Business Objects Receives Prestigious Industry Accolades; Intelligent Enterprise names Business Objects to the Top 12 Most Influential Companies in the IT Industry.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)--Dec. 6, 1999-- DM Review ranks Business Objects in the Top 10 List of Most Influential Data Warehouse Vendors Business Objects (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ), the world's leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions, today announced that it has received industry recognition with two prestigious awards. First, Business Objects has been named one of the most influential companies shaping the "intelligent enterprise," as part of Intelligent Enterprise's 2000 IT Dozen, and is ranked as the leading independent business intelligence vendor on the list. Second, Business Objects is a Top 10 vendor in DM Review's Top 100 list that recognizes the key data warehouse players in the industry. The Intelligent Enterprise IT Dozen names the leading vendors epitomizing the intelligent enterprise. This year's IT Dozen award marks the fourth consecutive year that Business Objects has been recognized by the magazine's editors as a leader in shaping how companies use technology to transform their business. For Y2000, Business Objects is in the list of the Top Dozen most influential companies, along with other industry leaders including Siebel Systems Siebel is a brand name of Oracle Corporation. Siebel Systems, Inc., founded by Thomas Siebel in 1993, was principally engaged in the design, development, marketing and support of CRM applications. , i2 Technologies, E.piphany, Oracle, 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) , and SAP. In addition, Business Objects is ranked as the leading independent business intelligence vendor on the IT Dozen. More information about the Intelligent Enterprise IT Dozen can be found at http://www.iemagazine.com. "We are very honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. to win these prestigious industry awards," 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. , 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 Business Objects. "The e-BI market is booming, and customers are successfully deploying our products in intranets, extranets, and e-business environments. To receive this recognition from industry opinion-makers like Intelligent Enterprise and DM Review is very significant, and on behalf of our employees, customers, partners, and investors, I am proud to accept the awards." The Intelligent Enterprise award editors cited that "Business Objects is enjoying growing market and mindshare with its enterprise BI suite," and "with WEBINTELLIGENCE(R)... Business Objects is building a strong bridge over which businesses can move into the world of e-BI." The Intelligent Enterprise article on Business Objects references the company's new set-based analysis tool, BUSINESSOBJECTS(TM) SET ANALYZER analyzer /ana·ly·zer/ (an´ah-li?zer) 1. a Nicol prism attached to a polarizing apparatus which extinguishes the ray of light polarized by the polarizer. 2. (TM), as a key new technology that bridges business intelligence 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. ). "Customer relationship management pulls the `intelligent enterprise' and Business Objects together," said David Stodder, editor in chief of Intelligent Enterprise. "But CRM is nowhere without the integration of superior e-business intelligence, streamlined processes, intelligent supply chains, and coordinated applications. Whether they know it or not, that's what customers really are demanding." The 12 most influential companies in IT is announced today and will be published in the January 1st issue of Intelligent Enterprise. Information about this upcoming issue and award is available online at: http://www.iemagazine.com/99edtcal.shtml. Top 10 Data Warehouse Vendors Business Objects was named to DM Review's Top 100 list for the third consecutive year and is in the Top 10 for the second year in a row. The DW Top 100 is a comprehensive market study in which the readers of DM Review are asked to rate the vendors of data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse and e-BI products used in their organizations. This year, Business Objects is ranked number 8, up two positions from number 10 last year. The survey was conducted by Market Perspectives, a Framingham, Mass.-based market intelligence company serving the data management industry. Market Perspectives contacted DM Review readers during April-July 1999 and received 697 questionnaires detailing readers' product usage and vendor rankings. "Business Objects appearance in the DW 100 for the second year in a row demonstrates its commitment to staying ahead of the industry curve for e-BI technology," said Ron Powell, publisher/editorial director of DM Review. "In the booming e-BI marketplace, Business Objects is growing faster than both the overall market and its prime competition. The company's product line is well-poised to take advantage of the explosion of extranet e-business intelligence and business-to-business applications." Business Objects president and CEO Bernard Liautaud will be profiled in a related e-BI feature article, scheduled to run in the December 1999 issue of DM Review. For the complete Data Warehouse 100, visit www.dmreview.com/top100. About Intelligent Enterprise Intelligent Enterprise focuses on enterprise solutions for business intelligence. Its print edition (published 18x annually) reaches more than 100,000 IT and business leaders who develop, manage, and purchase business intelligence solutions and related technologies for competitive advantage. The Intelligent Enterprise Web portal See portal. (http://www.iemagazine.com) offers instant access to information and expertise relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc business intelligence. Solutions covered include decision support, data warehousing, CRM (customer relationship management), and e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. . Qualified subscriptions are available at: http://www.iemagazine.com/subs.shtml. About CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information Media CMP Media Inc., a division of Miller Freeman An earlier subsidiary of United News & Media (www.unm.com). Miller Freeman was a leading trade show organizer and publisher serving a variety of industries. In 1996, it acquired the Blenheim Group, producers of the popular PC EXPO trade show, and in 1999, it acquired the CMP and subsidiary of United News & Media plc (UNEWY), is the leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum--the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. With its portfolio of newspapers, magazines, custom publishing, Internet products, research, consulting and conferences, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Online editions of the company's print publications, along with products and services created exclusively for the Internet, can be found on CMPnet at http://www.CMPnet.com. About DM Review Dm Review is rated the No. 1 business intelligence and data warehousing magazine 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. . Dm Review, published by Faulkner & Gray, provides a wealth of knowledge through columns by top industry experts, informative and timely articles, data warehouse success stories, third-party product reviews, executive interviews, and www.dmreview.com. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions. Using e-business intelligence, organizations can access, analyze, and share information in intranet, extranet, and e-business environments. In intranets, the company's products provide employees with information to make better business decisions, and are used in environments ranging from workgroups of 20 users to enterprise deployments exceeding 20,000. In the extranet environment, the company is pioneering the use of e-BI in applications that allow organizations to build stronger relationships by linking customers, partners, and suppliers via the internet. In addition, the company's products can improve the performance of an e-business by providing reporting and analysis against the ever-expanding amount of transaction and profile data that is collected each day throughout the world wide web. Founded in 1990, Business Objects pioneered the modern business intelligence industry by inventing and patenting a "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, " that insulates users from the technical complexity of database systems. Today, the company has sold more than 1,442,000 licenses to 9,100 organizations in more than 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors NASDAQ: BOBJ and Paris Bourse Paris Bourse National stock market of France. : BOB. Business Objects can be reached at 408-953-6000 and www.businessobjects.com. BUSINESSOBJECTS and SET ANALYZER are trademarks and WEBINTELLIGENCE is a registered trademark of Business Objects SA. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. A full-text copy of this announcement may be obtained by calling the Company's fax retrieval line at 800-414-2114 and selecting option "two." The announcement may also be downloaded from the web; access "http://www.businesswire.com/cnn" and search on "Business Objects." Business Objects product inquiries should contact 800-527-0580. |
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