Leading Technology Partners Endorse BusinessObjects XI Built for Operational BI
SAN JOSE, Calif. and PARIS – June 6, 2005 – Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ; Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced worldwide technology partner support for BusinessObjects™ XI Built for Operational BI. BusinessObjects XI Built for Operational BI is part of a strategic initiative from Business Objects to bring insight to all users in an organization by making BI more process-aware and real-time enabled.
Business Objects, with the support of its leading technology partners, offers joint customers an unrivaled business intelligence platform to meet the demands of today's top organizations. Joint customers will benefit from streamlined business processes, increased business performance, and improved decisions making.
With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, Business Objects products are already used operationally to improve organizational performance more than any other BI vendor on the market:
- Business Objects software is used today in over 850 packaged applications through OEM partnerships
- Business Objects software is shipped with all leading J2EE and .NET commercial development environments, including BEA, Borland, IBM, and Microsoft
Business Objects is proud to announce widespread support for BusinessObjects XI Built for Operational BI from its leading technology partners, including:
CommerceQuest
"We are excited to offer customers an improved set of capabilities to manage their business processes more efficiently and in real time," said Michael Forster, chief executive officer of CommerceQuest. "The combined capabilities of CommerceQuest and Business Objects create the holistic view of critical business processes needed for senior management to respond proactively to changing business conditions as they arise, and not just plan for the future based on past performance information."
Lombardi Software
"The combination of the new management and analytics capabilities of BusinessObjects XI and the end-to-end visibility and control from Lombardi's TeamWorks BPM suite gives customers a distinct advantage - actionable business intelligence," said Rod Favaron, president and CEO of Lombardi Software. "By tying the performance metrics of an organization's functional processes gathered in Lombardi with the Business Objects corporate KPIs, customers will have an all-inclusive look at business performance, both strategic and operational."
Nsite
"Nsite's unique on demand business process automation solution, and the innovative reporting and business intelligence of the BusinessObjects XI platform, enables decision-making at the operational level," said Bob Jandro, CEO at Nsite. "Integrating business and process data with alerting capabilities links business performance to business operations in a real-time manner. This gives customers instant visibility to critical changes in business conditions. Business Objects and Nsite together are committed to delivering solutions that help customers innovate to better meet changing business demands and achieve competitive advantage."
Savvion
"Savvion recognized the critical role of BPM in improving business performance early on and developed its Savvion BusinessManager product to enable operational BI," said Shawn Price, president and CEO of Savvio. "This partnership with Business Objects provides our joint customers with an end-to-end solution for operational BI enabled by the leading BPM product."
Singularity
"Business Objects and Singularity recognize that truly intelligent businesses combine insightful decision making with excellent processes to drive improved operational performance," said Robert McGarry, business development director at Singularity. "Together we are committed to helping our joint customers unlock the power of information and process to increase revenue, reduce costs, automate compliance, improve customer loyalty, and more. BusinessObjects XI Built for Operational BI is a solution that delivers a new standard of business intelligence throughout our customers' organizations. By partnering with the recognized leader in operational BI, Singularity is better positioned to help customers meet changing business demands and achieve competitive advantage."
Ultimus
"Many Ultimus customers are already using Business Objects software with the Ultimus BPM Suite to analyze business process data in combination with information from other corporate systems," said Rashid Khan, CEO of Ultimus, Inc. "BusinessObjects XI Built for Operational BI provides customers with a mechanism to extend the value of process-focused business intelligence throughout their organization in creative new ways. By collaborating with the recognized leader in Operational BI, Ultimus can help customers to better meet changing business needs and achieve competitive advantage."
For more information on BusinessObjects XI Built for Operational BI, please visit www.businessobjects.com/operationalbi/.
About Business Objects
Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 35,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500, Business Objects helps organizations gain better insight into their business, improve decision making, and optimize enterprise performance. The company's business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects™ XI, offers the BI industry's most complete and trusted platform for performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and data integration. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports®, the industry standard for enterprise reporting. Business Objects has built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, and also offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects.
Business Objects has dual headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and Paris, France. The company's stock is traded on both the Nasdaq (BOBJ) and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 - BOB) stock exchanges. More information about Business Objects can be found at www.businessobjects.com.
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