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Business Objects Declares 24 Hours of Light.


Company Invites People to Participate in the Longest Day of the Year Devoted to Intelligence Operating at Civic, Corporate, and Personal Levels

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.
 -- Can our collective IQ be put to a higher purpose - solving the world's great problems? On May 15, 2007, join 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) for a special online event called "24 Hours of Light" to learn about collective intelligence in action.

The 24 Hours of Light web event will feature sessions by John SchwarzJohn F. Schwarz is the name of:
  • John Schwarz, chief executive officer of Business Objects
  • John Schwarz, Mayor of Savannah, Georgia, from 1889 to 1891
  • John Henry Schwarz (born 1941), American theoretical physicist
, 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; 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, founder, and chief strategy officer of Business Objects; Don Tapscott Don Tapscott (born 1947) is a Canadian speaker, author and consultant based in Toronto, specializing in business strategy and organizational transformation. Tapscott is Chief Executive of New Paradigm, which he founded in 1993, and Adjunct Professor of Management, Joseph L. , best-selling author of the book Wikinomics; and industry analysts from AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12.  Research, Forrester, and IDC. The online event is comprised of eight one-hour segments and will run three times during the 24-hour period, starting at 9:00 a.m. local time in Paris, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , and then Sydney (on May 16).

To register and attend this special web cast event, please visit www.businessobjects.com/company/light/insight.asp.

Specific sessions in the online event include:

* Collective Intelligence in the Real World - there are many organizations today who are already benefiting from the five revolutions and the power of Collective Intelligence, tune in to find out more about this

* Collective Intelligence: The Vision - trends set by the consumer lead Web_2.0 revolution are increasingly being adopted in the business world. Find out what Collective Intelligence means, where we are today, and how these trends will transform the way we work

* Insight: Collective Intelligence in Action - the workplace is changing and this new Collective Intelligence site needs you to make the world more intelligent. Find out what we hope to achieve with Insight, where you can get involved and what is in it for you

* Intelligence Applications: Better Performance through Insight - the limitations of transaction-focused applications have lead to the need for information-centric applications to turn that information into knowledge. Hear how the Application Revolution is transforming the way we consume and interact with data

* The Platform: A Single Truth - how we access, or consume information is changing, and discussing the validity of data should be a thing of the past. Hear industry thought leaders discuss the future of information delivery

* The Network: Information from Everywhere - information originating from, and shared within, your organization's firewall may no longer be enough to compete at the highest level. Hear how the Network Revolution will enable you to benefit from Collective Intelligence

* The Community: Harnessing the Wisdom of the Many - Web_2.0 technologies such as mash-ups, wiki's, and tagging are also finding their place. Learn how the work place has evolved into an interactive forum with changes in the way that users and developers work together

* The User: Easier, Faster, Everywhere - find out how making the right information available, to the right person, at the right time, and in a format that is easy to understand will enable a transformation in the performance of your organization

A complete schedule of times for these sessions is available from the registration confirmation page. To register for the event, please visit www.businessobjects.com/company/light/insight.asp.

About Business Objects

Business Objects has been a pioneer in business intelligence (BI) since the dawn of the category. Today, as the world's leading BI software company, Business Objects transforms the way the world works through intelligent information. The company helps illuminate understanding and decision-making at more than 43,000 organizations around the globe. Through a combination of innovative technology, global consulting and education services, and the industry's strongest and most diverse partner network, Business Objects enables companies of all sizes to make transformative business decisions based on intelligent, accurate, and timely information.

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.

The Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Crystal Decisions, web Intelligence, Intelligent Question, and Xcelsius are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects 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 other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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