Difference between Business Objects products

We have add-on applicaion on R/3 System and use it to gerate some reports, queries, analysis with in that application. We are exploring how Business Objects could be useful to enhance this application's output. We don't have BW system. This is just on R/3 system only.
From my limited knowledge about BusinessObjects, I was thinking to decide using one of the following product.
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Premium (User) or
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Prof. for Query, Reporting, Analysis (User)
I would appreciate if you share your thoughts about difference between these two products. Is this right product or any other BusinessObject product we should consider.
Thanks,
Digesh Joshi

SAP is offering variety of licensing polices with taking consideration of SAP with NW BI, SAP without NW BI and non SAP but BO customer in mind : Single licensing if someone choose full fledge service offering otherwise there is different segment wise licensing also there. Eg. someone wants to go only for premium service on reporting also feasible but he will not get other services.
SAP BO portfolio covers four prduct category
BI Solution ( BI solution enables Advance analytics, dashboard & visualization, query reporting & analysis and reporting)
GRC Solution (GRC solution detail service offering includes Access control, Global trade services,
Process control, risk management and Sustainability performance management.)
EPM Solution (EPM solution detail service offering includes financial consolidation, Financial
information management, intercompany, planning & consolidation, profitability and
cost management, spend performance management, strategy management and
supply chain performance mgt.)
IM Solution ( IM solution detail service offering includes Data integrator, data quality, data services,
Text analysis, data insight , data quality link/ connector and Data federator.)
Hope this will help you.
Rgs,
Ambuj Kathuria
Head ILM Solution, Wipro

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