AvantGo Teams With Business Objects to Kick Off New Global Wireless Alliance.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2000 New Alliance Program Brings Business Intelligence and Enterprise Applications to Mobile and Wireless Devices AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO), a leading provider of mobile infrastructure software and services, today announced that Business Objects, the world's leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions, has chosen AvantGo to be a key partner in its newly formed global partner Wireless Business Intelligence Initiative. Through this global alliance, AvantGo and Business Objects will work together to help customers easily deploy wireless business intelligence applications on wireless devices worldwide via BusinessObjects(TM) InfoView Wireless Edition. InfoView is a business intelligence portal A corporate portal that enables users to query and produce reports on enterprise-wide databases. The term was coined by Information Advantage, makers of the MyEureka software, which was the first to combine BI software with a corporate portal. See MyEureka and BI software. that collects, consolidates and delivers a company's business intelligence information to business professionals in a secure, focused and personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. manner. Business Objects will work with AvantGo Enterprise(TM) software to determine the best and easiest ways of delivering business intelligence capabilities to mobile devices. "Business users who have immediate access to analyze reports anywhere, anytime, with wireless devices can make better, more informed business decisions," said Mark Tice, group vice president of global alliances at Business Objects. "Security and scalability are implicit requirements for the BI solutions we offer. Together, AvantGo and Business Objects offer the basis for the most efficient and effective enterprise-wide deployments of e-BI solutions available." "Joining Business Objects wireless business intelligence initiative gives AvantGo an attractive BI solution to offer its enterprise customers. With the growing number of enterprise product solutions that leverage AvantGo's mobile infrastructure software, corporations are able to wirelessly deploy a broad range of business applications that make use of AvantGo Enterprise software for managing access to business applications for mobile professionals," said Stan STAN Stanchion STAN Stärke- und Ausrüstungsnachweis (German) Stan Standard Man (human patient simulator) STAN SEMCIP Technical Assistance Network STAN System Trace Audit Number STAN Star Trek Area Network Ratcliffe, general manager of AvantGo Enterprise. "Leading business intelligence solutions unlock information assets for smart companies. AvantGo can put that information in the hands of mobile workers and executives who can turn knowledge into competitive advantage." About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions. The company coined the term e-business intelligence in 1998 to describe the intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. of business intelligence and the Internet. Using e-business intelligence, organizations can access, analyze, and share information in intranet, extranet, and e-business environments. In intranets, the company's products provide employees with information to make better business decisions, and are used in environments ranging from workgroups of 20 users to enterprise deployments exceeding 20,000. In the extranet environment, the company is pioneering the use of e-BI in applications that allow organizations to build stronger relationships by linking customers, partners, and suppliers via the Internet. In addition, the company's products can improve the performance of an e-business by providing reporting and analysis against the ever-expanding amount of transaction and profile data that is collected each day throughout the world wide web. Founded in 1990, Business Objects pioneered the modern business intelligence industry by inventing and patenting a "semantic layer Semantic Layer The semantic layer is a business representation of corporate data that helps end users access data autonomously using common business terms. Developed and patented by Business Objects, it maps complex data into familiar business terms such as product, " that insulates users from the technical complexity of database systems. Today, the company has over 11,500 customers in more than 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ) and PARIS BOURSE Paris Bourse National stock market of France. : code SICOVAM SICOVAM Société Interprofessionelle pour la Compensation des Valeurs Mobilières 12074, and included in the SBF SBF Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (Franciscan School of Biblical Investigations; Jerusalem, Israel) SBF Small Block Ford (automotive engine) SBF Single Black Female SBF Société des Bourses Francaises 120 and IT CAC See Consumer Advisory Council. 50 French stock market indexes. Business Objects can be reached at 408/953-6000 and www.businessobjects.com. About AvantGo AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO) is a leading provider of infrastructure software and services that power the mobile economy. AvantGo Enterprise software enables businesses to increase the value of their corporate information systems by extending existing enterprise applications and critical information to employees, customers and business partners. The company also provides the AvantGo mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. service, a hosted network that enables hundreds of businesses to deliver their content and applications to more than 1.2 million mobile consumers. AvantGo is a pioneer in delivering real-world solutions for both wireless and off-line use. For more information, please visit www.avantgo.com. Cautionary Statement Except for historical information, all of the expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. involving risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the ability of the parties to integrate the software and related technologies and possible delays in release of other products and services. For additional information regarding these and other risks associated with the company's business refer to the company's reports filed with the SEC. Note to Editors: AvantGo, AvantGo.com and the AvantGo logo are trademarks of AvantGo, Inc. BusinessObjects is a trademark of Business Objects SA. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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