Business Objects Announces BusinessObjects Data Integrator 6.5.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)--April 6, 2004 New Version of Data Integration Platform Integrates with Crystal Enterprise, Ensures Data Quality, and Delivers Enhanced Performance Business Objects, (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA )(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. ISIN Isin (ĭs`ĭn), capital of an ancient Semitic kingdom of N Babylonia. The city became important after the third dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and the Amorites (c.2025 B.C.). The phase from c.2025–c.1763 B.C. code FR0004026250-BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced the availability of BusinessObjects(TM) Data Integrator 6.5, the newest version of its proven real-time and batch data integration platform. Data Integrator 6.5 allows developers to rapidly build data marts from Crystal Reports(R), introduces new data quality functionality, and provides enhanced performance through support for grid computing. In today's business climate, organizations face the daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin task of consolidating information from multiple data sources, as well as keeping pace with ever increasing compliance reporting requirements. In both cases, the right data integration strategy is of paramount importance, and without it organizations run the risk of making decisions based on incomplete and inaccurate information. New Data Mart Accelerator for Crystal Reports Customers On December 12, 2003, Business Objects completed its acquisition of Crystal Decisions, forming the clear leader in business intelligence. With Data Integrator 6.5, Business Objects has taken an important step in extending the power of the Business Objects product suite to customers of Crystal Reports, the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for enterprise reporting. Many of these customers have chosen Crystal Enterprise to manage a wealth of historical knowledge within regularly scheduled Crystal Reports, which are currently serving as data repositories. Data Integrator 6.5 unlocks the potential of this data for trending and analysis by providing a Data Mart Accelerator for Crystal Reports allowing organizations to rapidly build a data mart from their Crystal Reports documents. This helps organizations obtain one view of their operations to maximize enterprise performance. Improved Data Quality Within a Single Design Environment To improve the quality of data for making timely and accurate decisions, organizations must effectively profile, cleanse, and manage their data. Data Integrator 6.5 provides built-in profiling capabilities, giving designers a visual representation of source data throughout the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) The functions performed when pulling data out of one database and placing it into another of a different type. ETL is used to migrate data, often from relational databases into decision support systems. process. To meet specialized data cleansing requirements, Business Objects has embedded technology in Data Integrator 6.5 from Firstlogic, a leading provider of enterprise-wide information quality solutions. Through this partnership, developers can use one interface to correct and standardize data and ensure accuracy throughout all records. (Editor's note: see today's announcement, Business Objects and Firstlogic Announce OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and Agreement.) Additionally, Data Integrator 6.5 provides new capabilities for managing data. Data Integrator enables developers to troubleshoot and identify problems in their data and track it through the entire ETL process. This allows developers to ensure data integrity and provide their business users with information they can trust. "Regulatory compliance issues are pushing large enterprises to place a broader, more strategic focus on data quality," said Ted Friedman, principal analyst of Gartner Research. "Although this is a business issue, technology will generally have a role in successful data quality improvement initiatives. In the context of business intelligence projects, embedding data quality controls within the extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) process can significantly increase the probability of success." Support for Grid Computing for Improved Performance Organizations are placing greater demands on the performance and efficiency of their data integration platform. Grid computing technology balances workloads among a group of servers, which helps these organizations increase efficiencies and reduce costs. Data Integrator 6.5 allows customers to optimize available computing resources by sending new job requests to the least utilized machine, thereby maximizing ETL performance across heterogeneous servers. Data Integrator 6.5 support for grid computing provides customers with high system availability with no single point of failure. "A successful enterprise performance management strategy requires credible data that users can trust," said Dave Kellogg, senior vice president, Business Objects. "With over 500 data integration customers and 85 transactions in Q4 2003 alone, clearly customers are responding to our vision for one unified platform for data integration and business intelligence. With Data Integrator 6.5, Business Objects continues to build on the industry's most complete suite of business intelligence products, and provides customers with an excellent foundation for successful EPM EPM equine protozoal myeloencephalitis. strategies." Platforms and Availability Data Integrator 6.5 is currently available on Microsoft Windows, HP UX, Sun Solaris, and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. . The Data Mart Accelerator for Crystal Reports will be generally available in May 2004. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. Business intelligence enables organizations to track, understand, and manage enterprise performance. The company's solutions leverage the information that is stored in an array of corporate databases, enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ), and customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) systems. Popular uses of BI include enterprise reporting, management dashboards and scorecards, customer intelligence applications, financial reporting, and both customer and partner extranets. These solutions enable companies to gain visibility into their business, acquire and retain profitable customers, reduce costs, optimize the supply chain, increase productivity, and improve financial performance. In December 2003, Business Objects completed the acquisition of Crystal Decisions, the leader in enterprise reporting. The combined product line includes software for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, analytic applications, and data integration. In addition, Business Objects offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects. Business Objects has more than 24,000 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 - BOB). It is 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 http://www.businessobjects.com. 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