Business Objects Financial Consolidation versus SAP SEM BCS

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I have read in internet

(http://searchsap.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid21_gci1304413,00.html#)

that as result of the Business Objects acquisition SAP has filled in the details of its business intelligence (BI) product roadmap.

For financial consolidation, SAP has replaced its SEM-BCS tool with Business Objects Cartesis,

What are advantages and/or disadvantages of following consolidation tools:

Business Objects Financial Consolidation

SAP SEM BCS 6.0

Which financial consolidation tool would you recommend (advantages and/or disadvantages) to a customer who does already have a BW server landscape (and / or SAP R/3 or ECC6.0) running?

Which financial consolidation tool would you recommend (advantages and/or disadvantages) to a customer who does not have any SAP server landscape running?

Thanks for your reactions!

Arjan