In a move to strengthen its portfolio of analytic applications, SAP AG has agreed to acquire privately held Pilot Software Inc., a maker of strategy management software in Mountain View, Calif. SAP intends to integrate Pilot Software's core product, the business analytic application PilotWorks, into its suite of business software products that run on the NetWeaver integration platform, the company said Tuesday.

The PilotWorks application provides analytic tools for executives to manage goals and initiatives more effectively and bring structure and consistency to regularly scheduled operational review processes.SAP CEO Henning Kagermann said "analytic capabilities are part of end-to-end business processes" and referred to embedded analytics as "the future."

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