Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-9, 2005 Key Biscayne, Florida Crystal Reports XI Environment, Features & Comparison Chip Casanave Data Access Worldwide Miami, Florida USA

Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida Agenda  Crystal / Business Objects Merger  Summary of Crystal XI  Comparison Crystal Reports XI Crystal Server XI Dynamic AI  Q&A

Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida Crystal & Business Objects  (the companies)  Merged in December 2003  Leaders in their respective categories B.O. – Business Intelligence Crystal – Report Writers/Servers  Both companies “enterprise oriented” B.O. - a small business is < $1B/revenue

Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida Crystal & Business Objects Merger  Challenges… Overlapping product families No common technology Need to integrate technology, products, partners, business model and customer base  Report card… Excellent progress DAW has a better OEM relationship today

Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida Crystal & Business Objects - Products  Milestone: release of Crystal XI and Business Objects XI Common technology framework Creates a complete product “stack” from desktop reporting to enterprise business intelligence

Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida Business Objects’ Product Stack Market SpaceProduct Offering Enterprise Bus. Intell.Business Objects Enterprise S.M.B. Bus. Intell.Business Objects Professional. S.M.B. Report ServingCrystal Server Embedded ReportsCrystal Developer Desktop ReportingCrystal Standard

Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida Product status as of Crystal XI  Crystal brand will continue  Crystal Standard, Professional and Developer Editions remain the same  Crystal Advanced Developer and Enterprise eliminated  New XI Server is “top-of-the-line” for Crystal

Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida Crystal Reports XI Server  Report Publisher Centralized report execution & distribution  Web Portal Interface Report management & access  Report Scheduler  Security: users, groups, folders, reports  Design tool: CR Professional Edition

Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida Crystal Reports XI Server  Licensed in 5-Concurrent User blocks  Maximum of 20 Users/Server Upgrade: Business Objects Professional  Getting started with Server XI Free 5-Named User License  Included with each Developer Edition  Upgradeable to 5-Concurrent Users

Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida Crystal XI Server vs. Dynamic AI  Both products offer attractive features  Selection should be based on… Intended use and user Users’ requirements Environment Cost

Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida Crystal Reports XI Server  Superlative pixel-perfect reports  Thick client design environment  Server concept is “publisher”  Limited to 20 users  Good output options (static)  Positioning: departmental; small business

Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida Dynamic AI  Web-based design & reporting  User driven, customizable  Cross-platform data integration  Powerful ad-hoc query & analysis  Dashboards, alerters, “BAM’s”  Excel integration (static & dynamic)  Positioning: Small/Med/Large Business  Supports large user counts

Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-8,2005 Key Biscayne, Florida Crystal XI Server vs. Dynamic AI Pricing Comparison

Open Solutions for a Changing World™ Copyright 2005, Data Access Worldwide June 6-9, 2005 Key Biscayne, Florida Questions?