Business Objects and Oco Inc. Form BI Partnership

Business Objects, an SAP company, forms a partnership with Oco Inc., a provider of software as a service (SaaS) business intelligence (BI) and data integration solutions. Oco will become a strategic go-to-market solution provider to Business Objects Business Intelligence OnDemand. Together, the companies' SaaS-based technologies will aim to provide business intelligence solutions for customers across a variety of industries such as retail and manufacturing, and enable both companies to expand their market reach, functionality and offerings. The partnership agreement includes joint sales, marketing, services and product development efforts.