Business Objects Wins 2004 Java Pro Readers' Choice Award; Crystal Reports Rated Best Java Reporting Tool for the Second Year in a Row.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 Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ) (Euronext Paris 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 the readers of Java Pro have selected Crystal Reports from Business Objects as the Best Java Reporting Tool. Java Pro, the most trusted name in unbiased Java programming information, provides IT professionals with practical techniques for working with Java technology, as well as the latest news and issues about Java. The Java Pro Readers' Choice Awards recognize the Java products that have done the most to help advance Java technology development. "The Readers' Choice Awards are in their sixth year and continue to be significant because they are voted on by the readers -- so they represent the best and most innovative products in Java development and deployment," said Jeff Hadfield, Vice President, Java Pro. "For the second year in a row, our readers have made it clear that Crystal Reports is the best tool for developing enterprise reporting. Additionally, Crystal Reports is helping to extend the breadth and reach of Java developer tools." Crystal Reports helps developers embed reporting capabilities into their Java applications, which simplifies the process of accessing and reporting on data directly from those applications. Crystal Reports is bundled with the leading integrated development environments (IDE) for building enterprise Java applications such as BEA WebLogic Workshop, Borland JBuilder(R), and 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) WebSphere(R) Studio Application Developer. Developers worldwide have made Crystal Reports the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, in both enterprise and embedded reporting because it reduces the time spent hand-coding reports and enables them to create interactive, presentation-quality reports. "Winning this award from Java Pro's readers validates our longstanding commitment to providing developers with technology for tightly integrating reporting into every application," said Lance Walter, vice president of product marketing at Business Objects. "Crystal Reports is the most widely used reporting tool amongst Java developers, a clear reflection of our market leadership and consistent ability to deliver the best reporting technology to the Java community. Business Objects will continue to provide leading platform-independent reporting tools to all developers." About Java Pro Java Pro provides practical, hands-on technical information to help enterprise-level Java developers and managers do their jobs better and faster. The fastest growing magazine in its competitive space, Java Pro is published by Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc., (FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to ) the leading independent multi-media producer of hands on, how-to technical information for the professional IT and development community. FTP's products include publications, events and Web content -- all of which combine to reach the largest audience of IT professionals in the world. For more information, go to www.ftponline.com. 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, and BusinessObjects 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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