In brief: Business Objects, MySQL strengthen partnership

Business Objects and MySQL have strengthened their partnership by collaborating on bundling MySQL's open source database software and Business Objects' XI business-intelligence software. Under the agreement announced last week, Business Objects will sell the software bundle, which gives customers access to MySQL database technology through MySQL Network, a combination of software, services and support, according to the companies. In turn, MySQL is marketing the new software, which comes in versions for small, midsize and large customers. A MySQL Network subscription, which starts at $595 per server, per year, must be purchased separately. The small-customer version costs $4,000, the midsize costs $7,500 and the large costs $20,000. Customers can contact Business Objects here for more information.

Pentaho, a start-up that builds open source business-intelligence software, announced last week that it has received $5 million in series A funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, which has investments in several open source companies, including CRM specialist SugarCRM; XenSource, which markets and supports open source server-virtualization software; and security firm SourceFire. Index Ventures also participated in the round, adding Pentaho to its list of open source investments that includes the MySQL database company and application-framework specialists Zend Technologies and Trolltech. The start-up was founded by industry veterans involved with business-intelligence products from Cognos, Hyperion, IBM and Oracle. Business-intelligence software is used to dig information out of databases and present it to end users in a useful, organized way. Like most open source companies, Pentaho builds its product on top of open source code and then sells services and support around that software.

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Business Objects and MySQL have strengthened their partnership by collaborating on bundling MySQL's open source database software and Business Objects' XI business-intelligence software. Under the agreement announced last week, Business Objects will sell the software bundle, which gives customers access to MySQL database technology through MySQL Network, a combination of software, services and support, according to the companies. In turn, MySQL is marketing the new software, which comes in versions for small, midsize and large customers. A MySQL Network subscription, which starts at $595 per server, per year, must be purchased separately. The small-customer version costs $4,000, the midsize costs $7,500 and the large costs $20,000. Customers can contact Business Objects here for more information.

Pentaho, a start-up that builds open source business-intelligence software, announced last week that it has received $5 million in series A funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, which has investments in several open source companies, including CRM specialist SugarCRM; XenSource, which markets and supports open source server-virtualization software; and security firm SourceFire. Index Ventures also participated in the round, adding Pentaho to its list of open source investments that includes the MySQL database company and application-framework specialists Zend Technologies and Trolltech. The start-up was founded by industry veterans involved with business-intelligence products from Cognos, Hyperion, IBM and Oracle. Business-intelligence software is used to dig information out of databases and present it to end users in a useful, organized way. Like most open source companies, Pentaho builds its product on top of open source code and then sells services and support around that software.

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