Business Objects and WebEx Join Forces to Bring Business Intelligence to the WebEx Connect Community.Partnership Delivers Access to Critical Business Data to New Enterprise Mashup Platform WebEx Connect 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. & SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- 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), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, and WebEx (Nasdaq: WEBX), the leading provider of collaborative software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, today announced a partnership designed to bring the power of business intelligence (BI) to WebEx Connect users. The agreement, under which Business Objects has become a WebEx Connect Partner and WebEx has joined the Business Objects Technology Partner Program, will pave PAVE Cardiology A clinical trial–Post AV Node Ablation Evaluation the way for knowledge workers to easily access and use critical business data from within the WebEx Connect application. Announced in September 2006, WebEx Connect will improve productivity by combining context and collaboration. WebEx Connect will allow users to integrate data from multiple applications into a collaborative workspace A collaborative workspace or shared workspace is an inter-connected environment in which all the participants in dispersed locations can access and interact with each other just as inside a single entity. custom designed for their particular workflow and business process. By leveraging open Web 2.0 protocols and collaborative WebEx APIs, WebEx Connect will make it easy to adapt on-demand, desktop, and enterprise applications to create composite, "mash up" applications. Together with industry leading BI solutions from Business Objects, joint customers can gain simplified access to business intelligence that is fully integrated with their everyday business applications. By delivering timely and accurate information to customers, BusinessObjects and WebEx Connect will improve customers' ability to make critical business decisions and improve performance. With this partnership, crystalreports.com, the leading on-demand report sharing service from Business Objects, will be available through WebEx Connect. Now the strength of crystalreports.com will be available for any "mash up" that customers create in the WebEx Connect environment. "WebEx is driving innovation in workplace collaboration and changing how companies use and share information. Our partnership will make business intelligence more accessible to companies of all sizes, both in terms of cost and ease-of-use," said Steve Lucas Lieutenant-General James Steve Lucas, C.M.M., C.D. (b. 24 February 1952 Toronto, Canada) was the commander of the Canadian Forces Air Command and Canadian Chief of the Air Staff until 2007. In 2001, he was made a Commander of the Order of Military Merit. , vice president of strategic markets at Business Objects. "Joining forces with WebEx is yet another step Business Objects is making in its continued commitment to software as a service. Not one of our competitors can match our momentum in making business intelligence available on demand." "Business Objects is a visionary leader in business intelligence and has established itself as a driving force in delivering software as a service," said David Knight David Knight may refer to:
tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. how companies leverage BI in the fast-paced, global economy." Availability Crystalreports.com for WebEx Connect is expected to be available in the first half of 2007. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company, with more than 39,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500. Business Objects helps organizations of all sizes create a trusted foundation for decision making, gain better insight into their business, and optimize optimize - optimisation performance. The company's innovative business intelligence suite, BusinessObjects[TM] XI, offers the BI industry's most advanced and complete solution for performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and enterprise information management. BusinessObjects XI includes the award-winning Crystal line of reporting and data visualization See information visualization. software. Business Objects has also built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, and offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects. Business Objects has dual headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and Paris, France. The company's stock is traded on both the Nasdaq (BOBJ) and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 - BOB) stock exchanges. More information about Business Objects can be found at www.businessobjects.com. About WebEx Communications WebEx Communications, Inc., is the global leader in software-as-a-service applications for collaborative business on the web. These software-as-a-service applications enhance high-touch business processes, such as sales and training, with efficient web-touch interactions. All WebEx applications are built on the WebEx MediaTone Network, a network specifically designed for delivery of on-demand applications for business-to-business collaboration. WebEx is based in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. and has regional headquarters in Europe, Asia and Australia. Please call toll free 877-509-3239 or visit www.webex.com for more information. The Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Intelligent Question, and Xcelsius are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. WebEx and MediaTone are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of WebEx Communications, Inc. This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements may be identified by use of the terms anticipates, believes, continue, could, estimates, expects, intends, may, plans, potential, predicts, should or will, or the negative of those terms or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those described in such statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties. In particular, these forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the features and availability of an unreleased product. Factors which could contribute to risks and uncertainties include the failure to deliver the product as described, on schedule, or at all. A fuller discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could affect WebEx is more fully set forth in WebEx's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including WebEx's Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. filed with the SEC on August 8, 2006. WebEx assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information contained in this press release. |
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