Software Forces is the leading manufacturer of business intelligence / enterprise reporting tools and solutions for SAP Business Objects (formerly Crystal. Crystal Reports has been around for a long time. Some might say too long. Over its 19 year history its certainly become very widespread, and I have nothing bad to say about its presentation.
Contents • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] Terry Cunningham and the Cunningham Group originated the software in 1991. Crystal Services Inc.
Sap Crystal Reports Version History
Marketed the product (originally called 'Quik Reports') when they couldn't find a suitable commercial report writer for their accounting software. [ ] After producing versions 1.0 through 3.0, Crystal Services was acquired by in 1994. Crystal Services was combined with to form the Information Management Group of, which later rebranded as and produced versions 4.0 through 9.0. Crystal Decisions was acquired in December 2003 by, which produced versions 10, 11 (XI) and version 12 (2008). Skidrow and reloaded. Acquired BusinessObjects on October 8, 2007 and released Crystal Reports 2011 (version 14) on May 3, 2011.