Comparing all Xcelsius 2008 Editions

Aug 14th, 2008

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Im my previous post about Xcelsius Present 2008, i mentioned about the difference between all Xcelsius 2008 editions. This table and summary gives a little more information about the same.

Technical Specifications	Xcelsius Engage Server 2008	Xcelsius Engage 2008	Xcelsius Present 2008
Version:	2008	2008	2008
Data sources:	Microsoft Excel XP/2003/2007, XML databases, SOAP-based Web services, Adobe LiveCycle Data Services Microsoft Reporting Services, any OLEDB or ODBC compliant data-source	Microsoft Excel 2003/2007 XML compliant databases SOAP-based Web services Flash Variables Xcelsius Engage Server also provides connectivity to: OLEDB and ODBC compliant data-sources Adobe LiveCycle Data Services Microsoft Reporting Services	Microsoft Excel XP/2003/2007
Data and Portal Integrations:	Microsoft SharePoint, IBM WebSphere, Crystal Reports 2008	IBM WebSphere Portal, Microsoft SharePoint Portal, Crystal Reports 2008	None
Licensing model:	5 concurrent access license	Licensed per named users and concurrent access.	Licensed per named user.
Languages:	English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Dutch, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Korean	English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian	English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Dutch, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Korean
Export to	Flash (SWF), AIR, HTML, Business Objects Platform, MS Powerpoint, MS Word, Adobe PDF	Flash (SWF), AIR, HTML, Business Objects Platform, MS Powerpoint, MS Word, Adobe PDF	MS Powerpoint, MS Word, Adobe PDF
Price	Varies	$ 895.00	$ 195.00

Summary:

Xcelsius Present is the entry level product version. It is intended for users
who wish to create visualizations with Excel data only. Xcelsius Present does
not offer connectivity to external data sources. This version has a robust
suite of the most commonly used components. It also features the most
commonly used visualization export options.

Xcelsius Engage has all of the features of Xcelsius Present. It offers additional
components as well as additional visualization export options. It is intended
for users who need to connect to an external data source.

Xcelsius Engage Server provides all of the features of Xcelsius Engage. In
addition, it offers integration capabilities with web portals and Reporting
Services. Xcelsius Engage Server is bundled with Flynet Web Services
Generator. It is intended for users who wish to create visualizations that are
deployed in a portal environment.

BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise provides all of the features of Xcelsius
Engage. In addition, it offers integration capabilites with web portals and
Reporting Services. BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise integrates with the
BusinessObjects platform, including Query as a Web Service (QaaWS),
LiveOffice, and Crystal Reports. It is intended for users who wish to create
visualizations that are deployed in a BusinessObjects Enterprise environment.

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First Look: Xcelsius Present 2008

Comparision: Xcelsius 2008 Editions « Crystal Xcelsius Dashboarding says:

August 14, 2008 at 2:16 pm

[...] Comparision: Xcelsius 2008 Editions Published August 14, 2008 Articles Tags: Xcelsius 2008 editions, Xcelsius Compare, Xcelsius Comparision Business Objects Started off Offering Crystal Xcelsius as a single edition. Later with 4.5 they came up with 2 editions, Designer and Workgroup. Starting 2008, they have significantly increased in terms of various flavors of the software. Now they have 4 editions, allowing the customers to choose whatever they want based on the Price and requirements. The 4 editions are below. Detailed Comparision here. [...]

Joe says:

September 10, 2008 at 12:28 pm

We had previosuly purchased Xcelsius 4.5 workgroup which provided us with functionality to publish to BOE among usage of QaaS & Live Office integartion. In 2008 BO is mapping workgroup to Engage server which loses this functionality to publish to BOE and we now have to upgarde. WHY????