Business Objects announced the launch of Business Objects Crystal Decisions Professional. This new edition of the Business Objects Crystal Decisions suite is tailored specifically for the needs of small and mid-sized companies and is the second mid-market offering launched by the company since February 2007. The announcement underscores an aggressive commitment from Business Objects to continue to deliver flexible, easy-to-deploy, and affordable BI solutions for mid-market companies – those companies with less than $1 billion in annual revenues or fewer than 1,000 employees. Business Objects is the first and only BI vendor to offer an all-in-one business intelligence and data integration product designed for the mid-market.

Business Objects Crystal Decisions Professional offers the benefits of highly developed data integration functionalities as well as intelligent reporting, ad hoc query and analysis, and dashboards capabilities. The data integration feature provides the ability to extract data from different database types that include Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, Oracle, Ingres, and many others, and integrate that data into a single target source. This is especially critical for small and mid-sized companies that need to integrate their business intelligence functionality across multiple data sources. Companies new to Business Objects Crystal Decisions will also find Professional provides the flexibility to deploy and use business intelligence to complement existing business applications, data sources, and platforms, and delivers insight in a single, affordable package to help solve their business problems. [Read more…]

Accenture, Andrews Consulting Group, APOS Systems, Decision First Technologies, IBM, Info Providers, Netezza, Realm Business Solutions, Softmart, and The Woodburn Group Honored at Business Objects Americas Partner Summit

Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ) announced its 2007 Americas Partner Excellence Award winners. The Business Objects Partner Excellence Awards recognize Business Objects partners for their tremendous contributions to deploying solutions based on Business Objects technology, as well as for their leadership, innovation, and commitment to helping companies reap the business-transforming benefits of business intelligence. The awards were formally presented at the annual Business Objects Americas Partner Summit, held last week in Charleston, South Carolina.

“Business Objects has an unmatched organization of global partners, which we rely on to bring specific industry expertise, deployment experience, and a rich history of developing innovative solutions for customers looking to leverage the power of intelligent information,” said Janet Wood, senior vice president of global partnerships and sales enablement at Business Objects. “Each year, we recognize a select group of these companies with our Partner Excellence Awards, which are presented to those organizations that stand out among their peers for drive, dedication, and thought-leadership in the business intelligence industry.” [Read more…]

Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ) introduced a new initiative that enables its industry-leading partner community to extend the recently introduced Business Objects Crystal Decisions® mid-market portfolio. The program is designed to encourage and support partner development of “QuickStart Packs” – certified, add-on solutions that address specific vertical, application, or operational needs of small to mid-size companies.

QuickStart Packs are integrated solutions that essentially package the extensive experience Business Objects partners have in key vertical industries, including Retail Banking, Insurance, Healthcare and Manufacturing; or with specific line-of-business applications such as JD Edwards. Each QuickStart Pack will include report and dashboard templates, as well as pre-built data connectors to help speed and simplify the deployment of relevant and results-driven business intelligence. With QuickStart Packs, mid-size organizations can quickly get up and running with a business intelligence solution that is already tailored to their specific business needs. [Read more…]

Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ), the world’s leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that readers of Intelligent Enterprise have again recognized Business Objects for providing the “Best Business Intelligence Suite.” The company received an Intelligent Enterprise 2006 Readers’ Choice Award based on the quality and performance of BusinessObjectsâ„¢ XI Release 2, which provides a complete solution for performance management, reporting, query and analysis, and enterprise information management. Intelligent Enterprise readers also recognized Business Objects for providing leading products in the “Best Data Quality and Profiling Software” category. This is the sixth straight year Business Objects was honored with an Intelligent Enterprise Readers’ Choice Award. [Read more…]