Business Objects Launches New Global Partner Program; Business Intelligence Industry's Most Comprehensive Partner Network Delivers Added Value to Both Partners and Customers.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)--May 11, 2004 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 that it has launched a new global partner program to meet the needs of its expanding customer and partner community. The new program combines the best of the existing Business Objects and Crystal Decisions partner programs, to form the BI industry's most comprehensive partner network -- with more than 3,000 partner participants around the world. The expanding network of Business Objects partners enables customers to leverage their existing technology investments to maximize the return on their Business Objects deployment. The combined partner program is designed to solidify Business Objects as the partner of choice for BI around the world. The new partner program structure provides several different ways for companies to work more closely with Business Objects, including value added reseller See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). , volume distributor and reseller, 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 , systems integrator, and new technology integration partnerships. There are also several partner distinction levels in the new program, which provide increased levels of benefits to partners based on their commitment to Business Objects -- Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. In addition, the status of Global Alliance is available to a select group of partners by invitation. The new partner program offers expanded partner training initiatives and streamlined access to a variety of sales, marketing, and technical training resources through a global partner extranet and learning management system. These enhanced training offerings enable partners to improve their business and technical skills, and deliver additional value to joint customers. "Business Objects has the strongest partner program in the BI industry, with approximately 40 percent of revenue generated from indirect channels," said John Olsen For the Australian artist John Olsen, see John Olsen (artist). John Wayne Olsen, AO was Premier of South Australia between November 28, 1996 and October 22, 2001. John Olsen was a member of the Liberal Party and Member of Parliament for more than 20 years. , president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Business Objects. "As the clear market leader in business intelligence, we are seeing an increased interest in companies that are looking to either join our partner program or expand their current role in it. By combining the strengths of the two existing partner programs, we have crossed a significant milestone in the integration of Business Objects and Crystal Decisions." Business Objects has recently renewed and expanded its relationships with a large number of the leading technology and systems integration companies, including Accenture, BearingPoint, Capgemini, 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) , Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP. The company has also signed several new OEM and VAR agreements that cut across all major vertical segments, including financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , healthcare, retail and consumer packaged good, and telecommunications among others. "Business Objects is by far the business intelligence partner of choice around the globe," said Bill Gibson, senior vice president of partners and alliances at Business Objects. "Partners play an integral role in how we deliver our solutions to the market, and we know how to work with our partners to help both companies succeed. Our goal is to deliver a global partner program that enables companies around the world to work with us to expand our combined business and revenue opportunities." Leading Partners Praise the New Business Objects Partner Program Positive reaction to the launch of the new global partner program has been overwhelming. Here is what some of the Business Objects partners had to say about the new program: Accruent "Partnering with Business Objects allows us to give our Global 2000 customers 'best-in-class' comprehensive solutions that provide the right mix of software and services to transform their existing and new contracts into strategic assets," said Peggy Biddison, vice president of marketing from Accruent. "By embedding Business Objects into Accruent's cmSuite, our clients are able to boost profits and generate cash using world-class business intelligence tools that enable strategic decisions." Adjoined Consulting "The expanded capabilities of Business Objects, coupled with its vertical industry approach, aligns well with Adjoined Consulting's focus on delivering rich industry content and a full suite of consulting services to clients in selected industries," commented Kevin Reid, managing officer for enterprise performance management at Adjoined Consulting. "We are pleased with the complimentary capabilities our organizations can provide to integrate silos of information across the enterprise with a common view for predicting and driving enhanced business performance." Capgemini "Capgemini and Business Objects have enjoyed considerable success through the development of joint offerings such as the BI Index and Customer Intelligence, as well as through numerous client engagements around the world," said Brian J. Queenin, vice president and global leader of Business Intelligence at Capgemini. "We look forward to the launch of this new partner program as it promises to further enhance our ability to access Business Objects knowledge, expertise, and resources to drive market share for our respective organizations." Decision First Technologies "Decision First Technologies has been a long-standing partner with Business Objects because of its phenomenal products and equally-phenomenal partner program," said Taylor Courtnay, president 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 Decision First Technologies. "Business Objects is a true partner-friendly organization which has allowed our business to flourish. We are constantly impressed with how their sales force works Force Works was a short-lived Marvel Comics superhero team. It first appeared in Force Works #1 (July 1994). The group was formed from the remains of the West Coast Avengers, after leader Iron Man left the Avengers due to an internal dispute. so fluidly with the partners." OBE Technologies, Inc. "Our partnership with Business Objects has been beneficial from day one," said Richard Adams For other persons named Richard Adams, see Richard Adams (disambiguation). Richard George Adams (born May 9, 1920) is an English novelist who is best known as the writer of three novels featuring animal characters, in particular Watership Down , president of OBE Technologies, Inc. "Our customers require us to have a consistently excellent suite of products and services to support their business intelligence needs, and Business Objects has been by far the leading vendor in terms of partnering with us to provide our customers with this excellence. Business Objects delivers the service and value we look for when partnering with a software vendor." Result Data "Partnering with Business Objects offer the opportunity to work with the most innovative products and the best people found anywhere in the world of business intelligence," said Tom Meers, president of Result Data. "Regional companies like ours are challenged with a daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin task: to differentiate and promote ourselves to the larger market while maintaining a consistent and credible effort to service our growing customer base. The unprecedented attention to issues like channel conflict and program quality sets Business Objects apart and has helped Result Data grow to offer award winning services. Value added resellers considering the business intelligence market should take a careful look at some of the exceptional and unique aspects of this partner program." Theoris, Inc. "As a Business Objects partner for more than ten years, we are excited about the opportunity to better serve our clients through the combined strengths of the two leading business intelligence vendors," said Michael Brooks For the former NFL football player, see Michael Brooks (American football). Michael Brooks (born March 1, 1964) is an American historian and investigative journalist. , vice president of strategic alliances at Theoris, Inc. "The new partner program expands our ability to offer a greater range of solutions to organizations with complex reporting needs, and represents a significant step towards greater business intelligence standardization." Thomson Elite "Business Objects is the clear leader in business intelligence, and they are building the industry's strongest partner program," said Patrick Hurley from Thomson Elite. "It has always been important to our customers that they work with a software vendor that can serve even the most complex requirements. The new Business Objects Partner Program will provide us with additional resources to ensure that our customers can maximize the benefits of their Business Objects BI implementation. We are excited to be working with Business Objects, and look forward to an increasingly profitable relationship that delivers additional benefits to our joint customers." WIT "Working with Business Objects as a Gold Partner, WIT has realized what a win-win partnership truly means," commented Quaid Saifee, president of WIT. "Our many successes together as a team have helped us to achieve Platinum Level status for 2004." For additional information on the Business Objects Partner Program and how to become a partner, please visit http://www.businessobjects.com/partners/. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. Business intelligence 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 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. , management dashboards and scorecards, customer intelligence applications, 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. In December 2003, Business Objects completed the acquisition of Crystal Decisions, the leader in enterprise reporting. The combined product line includes software for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, analytic applications Analytic Applications are a type of business application software, used to measure and improve the performance of business operations. More specifically, Analytic Applications are a type of Business Intelligence solution. , and data integration. In addition, Business Objects offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects. Business Objects has more than 24,000 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 - BOB). 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