ABBYY vs Business Objects

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

ABBYY is the older of the two, founded in 1989 — 1 year before Business Objects.

Founded: 1989; 1990
Status: Active; Closed 2009
Headquarters: Milpitas, United States; Levallois-Perret
Industry: software industry; software industry
Founders: David Yang; Bernard Liautaud
Employees: 500; Not recorded
Legal form: corporation; société anonyme
Parent: Not recorded; SAP
Website: abbyy.com; businessobjects.com

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on ABBYY and Business Objects.