Business Objects Announces Support for IBM DB2 Cube Views; Joint Customers Benefit from Increased Query Performance and Streamlined BI Infrastructure Administration.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)--June 10, 2003 Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ), a leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced its support for IBM's DB2 Cube Views, new software that enhances the OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. capabilities of DB2 Universal Database. Business Objects has integrated its software, including BusinessObjects(TM) Enterprise 6, the new version of the company's business intelligence suite, with DB2 Cube Views to provide joint customers with increased query performance and streamlined BI infrastructure administration. BusinessObjects Enterprise 6, which is available on the 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. platform, provides organizations with one integrated, functionally complete BI environment for all users, from the casual report viewer to the report author to the data analyst, and ensures compatibility between all elements of the BI suite. The integration of Enterprise 6 with DB2 Cube Views enables users to take full advantage of new OLAP and query optimization Query optimization is a function of many relational database management systems in which multiple query plans for satisfying a query are examined and a good query plan is identified. This may or not be the absolute best strategy because there are many ways of doing plans. technologies available in DB2. In fact, laboratory beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the has returned queries more than ten times faster than before. Furthermore, from an administration perspective, using Business Objects and DB2 Cube Views streamlines the often resource intensive metadata management and administration functions. The combined solution allows the administrator to define metadata only once -- significantly reducing deployment times, and dramatically lowering long-term cost of ownership. "Companies can now leverage DB2 Cube Views to easily prepare complex information to be analyzed using leading business intelligence products, including BusinessObjects Enterprise 6," said Karen Parrish, vice president of worldwide business intelligence solutions for IBM Corporation. "The integration of IBM technology with Business Objects software provides joint customers with a powerful business intelligence solution to improve enterprise performance. IBM and Business Objects will continue to work closely to help customers drive better business decisions and ensure that these organizations gain the maximum value from their corporate data." "The combination of business intelligence software from Business Objects with DB2 Universal Database enables organizations to make better use of their information assets for improved enterprise performance management," said Beverly Powell-Goldman, group vice president of strategic alliances at Business Objects. "By integrating DB2 Cube Views with BusinessObjects Enterprise 6, joint customers can adapt faster to change and more easily support widespread business user access to information." Business Objects and IBM share a long business and technical alliance history, and Business Objects played an active role in the testing of DB2 Cube Views. The strength of the alliance is reflected in the tight integration between the two company's products. Business Objects supports a wide range of IBM technology, including DB2 Universal Database, DB2 OLAP Server, the IBM AIX operating system, and IBM WebSphere Application Server This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. among others. Continuing to market joint solutions, Business Objects and IBM will present an upcoming web seminar to showcase how customers can improve enterprise performance with DB2 and BusinessObjects Enterprise 6. This seminar will provide additional details on leveraging DB2 Cube Views with Business Objects software for a highly optimized solution. Please visit www.events.businessobjects.com for additional information on this and other upcoming Business Objects events. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading provider of enterprise business intelligence (BI) solutions. Business Objects 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 management dashboards and scorecards, enterprise performance management applications, customer intelligence applications, enterprise reporting, 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. Business Objects provides the industry's most integrated business intelligence suite, called BusinessObjects(TM) Enterprise 6. This suite includes the industry's best web query, reporting, and analysis; the most advanced and complete suite of analytic applications; and the best connectivity to packaged applications. Business Objects has more than 17,500 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (Euroclear code 12074). 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 www.businessobjects.com. BusinessObjects is a trademark of Business Objects S.A. in the United States and/or other countries. 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