Business Objects Recognized as the Leader in the Western European Business Intelligence Tools Market.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. -- Competitive Analyst Report from Leading Industry Analyst Identifies Business Objects as the Leading Business Intelligence Vendor in Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). 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), today announced that it has strengthened its position as the leading business intelligence (BI) vendor in Western Europe, according to the "Western European Business Intelligence Tools Competitive Analysis, 2004," report issued by IDC. The report highlights Business Objects as the dominant leader throughout Western Europe in the Business Intelligence tools market, and in the End-user Query, Reporting, and Analysis tools market. The IDC report combines software license and maintenance revenue data from query, reporting, and analysis tools; data mining software; and packaged data mart and data warehouse products. In the report, IDC notes that in 2003, the BI market in Western Europe grew to $1.3 billion. Business Objects commanded the top market share with 17.8%, based on 2003 revenues of $224.2 million. In the largest segment of the BI tools market, End-user Query, Reporting, and Analysis, Business Objects captured 22.7% of the market. Christina Steensboe, IDC research manager and author of the report stated, "Business Objects is the clear leader throughout Western Europe in the BI tools market, and in the End-user Query, Reporting, and Analysis Tools market. Business intelligence market performance is stronger than expected in Western Europe, and IDC continues to forecast growth over the next five years. The breadth of the Business Objects portfolio of tools should help it remain a dominant vendor in the market for the foreseeable future." The IDC report identifies Business Objects as the overall leader in revenue in the following countries and regions: Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg), France, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The company was also identified as an industry leader in Germany and Spain. "Business Objects continues to set the standard in business intelligence around the globe," said Maurizio Carli, group vice president of European Operations at Business Objects. "Our continued growth throughout Western Europe is a reflection of the positive customer response to our world-class, proven products in query, reporting and analysis, performance management, and data integration. Today, Business Objects is the clear choice in the BI market, particularly for organizations making enterprise BI standardization decisions." 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, 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, 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 26,000 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is traded under the ticker symbols (Nasdaq:BOBJ) and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 - BOB). It is included in the SBF SBF Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (Franciscan School of Biblical Investigations; Jerusalem, Israel) SBF Small Block Ford (automotive engine) SBF Single Black Female SBF Société des Bourses Francaises 120 and IT CAC See Consumer Advisory Council. 50 French stock market indexes. Business Objects can be reached at 408-953-6000 and http://www.businessobjects.com. Business Objects, the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, WebIntelligence, Crystal Enterprise, and Crystal Reports 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 and/or other countries. |
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