<s>
Crystal	B-Device
Enterprise	I-Device
is	O
the	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Objects	I-General_Concept
server-based	O
delivery	O
platform	O
for	O
Crystal	B-Application
Reports	I-Application
and	O
Crystal	O
Analysis	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Crystal	O
Decisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crystal	B-Device
Enterprise	I-Device
is	O
what	O
is	O
called	O
a	O
delivery	O
platform	O
in	O
Business	O
Intelligence	O
terms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
using	O
Crystal	B-Device
Enterprise	I-Device
,	O
report	O
designers	O
can	O
store	O
report	O
objects	O
,	O
instances	O
of	O
reports	O
,	O
schedule	O
reports	O
and	O
request	O
reports	O
on	O
demand	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
clients	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Web	O
Browsers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
an	O
administrator	O
could	O
store	O
a	O
sales	O
report	O
on	O
Crystal	B-Device
Enterprise	I-Device
,	O
and	O
schedule	O
this	O
report	O
to	O
be	O
run	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
every	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
report	O
is	O
triggered	O
,	O
Crystal	B-Device
Enterprise	I-Device
would	O
access	O
the	O
data	O
sources	O
specified	O
in	O
the	O
report	O
and	O
save	O
an	O
instance	O
of	O
this	O
report	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
made	O
available	O
or	O
automatically	O
distributed	O
to	O
the	O
relevant	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
the	O
Crystal	B-Device
Enterprise	I-Device
,	O
many	O
factors	O
must	O
be	O
considered	O
for	O
platform	O
compatibility	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Operating	B-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
,	O
Web	B-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
Application	B-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
databases	O
and	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
these	O
factors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
Crystal	B-Device
Enterprise	I-Device
installation	O
CD	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
text	O
file	O
called	O
platforms.txt	O
which	O
covers	O
every	O
platform	O
supported	O
by	O
Crystal	B-Device
Enterprise	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
for	O
Operating	B-General_Concept
Systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
Crystal	B-Device
Enterprise	I-Device
can	O
run	O
in	O
many	O
different	O
Operating	B-General_Concept
Systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
such	O
as	O
Windows	O
2000	O
Server	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
AIX	B-Application
and	O
HP-UX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newer	O
versions	O
of	O
Crystal	B-Device
Enterprise	I-Device
provide	O
several	O
add-ons	B-Application
such	O
as	O
integration	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
Office	O
applications	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
)	O
and	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
Portal	O
Integration	O
kit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crystal	B-Device
Enterprise	I-Device
11	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
after	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Crystal	O
Decisions	O
by	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Objects	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
subsequently	O
renamed	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Objects	I-General_Concept
XI	O
after	O
adding	O
Web	O
Intelligence	O
and	O
Desktop	O
Intelligence	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crystal	B-Device
Enterprise	I-Device
10	O
had	O
the	O
following	O
editions	O
:	O
</s>
