Business Objects Announces Continued Growth of Indirect Channels; Signs New Partners; More than 500 Partners Worldwide that Package, Resell, and Service Business Objects Suite of Decision Support Tools.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)--Aug. 13, 1997--Business Objects (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BOBJY), the world's leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools, today announced that it has added more than 50 new partners since the beginning of 1997, increasing its program to over 500 partners worldwide. Indirect sales for the company grew to approximately 35% in the first half of 1997. "We are excited to see this continued growth of our partners program," said Dave Ellett, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. at Business Objects. "Indirect sales are an important part of our sales strategy and we are fortunate to have such an assortment of high caliber partners working with us to provide mutual customers with a complete decision support solution." About the Business Objects Partners Program The Business Objects Partners Program consists of partners in five categories: application VARs, resellers and distributors, system integrators, consulting and training partners, and technology alliance partners. Application VARS Application VARs are client/server application providers that have recently signed agreements to integrate BusinessObjects within their own products. New application VARs include: Algorithimics Inc., Fraser Williams, Interactive Medical Services, PACE Health, Powercerv, Management Systems, ReadQ Systems Inc., Turnkey Business Turnkey Business A situation where the high level management of a firm is in charge of the planning and execution of all business strategy. The client, who buys a franchise or part of the business, only has to "turn the key" for the operation to start. Solutions, Unidata, The Accounting House, Baum Hart & Partners, Chase Computers, Clinical Data, Custima Ltd., Oakwood Consultants Ltd., Open System Group Ltd., Orchard orchard, generally an area on which fruit or nut trees are planted and cultivated. The words grove and plantation are often used when the fruits are tropical, e.g., a "citrus grove" or a "banana plantation. Software, QSA QSA Queensland Studies Authority (Australia) QSA Signal Strength (S1 to S9) QSA Quality System Assessment QSA Queens of the Stone Age (rock band) , Rolfe & Nolan, Swallow Information Systems and Consultancy, Intex, Promatis, and Generix. Resellers, Distributors, and Systems Integrators Resellers, distProfound Consulting, Sequent (Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., Beaverton, OR, www.sequent.com) A computer company founded in 1983 by 17 ex-employees of Intel that specialized in multiprocessing systems for the client/server environment. , Softworks Consulting, Metier, Technology Transfer Group Inc., Bay Networks, S.A., Panama Consulting and Training Pdes a complete suite of decision support tools ded under the ticker symbol 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 BOBJY. -0- Note to Editors: BusinessObjects, BusinessQuery, BusinessMiner, and WebIntelligence are trademarks of Business Objects S.A. 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 obtained by calling the company's fax retrieval line at 800/414-2114 and selecting option "two." The announcement may also 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. CONTACT: Business Objects Danielle Dawson, 408/953-6108 |
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