unlock new insights.

The company continued that with new innovations such as mobile BI for iPad and planned enhancements such as location-based analytics enabled by Google Maps integration, customers can analyse and visualise business and social data.

The new BI offerings have been designed in concert with the 4.0 release of SAP BusinessObjects EIM offerings, as well as SAP HANA appliance software to enable customers to perform real-time analytics on big data, said SAP. With new capabilities such as SAP BusinessObjects Information Steward software, business and IT can collaborate like never before to help ensure information governance across the enterprise, said the company.