On Tuesday Cognos will formally unveil ReportNet, a query and reporting engine that has been written to support Web services, Java, and XML. At the same time, Business Objects will unveil Version ...

Mincom's CEO and Managing Director, Mr. Alan McElrea said the alliance would enable Mincom to enhance its flagship software offering, improving Mincom's reporting solution for its customers.

Together, the companies will offer prebuilt Thomson financial reports on demand with Business Objects' reporting, analytics, and dashboard capabilities ...

While Business Objects offers its applications on Windows, Unix and Linux, and integrates its reporting tools with Microsoft’s Office suite, Schwarz would like to see the open-source OS grow.