Butler International Delivers Business Intelligence to Road Warriors Using BusinessObjects InfoView Mobile.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. 22, 2002 Butler Technology Solutions Gets Critical Information to Remote Employees When and Where they Need it Via Wireless Solution As a consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a with a large mobile employee base, Butler Technology Solutions, a division of Butler International, Inc. (Nasdaq:BUTL), knows the importance of making the latest business information available immediately to their employees when they are on the road, far from the comforts of the Butler offices. That is why Butler Technology Solutions has been working with Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, to deliver business intelligence capabilities to select sales and consulting managers with BusinessObjects(TM) InfoView Mobile. Butler Technology Solutions is a leader in providing IT expertise to a wide range of industries -- from telecommunications and manufacturing to healthcare and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . The division's southeast regional sales managers and directors now rely on InfoView Mobile to access their latest billing, project, resources management, and customer information through internet enabled mobile phones or personal digital assistants (PDA's). The days of hunting for a place to plug in the laptop are over for these select individuals, now that business information, such as reports on project status, are funneled directly into their cell phones or PDA's. Butler hopes to extend its business intelligence solutions to more employees in its technology division, as well as other divisions. Much of this depends upon the evolving scope of Butler's Siebel 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. ) system. Butler is investigating integrating InfoView Mobile into its CRM system. "BusinessObjects InfoView Mobile is easy to use, convenient and a real time saver for me," said Wendy King, director of the ebusiness intelligence practice at Butler Technology Solutions. "Arming our sales representatives with this product would ensure that those on the road could view critical project and customer information instantaneously. Access to more powerful information sooner, would enable our sales representatives to add more value for our customers." Prior to InfoView Mobile, southeast regional sales managers and directors relied on laptops to obtain information from the company database and reports on resource utilization, bill rates, employee hours by project, customer accounts, and project status. If an employee could not access a laptop, he or she would have to call headquarters for the necessary information. Now, with InfoView Mobile, these employees can examine revenue sources and quickly identify the most profitable projects, all via a cell phone or PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). . Butler Technology Solutions is also a channel partner of Business Objects, selling and installing Business Objects business intelligence solutions to their clients. With the successful deployment of InfoView Mobile, Butler Technology Solutions plans to add wireless services to their consulting practice and offer Business Objects mobile business intelligence solutions to their customers. Through its Telecom division, Butler is an established leader in the wireless arena, providing services in support of upgrading the public network infrastructure to handle high speed data traffic. "More and more employees are doing a significant amount of business from remote locations. As a global economy, those who embrace mobile technologies will be a step ahead of their competitors," said Dave Kellogg, senior group vice president of marketing for Business Objects. "Business Objects and Butler Technology solutions are working together to take business intelligence on the road, and make it a profitable and informative trip." About Butler Technology Solutions and Butler International Butler Technology Solutions, a division of Butler International, Inc. (Nasdaq NMS See NetWare Management System. :BUTL), is a recognized leader in the IT professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. arena. Applying expertise in IT Quality Assurance, Staff Augmentation AUGMENTATION, old English law. The name of a court erected by Henry VIII., which was invested with the power of determining suits and controversies relating to monasteries and abbey lands. , and customer-focused solution such as eBusiness Intelligence, Butler helps companies use information technology to help them achieve their strategic objectives. Contact Butler Technology Solutions eBusiness Intelligence Practice at 703/277-1937. Butler International, Inc., is a global provider of telecommunications and technology services. Focused on quality, technology and learning initiatives, Butler delivers leading edge services to its clients, enabling them to adapt and grow within our ever-changing world. Further information about the Company, as well as Butler's employees, state-of-the-art processes, and value-added service A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. offerings may be found on the Internet at http://www.butler.com. 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 2000, the industry's leading integrated business intelligence toolset and platform; and BusinessObjects 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 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 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: BusinessObjects(TM) is a registered trademark of Business Objects S.A. 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. 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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