what is sap bo edge series

[Former Member]

hi experts ,,,

i am being confusion with the following:

bo xi (r1,r2,........)

bo enterprise

bo suite

crystal suite

bo edge series........etc

can anybody clarify me that  what is what.

please..

thanks in advance

[CdnConnection · Accepted solution]

Lakshmi,

     One of the biggest difference with Edge is that you FULL suite of tools (Crystal, Dashboard, WebI, Mobile, Analysis for OLAP, ...) but it is limited to 200-250 users on ONE server.  With the size of hardware now you could easily purchase a Super server to do your complete BI solution.  Imagine your small to mid-size company can now compete with the big boys with very small $25,000 to $30,000 investment , estimated 10 users EDGE.

EDGE Summary:

Negative:

- Sold to mid market customer with under 300Mil Revenue

- MUST be installed on ONE server, no clustering

- If purchase Edge DI then can split Data Services on ONE server and BI Suite of another Server

- limited to 200-250 users max

- Can't convert existing BOBJ Professional &/or Premium keys to EDGE

Positives:

- You get FULL suite of BI tools, amazing deal

- You can start small and grow your BI deployments as your company &/or needs grows

- You can convert EDGE to Professional &/or Premium license if your company grows.

- Your ONE server can be any size ( example: 8-CPU's with 64Gigs of Memory)

Sold as:

- Edge BI

- Edge DI ( Sold with Data Services, amazing deal for you $$).

Standard BOBJ sold in Professional or Premium versions.

More information edge go to link below

http://www.sap.com/canada/sme/howtobuy/businessobjectsedge/index.epx

Hope this helps

Regards,

Ajay

[Former Member]

Edge is the version of SAP BusinessObjects suite that is for small and medium size companies with smaller budget. The software is to be installed on a single server and is not scalable.

Hope this helps.