Business Objects

Data and Information, it's easy to understand how we go from one to another, but as our data sources grow and greater value is attributed to the data held within an organisation, so the importance of being able to transform data into information quickly, accurately and within context is now of vital importance to business's as they grow.

The information created by business intelligence systems such as Business Objects and the Crystal Reports assists us in 3 ways

Better Strategic Decisions - Good business intelligence systems help businesses take well informed strategic decisions based on data trends. "Do we think red cars will sell well in 2008 based on our last 12 months of sales data?"

Better Tactical Decisions - Business intelligence help us decide on short term actions as a reaction to a desired outcome. "We need to sell more green cars because our estimates are that we will have surplus stock otherwise"

Better Operational decisions - Day to day operational control as a result of instant access and analysis of the current situation. "We have sold out of White cars - start selling red ones!"

#1 Business Intelligence system

Business Objects is the worlds leading BI tool with over 40% market share and revenues in excess of $1.2Billion. This position has been reached by developing BI systems that extend across the complete portfolio of BI functions. Business Objects has three core components.

1. At the heart of any BI system is a reporting system, and with the acquisition of Crystal Reports and the existing enterprise reporting functionality in Business Objects, the reporting function is easy to use and produces first class results.

2. Confidence in reports is crucial, and the data extraction process into a Data Warehouse (or Universe) using ETL (Extract Transform Load) provides the 100% confidence

3. The ability to drill down into a report to find out what is behind the numbers provides deep understanding of any situation, and improves significantly the quality and timing of any decisions based on the ability to drill into data

Top 5 reasons to implement Business Intelligence from Business Objects

1. Worlds leading BI tool with 1000's of customers

2. Fast start implementation means you can be enabled in 15 working days

3. Cost effective with solutions for SME customers for under £25k

4. Trade-ups from Crystal Reports open up a new level of BI sophistication

5. Easy to use - Users require minimal training