Business Objects Solution Selected for Counter-Terrorism System.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)--Oct. 8, 2002 Business Intelligence Solution from Business Objects Provides Query, Reporting, and Analysis Platform for Sharing Critical Intelligence Worldwide Continuing to play a strategic role in the nation's homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States efforts, Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that WebIntelligence(R) has been selected as the web-based query and reporting platform for the U.S. State A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and Department's TIPOFF system. TIPOFF, developed by The Analysis Corporation in Fairfax, Va., provides federal agencies with a common database where they can share information of all kinds relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc possible terrorist threats, activities, and identities. Initially conceived as a strategic "in-house" system for the U.S. State Department, the events of September 11, 2001, changed these plans dramatically. The Analysis Corporation worked closely with Business Objects to develop a new version of the TIPOFF Program that extends the solution to counter-terrorist agencies around the globe. Business Objects pioneered the extranet market in the corporate sector five years ago, helping companies share information securely with their customers, partners, and suppliers. Today, Business Objects has hundreds of extranet customers in the corporate sector, and is the standard for information sharing See data conferencing. in many industries. The Analysis Corporation turned to Business Objects for this same technology and expertise to provide a secure, web-based platform to rapidly deploy critical intelligence information worldwide. Using WebIntelligence from Business Objects, TIPOFF users can easily access counter-terrorism intelligence data using a simple web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. and perform ad-hoc queries and reporting. For example, federal agencies can compare information from U.S. Visa applications against the counter-terrorism data in TIPOFF to help prevent suspected terrorists from gaining entry into the U.S. "The U.S. Government has identified business intelligence software as a highly effective way to consolidate, streamline access to, and improve the sharing of homeland security data," said Greg Lorden, vice president of government at Business Objects. "Using WebIntelligence, the participating government agencies around the globe now have easy, secure access to TIPOFF information. They are able to quickly analyze the data to proactively identify threats and share this information across all agencies." About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions. Business intelligence lets organizations access, analyze, and share information internally with employees and externally with customers, suppliers, and partners. It helps organizations improve operational efficiency, build profitable customer relationships, and develop differentiated product offerings. The company's products include data integration tools, the industry's leading integrated business intelligence platform, and a suite of enterprise 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. . Business Objects is the first to offer a complete BI solution that is composed of best-of-breed components, giving organizations the means to deploy end-to-end BI to the enterprise, from data extraction Data extraction is the act or process of retrieving (binary) data out of (usually unstructured or badly structured) data sources for further data processing or data storage (data migration). to analytic applications. Business Objects has more than 16,000 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (Euroclear code 12074). 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 www.businessobjects.com. Note to Editors: 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. |
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