Business Objects, the world`s leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced it is positioned in the "Visionaries" quadrant of the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for ETL issued this week.
"Business Objects is one of the most innovative software companies in the ETL market," said Lance Walter, vice-president of corporate product marketing at Business Objects.
"However, it is the growing list of leading companies choosing Data Integrator that is the true testament to the value and benefits delivered by the solution. As this market continues to expand, Business Objects is well positioned to take advantage of new opportunities." In the last year, Business Objects has shown increased ETL market penetration through improved sales execution and expanded partnership activity. BusinessObjects Data Integrator, the company`s enterprise-class data integration platform, has undergone a significant upgrade with the release of version 6.5 earlier this year. Data Integrator 6.5 added support for grid computing, an enhanced parallel performance architecture, built-in data preview and profiling, native real-time and Web services support, and a single interface for the majority of ETL tasks.
Business Objects has also recently formed strong reseller partnerships with Firstlogic and IBM to meet the high demand for quality data from disparate systems.
BusinessObjects Data Integrator provides a best-of-breed ETL platform that is also tightly integrated with the core, market-leading business intelligence solutions from Business Objects. Customers are increasingly turning to Business Objects, as they see the value in having one vendor provide a combined ETL and BI solution to help companies manage information accountability and gain one version of truth. In addition, Data Integrator has become a significant piece of an overall enterprise performance management (EPM) solution, by delivering the right data infrastructure to enable companies to obtain the true benefits of EPM.
For more information on data integration solutions from Business Objects, please visit http://www.businessobjects.com/dataintegration/.
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Business Objects is the world`s leading business intelligence (BI) software company. Business intelligence enables organisations 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 (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) systems.
Popular uses of BI include enterprise reporting, management dashboards and scorecards, customer intelligence applications, 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, optimise the supply chain, increase productivity and improve financial performance.
In December 2003, Business Objects completed the acquisition of Crystal Decisions, the leader in enterprise reporting. The combined product line includes software for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, analytic applications and data integration. In addition, Business Objects offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects.
Business Objects has more than 26 000 customers in over 80 countries. The company`s stock is traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 - BOB). It is included in the SBF 120 and IT CAC 50 French stock market indexes. Business Objects can be reached at 408-953-6000 and http://www.businessobjects.com.