Cutter & Buck Expands Business Objects Deployment to Create End-to-End Business Intelligence Solution.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)--Aug. 28, 2003 Leading Designer of Upscale Sportswear Deploys BusinessObjects Data Integrator to Streamline Data Integration with Legacy Systems Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that Cutter & Buck, a leading designer of upscale sportswear and outerwear, has expanded its Business Objects deployment to create an end-to-end business intelligence solution. Cutter & Buck selected BusinessObjects(TM) Data Integrator to vastly simplify and streamline the process of integrating data with their legacy systems infrastructure. A long time customer, Cutter & Buck also uses BusinessObjects and WebIntelligence(R), the integrated query, reporting, and analysis solutions from Business Objects, to access, analyze, and share customer, inventory, and operational data. By installing Data Integrator, Cutter & Buck expects to reduce the amount of hand-coding required to import data from operational systems that power inventory management, sales support, and other critical functions into its data warehouse. This will provide easier access to key information for its business intelligence platform, also powered by Business Objects. "Business Objects has been a strategic partner of ours for a long time and they share our vision of using data integration tools as a springboard for smarter, faster, and more efficient business intelligence," said Rick Davis
(Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. for Cutter & Buck. "Once we made the decision to integrate our data warehouse and operational systems, we knew Business Objects would be the right vendor to get us up and running fast. By standardizing on Business Objects for our complete business intelligence needs, we also benefit from lower total cost of ownership and easier administration." Cutter & Buck first deployed Business Objects software when the firm went through a company-wide reorganization that shifted various operational responsibilities to six strategic business units. For the project, Cutter & Buck selected BusinessObjects and WebIntelligence, to track bookings, sales, margins, and inventory management performance for every division. Today, Cutter & Buck uses hundreds of Business Objects reports to ensure the right apparel is always on hand to meet demand. "Companies need a data integration solution that is closely tied to their business intelligence platform," said Dave Kellogg, senior group vice president of worldwide marketing for Business Objects. "That is why Data Integrator has become such a competitive advantage for us and why customers like Cutter & Buck select Business Objects for their end-to-end business intelligence solution. While others talk about completing the business intelligence stack, we have done it." For more information on data integration solutions from Business Objects, please visit: http://www.businessobjects.com/products/data_integration/. About Cutter & Buck Cutter & Buck designs and markets upscale sportswear and outerwear under the Cutter & Buck brand. The Company sells its products primarily through golf pro shops and resorts, corporate sales accounts and specialty retail stores. Cutter & Buck products feature distinctive, comfortable designs, high quality materials and manufacturing and rich detailing. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading provider of enterprise business intelligence (BI) solutions. Business Objects enables organizations to track, understand, and manage enterprise performance. The company's solutions leverage the information that is stored in an array of corporate databases, enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ), and 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. ) systems. Popular uses of BI include management dashboards and scorecards, enterprise performance management applications, customer intelligence applications, enterprise reporting With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. , financial reporting, and both customer and partner extranets. These solutions enable companies to gain visibility into their business, acquire and retain profitable customers, reduce costs, optimize the supply chain, increase productivity and improve financial performance. Business Objects provides the industry's most integrated business intelligence suite, called BusinessObjects Enterprise 6. This suite includes the industry's best web query, reporting, and analysis; the most advanced and complete suite of 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. ; and the best connectivity to packaged applications. Business Objects has more than 18,000 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols 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. (Euroclear 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 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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