Business Objects (company)
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company_name = Business Objects SA | company_logo =| company_type = Public (NASDAQ: BOBJ, Euronext: BOB) | company_slogan = | foundation = 1990 | location = San Jose, California and Paris, France| key_people = John Schwarz, CEO
Bernard Liautaud, president and founder| num_employees = 4,977 (as of Q2 2006) | revenue = $1.077 billion USD (2005)| industry = Computer software | products = Crystal Reports
BusinessObjects XI Release 2| homepage = www.businessobjects.com
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Business Objects (NASDAQ: BOBJ) is a French company that develops enterprise software, specifically software that provides business intelligence (BI) to businesses. The company claims more than 39,000 customers worldwide. Their flagship product is BusinessObjects™ XI, with components that provide performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and enterprise information management. Like many enterprise software companies, Business Objects also offers consulting and education services to help customers deploy their business intelligence projects.
Business Objects is incoporated in has dual headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and Paris, France. The company's stock is traded on both the Nasdaq and Euronext Paris (BOB) stock exchanges.
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[edit] History
The company was founded in 1990 in Paris, and in 1991, signed its first customer, France Télécom.
- 1990, launched BusinessObjects Skipper SQL 2.0.x
- 1994, launched BusinessObjects v3.0 and went public on the NASDAQ - the first European company in history to do so.
- 1995, Business Objects was the first to focus on enterprise-scale BI deployments.
- 1996, entered the OLAP market and launched BusinessObjects v4.0. Bernard Liautaud was named one of Business Week's "Hottest Entrepreneurs of the Year."
- 1997, crossed the $100M chasm and pioneered the business intelligence (BI) extranet market.
- 1999, introduced WebIntelligence. Its #1 customer today, General Electric (GE), started working with the company. Also went public in France on the Premier Marché.
- 2000, delivered the industry's first interactive mobile BI solution.
- 2001, opened San Jose, Calif., office; and SAP signed an OEM and reseller agreement to bundle Crystal Reports.
- 2002, acquired Blue Edge Software and Acta Technologies. Bernard Liautaud was named to Business Week's "Stars of Europe," and the company was named one of the "100 Fastest Growing Tech Companies" by Business 2.0.
- 2003, acquired Crystal Decisions. Also released Dashboard Manager, BusinessObjects Enterprise 6, and BusinessObjects Performance Manager.
- 2004, launched new combined company with the slogan, "Our Future is Clear, Crystal Clear." Launched Crystal v10 and BusinessObjects v6.5.
- 2005, launched BusinessObjects XI, acquired SRC Software and Infommersion.
- 2005, launched BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Release 2.
- 2006, launched Crystal Xcelsius, which allows users to add interactive Flash graphics to Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
[edit] Products
- BusinessObjects XI (XI Release 2 is the latest version)
o common services to simplify deployment and management of BI tools o reporting o query and analysis allows for self-service reporting. o Enterprise Information Management (EIM) integrates and improves data to create a trusted foundation for business decisions. o Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) helps users align with strategy by tracking and analyzing key business metrics and goals via management dashboards, scorecards, analytics, and alerting. o Enterprise Reporting (Crystal Reports) access, format, and deliver information to large populations of users.
- Data Visualization (Crystal Xcelsius) turns static data (from Business Objects XI, databases, Excel spreadsheets) into dashboards and presentations filled with dynamic charts and graphics.
- Postalsoft Mailing Solutions can be precisely tailored to a business to improve mailing efficiency.
[edit] Recent News
On December 22 2006 BOBJ received a tax re-assesment of approximately 85 million euros including interest and penalties related to the transfer of some assests to its Irish subsidiary in 2003 and 2004.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Form 8-K for BUSINESS OBJECTS S.A.. Yahoo Finance, Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
