Business Objects Honors Key Alliance Partners.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 Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ): --Accenture, Adjoined Consulting, CDW CDW - data warehouse Corporation, Decision First Technologies, 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) , Kalido, The Woodburn Group, and Thomson Elite Recognized for Outstanding Performance and Execution at Business Objects Americas Partner Summit Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ) (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, this week announced its 2006 Americas Partner Excellence Award winners. The awards, which acknowledge partners for their significant contributions in delivering solutions based on Business Objects technology, were formally presented at the Business Objects Americas Partner Summit, held last week in Austin, Texas. Business Objects works closely with its partners to develop a mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" relationship and ensure joint customers achieve outstanding results through the use of industry-leading business intelligence and performance management software from Business Objects. With BusinessObjects(TM) XI, Business Objects provides its partners with the industry's most advanced and complete platform for performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and enterprise information management. At this week's awards ceremony, Business Objects presented awards for the top performers from the Americas in a variety of partner categories, including: --Top Alliance Partner: IBM --Top Systems Integration Partner: Accenture --Top Reseller Partner: CDW Corporation --Top 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 Partner: Thomson Elite --Top Solution Provider Partner: Decision First Technologies --Top Technology Partner: Kalido --Top Authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Education Partner: The Woodburn Group --Top Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. Partner: Adjoined Consulting, Inc. "Business Objects has made long-term strategic business partnerships a central part of its go-to-market strategy," said Greg Wolfe, senior vice president and general manager of the Americas for Business Objects. "Business Objects has built a partner program that is the envy of our competitors. Working closely with our partners to build successful relationships has enabled Business Objects to achieve indirect license revenues that are one and half times the level of our two closest BI competitors combined. Our Partner Excellence Awards recognize those partners that have delivered high levels of customer satisfaction in 2005, and played an important role in helping our joint customers achieve business performance on an entirely new scale." Expanded Partner Opportunities for 2006 and Beyond For the coming year, Business Objects partners have gained significant new revenue opportunities as the company expands its product portfolio. In August of 2005, Business Objects acquired SRC (SouRCe) Contrast with DST, which is an abbreviation of "destination." Software, adding planning, budgeting, and consolidations applications to its portfolio. In addition, Business Objects recently launched Crystal Xcelsius(TM), an interactive visual analytics solution based on technology obtained through the acquisition of Infommersion, Inc. These new offerings enhance the momentum provided by BusinessObjects XI Release 2 and the demand Business Objects is seeing for the company's BI platform. Business Objects also continues to see strong partner momentum around Crystal Reports. More companies OEM Crystal Reports than any other business intelligence solution on the market. Business Objects has also introduced Crystal Reports Server and several solution bundles to help meet the needs of the mid-market. These new solutions provide opportunities for Business Objects partners to sell aggressively into the mid-market, a significant growth area for the business intelligence industry. For more information regarding the Business Objects partner program, please visit http://www.businessobjects.com/partners/. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 35,000 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 performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and enterprise information management. 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 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. The Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, 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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