Business Objects.

• Position: PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Business Objects, a provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, has announced the release of the Business Objects EPM Performance Suite, aimed at delivering key enhancements to its enterprise performance management (EPM) product portfolio. EPM Performance Suite includes the integration of ALG Software onto the Business Objects™ XI platform, the introduction of financial performance analytics and new visualization and data integration capabilities in planning.

"This suite enables Business Objects to deliver the industry's only fully-integrated business intelligence and profitability solution, and provides a powerful framework for organizations to achieve operational excellence," the company, headquartered in Paris, France, and San Jose, Calif., said in an announcement.

The EPM Performance Suite comes with integrated cost and profitability applications that were acquired from ALG Software in October 2006. The integration puts the information and insight gained from the industry's leading profitability applications into the Business Objects XI platform.

With the introduction of Financial Performance Analytics in this release, Business Objects continues its focus on...