Business Objects SA, Paris is as expected, Web-enabling version 4.0 of its analytical processing and query and reporting tools. BusinessObjects reports can be saved as HyperText Mark-up Language reports so that users can create report catalogs acces sible from Web browsers. As the reports are saved, hyper-text links back to source documents are automatically created so that users can download the documents for slice-and-dice analytical processing operations using off-line microcube tools. The Document Agent technology has been enhanced to schedule and post Mark-up Language reports to the Internet. The company says it supports fat and thin clients over the Internet and intranets. Its Java plans might include the creation of front-end applets from analysis which could be sent to a browser, or decision support applets worked into a browser front-end. The Web enhancements will ship as part of the BusinessObjects product later this summer.
