Business Objects Announces the Availability of BusinessObjects XI Built for SAP; Integrated Suite Delivers Single, Enterprise-Wide View of Information in SAP R/3, SAP BW, and Other Data Sources.COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- 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 general availability of BusinessObjects(TM) XI Built for SAP. Business Objects now provides the most complete business intelligence offering for SAP customers, including reporting, query and analysis, performance management, and data integration, on a single platform that seamlessly integrates with the SAP solution-based environment. Organizations invest millions of dollars to optimize their business processes with SAP solutions, however these companies also make critical business decisions using data from a variety of non-SAP applications. BusinessObjects XI Built for SAP enables companies to provide all users with timely information from SAP R/3, SAP Business Information Warehouse SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is the name of the Business Intelligence, analytical, reporting and Data Warehousing (DW) solution which is one of the major enterprise software applications produced by SAP AG. (BW), and non-SAP data sources providing a single version of the truth In computerized business management, svot, or Single Version of the Truth, is a technical concept describing the sequence and structure of a database formed by a particular but arbitrary sequencing of records. across their business. Business Objects provides SAP customers with unparalleled access to information, creating agile organizations that can react to changing business environments to optimize their performance. "With BusinessObjects XI, we get an out-of-the box solution for our reporting and analysis needs for the data stored in our SAP solution-based environment," said Kenneth Stringer, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. of Cutter & Buck (Nasdaq: CBUK), a leading designer of upscale sportswear and outerwear. "Our initial deployment will use the solution to report on and analyze sales distribution data, and we expect to leverage this module on future SAP BW data sets. Using BusinessObjects XI provides us with better access to the data and helps us to optimize business performance." BusinessObjects XI represents the sixth generation of Business Objects products that are tightly integrated with SAP solutions, and the eleventh generation integration for 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. . In addition, building on five years of successful collaboration, SAP continues to 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 and resell Business Objects as the only third-party reporting solution provided out-of-the-box with SAP BW, a component of the SAP NetWeaver platform. "With the most business intelligence customers in the industry using SAP solutions, Business Objects is the de-facto business intelligence standard for SAP solutions and provides customers with insight across their entire organization," said Bernard Liautaud Bernard Liautaud is chairman and chief strategy officer of Business Objects. Liautaud cofounded Business Objects in 1990 and was chief executive officer until September 2005. , chairman 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 Business Objects. "Business Objects understands the unique business intelligence needs of SAP customers and has worked closely with SAP to tightly integrate our solutions. BusinessObjects XI builds on this integration to deliver an open solution that enables organizations to provide information in a way all users understand and value, and it empowers customers to gain extreme insight from the data in their SAP and non-SAP solution-based environments." The Business Objects suite provides SAP customers with a comprehensive range of capabilities, including: Enterprise Reporting: Crystal Reports(R) is the industry standard for enterprise reporting, and SAP bundles a packaged version of this intuitive reporting solution for use in SAP BW. A key part of BusinessObjects XI Built for SAP, Crystal Reports XI enables the rapid creation of print-quality reports, allowing IT to spend more time on additional value-added projects. Business Objects also provides pre-built report templates across all functional areas of SAP BW and SAP R/3. Customers can easily access and view data from SAP solutions and non-SAP sources to get a truly complete business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets view. Customers benefit from native application-layer connectivity to SAP R/3 that fully utilizes SAP's business logic and security. In addition, a unique BAPI (Business API) An interface to one of SAP's earlier R/3 applications. It enabled third-party developers to write enhancements that interacted with the R/3 modules. See R/3. BAPI - Business Application Programming Interface interface to SAP BW scales to support the rigorous demands of the largest SAP deployments. Query and Analysis: Business Objects query and analysis solutions empower individuals to answer their own business questions without the costly dependence on IT support. Casual users and business analysts can both interact with information inside SAP BW, SAP R/3, and non-SAP sources within an intuitive self-service environment. This provides a robust, easy-to-use experience for 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 analysis beyond what an excel-based solution can provide, and protects end users from source data complexity via the patented Business Objects 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, . In addition, Business Objects offers native BAPI access for more advanced 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. analysis. Performance Management: Business Objects performance management products help organizations align users with strategy by tracking and analyzing key business metrics and goals via management dashboards, scorecards, and alerts. These easy to deploy solutions enable users to gain visibility into organizational strategy and the metrics that matter most for improving performance. Drawing on data from SAP solutions and non-SAP sources, these dashboards and scorecards provide customers with a holistic view of their business. Data Integration: BusinessObjects Data Integrator Business Objects's Data Integrator is a data integration and ETL tool that was previously known as Acta. The Data Integrator product consists primarily of a Data Integrator Job Server and the Data Integrator Designer. XI gives SAP customers the ability to audit extract, transform, and load (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. ) jobs and continually validate data integrity. Certified for SAP NetWeaver, BusinessObjects Data Integrator XI can be used to accelerate the implementation of SAP BW. Data Integrator allows SAP customers to jump-start BI projects with packaged ETL solutions, as well as integrate heterogeneous data into SAP BW or a custom data warehouse with one tool in a single, easy-to-use graphical interface See GUI. . The BusinessObjects Enterprise XI platform allows SAP customers to deploy any combination of these end-user capabilities on a scalable, service-oriented architecture See SOA. . BusinessObjects Enterprise XI provides a single, trusted platform that automatically integrates with SAP security features. Users of SAP solutions can take advantage of the innovations in BusinessObjects XI, including live data access from Microsoft Office applications, threaded discussions for end-user collaboration, and the BI Encyclopedia to help users quickly understand and interpret data and take action. BusinessObjects XI Built for SAP provides Unicode and multiple platform support that allows SAP customers to securely deliver business intelligence to every end user, at any level in the organization, for a truly global deployment. For more information on Business Objects solutions for SAP, please visit http://www.businessobjects.com/SAP/. SAPPHIRE Press Event Business Objects is hosting a press event at SAPPHIRE in Copenhagen on Tuesday evening, April 26. Press interested in attending should contact Lina Tjerneld at the Business Objects booth (#ER2.10) in the Exhibit Hall. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500, Business Objects helps organizations gain better insight into their business, improve decision making, and optimize enterprise performance. The company's business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects(TM) XI, offers the BI industry's most advanced and complete platform for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, and data integration. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports(R), the industry standard for enterprise reporting. Business Objects has also built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, and also offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects. Business Objects has dual headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and Paris, France. The company's stock is traded on both the Nasdaq (BOBJ) and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 -- BOB) stock exchanges. More information about Business Objects can be found at www.businessobjects.com. Business Objects, the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, WebIntelligence, Crystal Reports, Crystal Enterprise, Crystal Analysis, RapidMarts, and BusinessQuery are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects S.A. or its affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. in the United States and/or other countries. SAP, SAPPHIRE, SAP BW, SAP R/3, SAP NetWeaver and all other SAP product and service names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and several other countries around the world. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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