Business Objects Strengthens Global Consulting Capabilities With Appointment of Phil Solk as Group Vice President, Worldwide Professional Services.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)--Jan. 15, 2002 New Role Will Help Customers Increase Strategic Value of Business Intelligence Investment Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that it has named Phil Solk to the position of group vice president, worldwide professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. . In this newly created position, Solk will focus on globalizing the professional services operation, as well as providing new solutions that will increase the value of business intelligence inside and outside a customer organization. He will report to 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 COO of Business Objects. As business intelligence emerges as one of the most strategic and important investments for successful businesses today, it is critical that companies leverage a strategic consulting partner that is closely aligned with their business objectives. Consulting plays a crucial role in ensuring success by minimizing risk while providing rapid return on an investment. Solk will bring a renewed focus on sharing technological best practices with customers and partners on a global scale, as well as increasing executive involvement to solidify relationships that will help customers and partners obtain an understanding of their issues from a business perspective. "I am very pleased to have Phil Solk join the Business Objects team," said John Olsen, president and COO of Business Objects. "As business intelligence continues to play a more central role in companies around the world, our customers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to create customized and highly efficient solutions to help them leverage their information assets. Phil's experience in building global consulting practices that emphasize customized solutions will help our customers turn their business intelligence deployments into powerful competitive weapons that can cut costs and improve customer satisfaction." "I am excited to join the industry leader in business intelligence," said Solk, group vice president of worldwide professional services. "The true success of a company is measured by the satisfaction of its customers and is only achieved when customers and partners realize substantial business benefits. The globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation of our professional services organization will allow us to meet the needs of our expanding customer base. As leading companies make BI solutions the centerpiece of their business strategy, new solutions offered by the professional service organization will help our customers make BI a true competitive weapon." Solk has over twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. of experience in developing global customer service organizations and has helped companies transform from a point of sale vendor to an enterprise solutions provider. Solk began his career at 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 has helped establish several successful Silicon Valley startups. Most recently, Solk worked at Symantec where he created a worldwide services team in Europe, Australia, Japan, and the Americas. 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 BusinessObjects(TM) 2000, the industry's leading integrated business intelligence toolset and platform; and BusinessObjects(TM) Analytics, an integrated 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 pioneered the modern BI industry in 1990 by inventing a patented "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 complexity of databases. In 1995, the company was first to focus on enterprise-scale BI deployments and today supports customers with more than 20,000 users. The company moved aggressively to the internet in 1997 by pioneering the market for BI extranets, a market that it continues to lead today. In 2000, the company delivered the industry's first interactive mobile BI solution. Today, Business Objects continues to innovate, creating and delivering a unique vision for enterprise analytic applications. Business Objects has more than 14,000 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols Nasdaq:BOBJ and 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. (Sicovam 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: Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. A full-text copy may 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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