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Business Objects S.A. engages in the development, marketing, and support of business intelligence solutions that enable business customers to track performance, understand business information, and manage their organizations. The companys business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects XI, offers a single platform for enterprise reporting, query and analysis, performance management, and data integration. Its solution enables users to view and interact with key performance indicators in a dashboard, create queries and reports, access catalogs of reports, and do analysis of data. The companys reporting tools enable customers create reports and integrate them into Web and Windows applications. It addresses the reporting process, from data access, report design, report management and delivery, and report integration with portals and applications. Its query and analysis products enable end users to interact with business information and answer ad hoc questions. The performance management products and enterprise analytic applications enable organizations assess their achievement of their strategies and company goals by tracking and analyzing key business metrics and goals via management dashboards, scorecards, and alerts. The company also provides enterprise analytic applications, which enable organizations to understand their customers, products, people, and operations. Business Objects data integration products enable customers to extract, transform, and move data into data marts or warehouses, at any frequency. In addition, the company provides customer education and training services, as well as consulting services, which include the design, development, and deployment of enterprise business intelligence systems that meet the technical and business requirements of customers. It markets and sells its products and services directly through direct sales organizations and indirectly through value-added resellers, original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, consulting partners, and distributors. Business Objects was organized in 1990 and is headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France.
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