Business Objects Named to List of World's Most Successful Software Companies.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. -- Independent Industry Analyst Report Shows Business Objects is One of Four Software Companies with over Twelve Consecutive Years of Growth and Profitability 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 Business Objects has been named to Cape Horn Noun 1. Cape Horn - a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego) Chile, Republic of Chile - a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast Strategies, Inc.'s 2005 Sustained Success Honor Roll honor roll n. A list of names of people worthy of honor, especially: a. A list of students who have earned high grades during a specified period. b. A list of people who have served in the armed forces. . The list, which is produced by an independent industry analyst firm, tracks the world's most successful software companies based on long-term financial performance. The report documents the financial performance of all 552 publicly traded software companies on U.S. stock exchanges and shows that Business Objects is one of only four software companies to have recorded over 12 consecutive years of growth and profits. This report was released in May 2005 and is based on 2004 financial results. To view the report online, please visit http://www.capehornstrategies.com/honor_roll.htm. "Twelve consecutive years of growth and profitability is a remarkable achievement, especially in the software industry, where many companies come and go in the space of a few years, or struggle to maintain consistency," 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. "Throughout our company's history we have maintained a relentless focus on innovation, which has led to significant industry-changing developments and redefined the business intelligence industry many times over. It is this passion for what we do, and a passion for the success of our customers, that has allowed us to achieve such impressive financial results. And while we celebrate the past, we feel we are at the beginning of an exciting new era -- as organizations continue to apply business intelligence to more and more business processes. We believe there is truly no limit to the ways in which business intelligence can be applied to improve an organization's performance." Business Objects, which played a key role in the creation of the modern day business intelligence industry with the invention of the 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, , has always been at the forefront of change and innovation. The semantic layer is the fundamental building block of business intelligence -- it translates complex database code into the language of business, allowing non-technical individuals to easily access and analyze information that is stored in corporate databases. Business Objects also developed the industry's first enterprise query, reporting, and analysis solution for the web with the release of BusinessObjects(TM) Web Intelligence in 1997, which also allowed the company to pioneer the business intelligence extranet market. In December 2003, Business Objects completed the acquisition of Crystal Decisions, the leader in 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 January 2005, Business Objects delivered BusinessObjects XI, the industry's most advanced and complete platform in BI, and a revolutionary step forward for BI technology. Today, millions of individuals use Business Objects solutions to identify ways to help their organization improve productivity, save money, and increase revenues. "It's not surprising that Business Objects appears once again on the Sustained Success Honor Roll," said Brian Turchin, president and founder of Cape Horn Strategies. "Sustained success becomes a habit: the longer you are successful, the more likely you will continue to be so. Business Objects built the right fundamentals into the fabric of its business: fundamentals such as retaining the innovative spirit of a small start-up, having an obsessive ob·ses·sive adj. Of, characteristic of, or causing an obsession. ob·ses  sive n. drive to
satisfy customers, and maintaining a singularly clear focus on its
business and its fundamentals. And these fundamentals don't change.
Over time, they just get stronger."
About Cape Horn Strategies, Inc. Since 1998, Cape Horn Strategies, Inc. has been providing strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and research services to the software industry. During the past three years, it has researched why only a select few software companies -- those on its Sustained Success Honor Roll list -- continue to rack up year after consecutive year of profitable growth: what do they know that 97% of the industry doesn't? The principal, Brian Turchin, publishes his company's research findings in the "Executive Strategy" column of Software Business magazine. For more information, please visit http://www.capehornstrategies.com/. 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 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 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 other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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