Business Objects, the world`s leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, has announced that Total, the world`s fourth largest oil and gas company, has selected BusinessObjects Enterprise 6 as its corporate standard for all business intelligence projects throughout the company.
Total will use several components of the end-to-end suite from Business Objects, including Data Integrator, WebIntelligence and BW Universe Builder, to track, understand and manage operational data from several source systems, including a major ERP installation. Total will also use professional services and education services from Business Objects.
"Standardisation is not an instrument for wielding power but for generating profits," said Philippe Chalon, chief information officer at Total. "I consider that a certain level of standardisation is absolutely fundamental. Whatever division is producing the data - exploration, production, refining, marketing, or chemicals, standardisation on Business Objects enables each user to gain from everybody else`s skills and experience. It creates great synergies for the entire company."
A customer since 1991, Total has deployed more than 6 000 Business Objects licences in NT and Unix environments, in all divisions and business areas: finance, HR, sales and technical data. The group uses the complete integrated Business Objects suite, from Data Integrator, and connectivities with the group`s other packaged applications through to query, reporting and analysis tools in full client or Web mode. Total also uses Business Objects BW Universe Builder to automatically generate universes from its SAP BW data sources.
"Total is a significant validation of the vision for BI that we are offering our customers," said Bernard Liautaud, chairman and chief executive officer of Business Objects. "By providing the industry`s most complete and integrated suite of products, global industry leaders like Total can standardise on one BI platform. This allows Total one single interface to access key data sources like SAP, allowing Total to obtain faster and greater enterprise performance gains. We look forward to continue working with Total to deliver a business intelligence solution that plays a valuable role in their company`s performance."
"Business Objects gives us a powerful and totally transparent business intelligence solution for managing and processing the data produced by our ERP software," added Chalon. "There are two guiding principles to standardisation, and Business Objects will allow us to achieve both: rationalisation and economies of scale."
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Total is the world`s fourth-largest international oil and gas company. Its operations cover the entire oil and gas chain, from exploration and production and the gas downstream to trading, shipping, refining and marketing, as well as chemicals. Total employs 121 000 people worldwide. http://www.total.com
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Business Objects is the world`s leading provider of enterprise business intelligence (BI) solutions. Business Objects 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 and customer relationship management systems.
Business Objects has more than 17 500 customers in over 80 countries. The company`s stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (Euroclear code 12074). 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 www.businessobjects.com.
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