BI tools comparison - Advantages of SAP BI

Hi,
I need to know the advantages or addtional features in SAP BI tools over other BI/Warehousing tools in market such as Cognos/Hyperion, etc,.
Your inputs are highly valued.
Thanks in Advance.
Prakash C

I hope that you will get more information by going through this thread.
Difference between COGNOS and SAP BW
http://promosearch.atomz.com/search/promosearch?sp-q=SAP&newsearch=1&sp-a=sp1001b3e0&sp-k=Hyperion%7CHDN&sp-t=cat&sp-x-1=col&sp-sfvl-field=col&sp-f=UTF-8&search_term=SAP&country_url=
http://www.hyperion.com/
Edited by: Mohan Kumar on Jul 31, 2009 1:06 PM

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