Business Objects Announces BusinessObjects Broadcast Agent 5.5.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2002 Powerful New Information Delivery Features Provide Complete Enterprise Reporting and Analysis for Full Range of Users Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced the general availability of BusinessObjects(TM) Broadcast Agent 5.5, the newest version of the company's intelligent enterprise information delivery server that delivers timely 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. information via multiple devices. Broadcast Agent 5.5 includes enhanced performance, automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. delivery processes, and intelligent navigation features, thus enabling customers to deliver more information to more users in less time. This in turn allows companies to easily extend business intelligence to all types of users within the enterprise. In January 2002 Business Objects acquired Blue Edge Software, a UK-based software company that developed innovative information delivery solutions based on BusinessObjects, the industry's leading integrated query, reporting, and analysis tool for the enterprise. Business Objects used this acquired technology to enhance the information delivery capabilities of its enterprise BI suite, enabling companies to pre-process information for mass delivery and extend the best practices of data analysis. Broadcast Agent 5.5 is part of BusinessObjects 2000, the company's strategic BI platform and integrated BI toolset, and thus enables companies to meet all their reporting requirements from within one BI infrastructure. This helps customers to leverage their existing BI investment and simplifies the delivery of focused and relevant information to a range of end users, from those that simply want to read reports, to those who need ad hoc query A non-standard inquiry. An ad hoc query is created to obtain information as the need arises. Contrast with a query that is predefined and routinely performed. See query and ad hoc. and advanced analysis capabilities. "Customers demand one integrated solution to satisfy all their business intelligence and information delivery requirements The stipulation that requires that an item of materiel must be delivered in the total quantity required by the date required. , and Broadcast Agent 5.5 is the answer," said Crispin Read, vice president of product marketing at Business Objects. "This release closes the gap between enterprise reporting With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. and business intelligence; now users can more easily graduate from simple static report consumption to rich analytics all from within one enterprise BI suite." "We use products from Business Objects, including Broadcast Agent, to give our sales force and company executives access to sales and inventory information," said Tom Collard collard Headless form of cabbage (Brassica oleracea, Acephala group), in the mustard family. It bears the same botanical name as kale, differing only in that collard leaves are much broader, are not frilled, and resemble the rosette leaves of head cabbage. , information systems director at TaylorMade-adidas Golf, one of the largest golf club manufacturers in the world. "Before Business Objects, we had a huge report backlog, with several IT people spending all their time creating reports and trying to reduce the backlog. Now, users can easily create their own report, taking the IT report backlog from 400 man days to zero." With improved performance, simplified information delivery, and intelligent navigation, Broadcast Agent 5.5 extends business intelligence to more types of users, giving them the key business information and the appropriate analytic functionality to match their job level and analysis needs. Improved performance provides more information to a mass audience in less time With a new single refresh (1) To continuously charge a device that cannot hold its content. CRTs must be refreshed, because the phosphors hold their glow for only a few milliseconds. Dynamic RAM chips require refreshing to maintain their charged bit patterns. See vertical scan frequency and redraw. report bursting feature, Broadcast Agent 5.5 can help companies significantly reduce the time needed to process and deliver information to users. Instead of running multiple versions of reports for different consumers, organizations can run one report and automatically separate it into personalized web report pages for distribution to each consumer. This minimizes the load on the database and the report processing time. For example, a daily sales report to be distributed to the entire field can now be run with one query to the database. The report is automatically distributed to the individual end users, with each sales representative simply receiving the data that they are authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: to see, specifically their territory's figures and the total sum. New, automated processes simplify mass information delivery Broadcast Agent 5.5 helps IT cut information delivery time from days or hours to minutes with new automated delivery processes. With new features such as automatic report linking and a report glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. , business users can automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. processes in their BI reports and easily distribute them to a mass audience. This means users can be less dependent on the availability of the IT department, and IT in turn can more easily manage the information delivery infrastructure and tune the scheduling of major reports. This liberates them from creating, maintaining, and distributing all reports and allows them to focus on other strategic tasks. Intelligent navigation extends the benefit of analysis to more end users BusinessObjects Broadcast Agent 5.5 includes intelligent navigation through guided analysis, making it easier for users, even those with limited technical skills, to get the answers they need. Broadcast Agent 5.5 provides pre-defined navigation paths within and between related BusinessObjects documents while keeping the context of the information being accessed. Users are guided to the relevant slices of information that may be located in multiple reports without having to guess where to go for more information. For example, a product manager looking at a product margin report could click on a particular product line and go to the same slice of information in an inventory report. He could then with one click navigate into historical versions of the same report, again maintaining the context, to spot potential trends in inventory levels. This guided analysis makes it easy to make an informed decision on what product to promote in the next weekly campaign. "The new features of Broadcast Agent 5.5 look good, specifically the single refresh report bursting and the tight security that goes along with the personalized reports," continued Tom Collard of TaylorMade-adidas Golf. "Automating features such as the hyperlink A predefined linkage between one object and another. See hypertext. hyperlink - anchor navigation and the glossary creation will bring increased value to our end users and are in line with where I see us taking our BI solution." "The acquired Blue Edge technology brings significant new features to the Business Objects BI suite," said Paul Grill, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of InfoSol, a leading provider of business intelligence services and solutions. "Giving customers intelligent bursting will make life a lot easier for those who need to publish reports very quickly and effectively to large numbers of users. In addition, helping users intelligently navigate within and across reports will help companies provide BI benefits to a more broad and varied user base." About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions. Business intelligence lets organizations access, analyze, and share information internally with employees and externally with customers, suppliers, and partners. Business intelligence helps organizations improve operational efficiency, build profitable customer relationships, and develop differentiated product offerings. The company's products include BusinessObjects 2000, the industry's leading integrated business intelligence toolset and platform, and BusinessObjects Analytics, an integrated suite of enterprise analytic applications Analytic Applications are a type of business application software, used to measure and improve the performance of business operations. More specifically, Analytic Applications are a type of Business Intelligence solution. . Business Objects pioneered the modern BI industry in 1990 by inventing a patented "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 complexity of databases. In 1995, the company was first to focus on enterprise-scale BI deployments and today supports customers with more than 20,000 users. The company moved aggressively to the Internet in 1997 by pioneering the market for BI extranets, a market that it continues to lead today. In 2000, the company delivered the industry's first interactive wireless BI solution. Today, Business Objects continues to innovate in·no·vate v. in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing, in·no·vates v.tr. To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time. v.intr. To begin or introduce something new. , creating and delivering a unique vision for enterprise analytic applications. Business Objects has more than 15,500 customers in over 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 and Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. : code Euroclear France 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 BusinessObjects is a trademark of Business Objects SA. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. A full-text copy of this announcement may be downloaded from the web; access http://www.businesswire.com/cnn and search on "Business Objects." Business Objects product inquiries should contact 800/527-0580. |
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