Business Objects and Defense Medical Logistics Honored by DM Review Magazine.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)--Nov. 25, 1998-- Business Objects and DMLSS DMLSS Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support Win 1998 World Class Solution Award for Data Warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse in Query, Reporting, and OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJY), the world's leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools, today announced that it has been awarded the DM Review's 1998 World Class Solution Award for Data Warehousing in the area of Query, Reporting, and OLAP (online analytical processing Online Analytical Processing, or OLAP (IPA: /ˈoʊlæp/), is an approach to quickly provide answers to analytical queries that are multidimensional in nature. ). "The World Class Solution Award for Data Warehousing recognizes innovative, successful data warehouse implementations," said Ron Powell, publisher and editorial director of DM Review. "In the critical Query, Reporting, and OLAP category, Business Objects, and its customer, Defense Medical Logistics Medical logistics is the logistics of pharmaceuticals, medical and surgical supplies, medical devices and equipment, and other products needed to support doctors, nurses, and other health and dental care providers. , won without question." Business Objects was chosen on its submission based on the implementation of BusinessObjects(TM) by the Department of Defense Medical Logistics Support System (DMLSS). DMLSS supplies medical equipment and medicine to the 225 Army, Navy, and Air Force hospitals and 400 clinics and multiple outpatient facilities worldwide for the Department of Defense (DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet. ) medical care facilities. DMLSS deployed a transaction processing application and data warehouse that uses BusinessObjects to help manage the growing costs of healthcare, enhance healthcare delivery in peacetime, and promote wartime readiness and sustainability. Prior to the DMLSS program BusinessObjects, users gathered information from multiple sources, and then reentered data, and often converted it. This led to inaccurate data, was time consuming, and lacked the level of detailed reporting necessary to effectively track the costs and services of the health care delivery system. With the new system using BusinessObjects, DMLSS has achieved significant cost reductions. The more than 4,000 users (e.g., doctors) access online pricing, compare prices from multiple data sources, and make purchases that are cost effective and keep inventory levels down. The new data warehouse gives online access to detailed, descriptive data and pricing information on pharmaceutical and medical/surgical items that previously could be obtained only through extensive manual search methods. BusinessObjects significantly contributes to the data warehouse's ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). by providing robust querying capabilities and flexible reporting tools to non-technical end users, without going through IT. For example, hospital administrators can cost effectively provide supplies when and where needed and track drug expiration -- two activities which formerly constituted a large expense. About the Award Winners were chosen by a panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools. Business Objects products provide non-technical business users with access to information stored in data warehouses, data marts, and packaged business applications. Business Objects provides a complete suite of decision support tools including query, reporting, online analytical processing, data mining, and DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S administration for both client/server and Internet environments. Business Objects has sold more than 955,000 licenses to over 7,000 organizations in more than 60 countries worldwide. Business Objects may be reached by phone at 408/953-6000 or on the World Wide Web at http://www.businessobjects.com. The Company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbol 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 BOBJY. Note to Editors: BusinessObjects is a 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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