Business Objects, the world`s leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that it has appointed Keith Gile as its senior advisor within the Strategy Office. In this position, Gile will play an important role in helping define the ongoing Business Objects vision and strategy. Gile will report to Bernard Liautaud, founder, chairman of the board, and chief strategy officer at Business Objects.
Gile is an internationally recognised expert on BI, information management, reporting and analysis, and end-user segmentation. Most recently, Gile was principal analyst in Forrester`s Information Delivery research group, covering information management, data management, and business intelligence (BI). Gile has extensive experience as a consultant to leading corporations and government organisations about BI industry trends, BI architecture, best-practices, technology selection, acquisitions, and product development. Prior to joining Forrester Research, Gile spent over 15 years in the business intelligence and data warehousing industries, managing the development of complex decision support systems and technology education products and services.
"We are pleased to welcome Keith Gile, one of the most prominent and well known thought leaders in business intelligence," said Bernard Liautaud. "We look forward to working with Keith as he helps us chart the future of Business Objects."
"Throughout my career I have been focused on evaluating the business intelligence market in order to help customers develop their business intelligence strategy. I`m excited to put that experience to work at Business Objects, the market leader in business intelligence," said Keith Gile, senior advisor at Business Objects. "I look forward to working with the team at Business Objects to build on this success as we enter our next phase of growth and expansion."
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Business Objects is the world`s leading business intelligence (BI) software company, with more than 39 000 customers worldwide, including over 80% of the Fortune 500. Business Objects helps organisations of all sizes create a trusted foundation for decision making, gain better insight into their business, and optimise performance. The company`s innovative business intelligence suite, BusinessObjects XI, offers the BI industry`s most advanced and complete solution for performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and enterprise information management. BusinessObjects XI includes the award-winning Crystal line of reporting and data visualisation software. Business Objects has also built the industry`s strongest and most diverse partner community, and offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects.
Business Objects has dual headquarters in San Jose, California, and Paris, France. The company`s stock is traded on both the Nasdaq and Euronext Paris stock exchanges. More information about Business Objects can be found at www.businessobjects.com.
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