BO XI 4.0 or BW 7.3 which way should we go?

Hello,
I have the following question. In our company we have for historical reason BW 7.01 and BO XI 3.0. For a new project we can now decide which reporting tool we will use. Based on the following information, what would be our best solution? Or should we upgrade to BW 7.3 and BO XI 4.0 and go for a hyprid approach.
1) Two data sources: SAP ERP 2005 and a non-sap database oracle
2) Size of the database source: 500GB
3) only HR data
4) we would need to compare results from different years. example: exectue a report 2007 and compare the result with the results from the report which has been executed in 2008.
As far as I understand all the powerpoints the frontend really goes in the direction of BO, but can BO for example also store data (point 4) to compare different results or can I only use it for adhoc requests.
Regards,
Alexander

Hi,
its part of your strategy. When you want to report directly of your HR System, CR would be your choice, so you dont need a BW. Some customer dont want to report of their transactional systems due to performance reasons. So they choose to ETL their Data into BW, change them in the way they want, and than report of the BW. In this case you could also choose WebI as your reporting tool.
Maybe the best solution would be when you contact your Sales Rep. for BI 4.0 Ramp- up. You could thest both solution than in a PoC.
Regards
-Seb.

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