City of Calgary Chooses Business Objects as Business Intelligence Standard.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. 14, 2002 Building Regulations Division at The City of Calgary Will Use Business Intelligence to Monitor Population and Building Growth Calgary is a bustling bus·tle 1 intr. & tr.v. bus·tled, bus·tling, bus·tles To move or cause to move energetically and busily. n. Excited and often noisy activity; a stir. city, with nearly a million people calling the area home. With the population booming, and new businesses moving in, The City of Calgary has turned to Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, to track and report on daily building and construction activity. The Building Regulations Division of the Development and Building Approval Business Unit will be the first to rollout a BI initiative using Business Objects. Business Objects solutions will ultimately be accessed city-wide by thousands of employees at The City of Calgary. This information is vital for The City to spot key growth and construction trends for the future. The City of Calgary purchased BusinessObjects(TM), the integrated query, reporting, and analysis solution for the enterprise, along with WebIntelligence(R), the integrated query, reporting, and analysis solution for the web. Using BusinessObjects, the city of Calgary will create reports packed with information concerning building inspections, building permit status, and construction activity within The City of Calgary. With this information, City officials can closely monitor the estimated construction value, an important economic indicator economic indicator Statistic used to determine the state of general economic activity or to predict it in the future. A leading indicator is one that tends to turn up or down before the general economy does (e.g. of construction and building activity across The City, that is published monthly. In addition, reports can also show City officials where developers are choosing to build, giving The City important data on population and growth trends for the future. The reports will be shared with employees within the Building Regulations Division using BusinessObjects Broadcast Agent(TM), the integrated reporting and broadcasting server from Business Objects. "We selected Business Objects for its ability to go to multiple sources of data and then allow our users to easily understand the information. Another key reason was Business Objects provided a very friendly business interface that masks any complexity," said Ed Greidanus, data warehouse project leader at The City of Calgary." Now, our users will understand the data, and make better business decisions. In doing that, we can better serve the citizens of Calgary." "The City of Calgary was 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. a way to quickly monitor and optimize its business and that is exactly what Business Objects provided by giving the city a way to access its data, and then make the best use of the information in the day-to-day decision making process," said Alex Moissis, vice president of marketing for North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. at Business Objects. "The City of Calgary understands the value of information, as well as the importance of taking control of that information and using it to monitor growth and plan for The City's future." The City of Calgary employs more than 12,000 employees across all its business units. Business Objects solutions are initially being rolled out to the Building Regulations Division, and will ultimately be the enterprise-wide reporting tool for City employees. The City has also started a 'Calgary on the Web' project and it is expected that WebIntelligence will form part of the extranet solution. 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 in·no·vate v. in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing, in·no·vates v.tr. To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time. v.intr. To begin or introduce something new. , 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. BusinessObjects and WebIntelligence, and BusinessObjects Broadcast Agent are trademarks or registered trademarks 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. 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