Portal - BEx and BOBJ reporting layout

Gurus,
Lets say we have 2 kind of reporting community
1)BEx (existing 2009 golive)
2)BOBJ (2010 go live)
If both this reports need to be rendered on the portal ,what are the options available ??
do we need to separate both of this reports as the security is different for both ,how do we make it transparent for users to have single place and tree to report on?
Thanks

Ingo ,thanks.
From the content and SSO standpoint we are clear.
But my question was more from look and feel standpoint,how will the user see both the reports will it be 2 Ivews separated
1)Bex Reports
    HR
    FI
2)BOBJ reports
   HR
   FI
I understand based on individual security settings they will get the access ,but wanted to know how the layout will look.
thanks

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