Business Objects
Business Objects, a leading business intelligence (BI) software company, has partnered with Lawson to provide its powerful Crystal Decision reporting technology through the Lawson Reporting Suite.
About Business Objects
Business Objects enables organizations 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, optimize the supply chain, increase productivity, and improve financial performance. In December 2003, Business Objects completed the acquisition of Crystal Decisions, a leader in enterprise reporting with more than 16 million licenses of Crystal Reports shipped worldwide. The combined product line includes software for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, analytic applications, and data integration. Business Objects has more than 24,000 customers in more than 80 countries.
Business Objects and Lawson: The Partnership
Lawson enjoys a close and long standing relationship with Business Objects. Lawson has incorporated Business Objects' business intelligence platform into the Lawson BI Suite, providing customers with a fully integrated solution that spans "all styles of reporting", including proactive notification, sophisticated production reporting, analytics, collaboration and dashboards. In addition, Lawson's continued commitment to making data open and accessible through non-Lawson products means that existing users of Business Objects products are able to leverage their existing investments while taking advantage of Lawson's class-leading capabilities to improve their efficiency, effectiveness, and overall business performance.
Business Objects
211 Nelson Street
Vancouver, BC
V6B 4J2
Canada
408-953-6000 phone
www.businessobjects.com
Business Objects Contact: Andrew Webb, Business Development Manager
Lawson Contact: Lawson Alliances
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