Business Objects Announces the Business Intelligence Bill of Rights; Industry Leader Boldly Declares the Rights of Every BI Customer.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. & PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- The business intelligence industry is one of the most rapidly changing and fastest growing markets in software. As a result, the level of confusion and misconception mis·con·cep·tion n. A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding: had many misconceptions about the new tax program. about what organizations can expect from their BI vendor has dramatically increased. As the industry leader in business intelligence (BI), 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), has created the BI Bill of Rights, a powerful document which arms every organization with an understanding of what they should expect from their BI provider. Business Objects believes that every consumer of business intelligence, whether it be for a deployment Installing, setting up, testing and running. This military term, which means the placement of troops and equipment in the field, is widely used with computers as an alternate to the word "implementation. today, or a purchase planned for tomorrow, has the right to a BI platform that allows their organization to realize the full power and potential of business intelligence. Business Objects is the first and only business intelligence company to put pen to paper and create a BI Bill of Rights, which stands as the list of the company's promises to its customers. BusinessObjects A query, reporting and analysis suite of tools from Business Objects that runs under all versions of Windows and various Unix clients. It is the leading decision support tool in the business intelligence market, providing access to a wide variety of databases, including Oracle, INFORMIX (TM) XI, the company's industry-leading BI platform, succeeds in meeting and exceeding the rights listed within the Business Objects BI Bill of Rights. Neither Cognos (Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, www.cognos.com) A leading business intelligence software company specializing in application development and 4GL tools. Founded in 1969 as a consulting firm, its PowerHouse 4GL was introduced in the late 1970s for midrange systems. nor any other company selling BI software today is offering that same guarantee. "Rights are universal. Rights are something that all men, women, companies, and organizations should demand. That is why Business Objects created a BI Bill of Rights. We stand behind these rights and they are our promise to the people who use Business Objects products," said Rene RENE Recycling Network Europe RENE Rocket Engine Nozzle Ejector Bonvanie, chief marketing officer at Business Objects. "Business Objects pioneered the business intelligence industry 15 years ago and no one understands what the BI consumer needs better than we do. We are the largest player in one of software's hottest growth segments, and as a leader, we must be held to the highest standard. The Business Objects BI Bill of Rights is this standard, and one that Cognos does not meet." Following is the complete and unabridged text of the Business Objects BI Bill of Rights:
Business Objects BI Bill of Rights
I. The Right to a Single, Integrated Platform that Covers the
Entire Spectrum of BI Capabilities -- Your BI platform
should support all requirements for all users inside and
outside the organization, including data integration,
query and analysis, enterprise reporting, and performance
management.
II. The Right to a BI Platform Built on a Modern Service
Oriented Architecture -- You should demand a flexible BI
platform with the power to quickly integrate with your
existing applications, work with all major operating
systems and industry standards, including Web services,
and one that actually scales to expanded user needs.
III. The Right to a Ubiquitous BI Platform -- Your business
intelligence solution should be everywhere. It should be
embedded in the vast majority of packaged applications
including those from SAP and Oracle/PeopleSoft. It should
be integrated into all leading J2EE and .NET development
environments including those from BEA, Borland, IBM, and
Microsoft.
IV. The Right to BI that Understands Business Processes -- You
should be able to embed business intelligence into every
business process, so users within an organization can gain
insight into business operations with a more process-aware
and real-time enabled business intelligence solution.
V. The Right to a BI Platform that Works the Way You Do --
You should demand unparalleled ease of use, from easy to
use specialized tools to deep integration with Microsoft
Office, your portal of choice, as well as disconnected and
web usage.
VI. The Right to Create Any Report From Any Data Source -- You
should have access to the world's leading report writer to
author any report from any data source for any user within
any application.
VII. The Right to a BI Platform with Integrated Performance
Management -- You should be able to align with corporate
strategy by tracking and analyzing key business metrics
and goals via management dashboards, scorecards, and
alerting.
VIII. The Right to Upgrade -- You should never be forced to
re-license, re-train, or re-implement the BI system in
order to upgrade to a new version of the product.
IX. The Right to Capture and Share BI Best Practices -- You
should be able to build reports and then share the
knowledge and insight you gain from them through threaded
discussions. You should be able to use an integrated
online encyclopedia that defines the common terms and
formulae used in your company.
X. The Right to Access Information You Can Trust -- You
should never be forced to make decisions on untrustworthy
data. You should be able to track the information you use
for decisions back to the original source systems in order
to ensure its timeliness, accuracy, and credibility.
XI. The Right to BusinessObjects XI -- You have the right to
own the industry's leading BI platform on the market
today, with all the rights above guaranteed with
BusinessObjects XI.
To learn more about your rights as a business intelligence customer, please visit http://www.businessobjects.com/bill_of_rights. 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 optimize - optimisation enterprise performance. The company's business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects(TM) XI, offers the BI industry's most complete and trusted platform for reporting, query To interrogate a collection of data such as records in a database. The term may also be used to search a single file or collection of files such as HTML files on the Web. However, in addition to obtaining lists of records that match the search criteria, queries to a database allow for and analysis, performance management, and data integration. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports(R), the industry standard 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. . Business Objects has also built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, and 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 and 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 United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or and/or conj. Used to indicate that either or both of the items connected by it are involved. Usage Note: And/or is widely used in legal and business writing. other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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