Crystal Reports Packaged With Microsoft Visual Studio 2005; Tight Integration Helps Developers Increase Productivity and Reduce Applications Development Time.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- 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), one of the leading providers of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that Crystal Reports(R) comes with Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship software development product for computer programmers. It centers on an integrated development environment which lets programmers create standalone applications, web sites, web applications, and web services that run on any platforms 2005 Professional Edition. A special edition of Crystal Reports, the reporting solution from Business Objects, is part of the default install for Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition. Software developers are continually 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. ways to increase productivity and reduce the time it takes to develop applications. The combination of Visual Studio 2005 and Crystal Reports enables developers to achieve both of these goals. The special edition of Crystal Reports in Visual Studio 2005 enables developers to create interactive reports for enterprise Web and smart-client applications without leaving the Visual Studio environment. As a result, organizations using Visual Studio 2005, or applications created with Visual Studio 2005, can more easily manage their business to improve enterprise performance. Crystal Reports takes full advantage of several new capabilities in Visual Studio 2005, including smart tags (1) A browser plug-in that recognizes words and phrases on Web pages and automatically turns them into links to advertisers or dictionary/encyclopedia definitions. Although users like smart tags, Web site publishers dislike them, because they make it easy for the user to jump off , code snippets, and click-once deployment. This deep level of integration provides for a smooth user experience and greatly assists in developer productivity. For Microsoft customers upgrading to the new version of Visual Studio, developers can import existing Crystal Reports directly into Visual Studio 2005, assisting them in leveraging their previous work. In addition, with a simple right-click, developers can expose their reports as Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. that can then be consumed from any application development environment. "Crystal Reports has been a part of our product offering for more than a decade. By providing Crystal Reports within Visual Studio 2005, we help customers protect their investment in existing projects and continue to provide a variety of options for their new projects," said S. Somasegar, corporate vice president of the Developer Division at Microsoft Corp. "The combination of Crystal Reports with Visual Studio 2005 provides our joint customers with a way to transform the volumes of data they have amassed, into useful information that can help in decision making." Too many applications are still built without any thought as to what the data being collected really means, and too much information resides within the application. Together, Visual Studio 2005 and Crystal Reports enable developers to consider how the data will be used and provide the tools to access and deliver it to those who need it. Crystal Reports allows companies utilizing Visual Studio to easily identify data and present it in an intuitive, user friendly manner. Furthermore, since developers can build reports directly within Visual Studio 2005 and utilize the tight integration with SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. 2005 data, users can get the information they need from within their Microsoft .NET See .NET. Framework-based applications. "By providing our reporting solution directly within Visual Studio 2005, customers have a one-stop solution for creating and integrating reporting within their enterprise applications," said Gordon Breese, vice president of alliances at Business Objects. "Millions of companies around the world rely on the proven reporting, analysis, and information delivery solutions of Business Objects to optimize the performance of their business. The integration of Crystal Reports with Visual Studio 2005 helps these companies to more easily expand the use of business intelligence within their organization and maximize the return on their IT investments." In addition to providing Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005, Business Objects' business intelligence solutions integrate with Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. 2005, Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Microsoft Office Editions 2003, and Microsoft Business Solutions to provide the solutions companies need to track, understand, and manage their business. Crystal Reports fully supports SQL Server 2005, as both a database and a repository, and can take advantage of some of the new features offered in this new version of SQL Server. About Business Objects Business Objects is one of the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software companies. With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500, Business Objects helps organizations gain better insight into their business, improve decision making, and optimize enterprise performance. The company's business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects(TM) XI, offers an advanced and complete platform for performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and data integration. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports(R) for enterprise reporting. Business Objects has built a strong and diverse partner community, and also 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. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. for Forward-Looking Statements Certain sections of the press release contain forward-looking statements that are based on present commitments, plans, and intentions. However, these statements are not guarantees of future actions, which may be affected by future market conditions, events, and circumstances. 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