Business Objects (NASDAQ:BOBJ)(Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 -
BOB), the world’s leading provider of
business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced the launch of
Crystal Reports® 2008, a powerful,
dynamic reporting solution with the power to transform the business user’s
experience. Reports are often the lifeblood of communication between
people and their business, their partners, and their customers. Building
on a fifteen-year history of market-leading technology, Crystal Reports
2008 continues the tradition of reporting excellence and innovation for
both new and existing customers. Crystal Reports 2008 delivers
actionable data for any organization with a comprehensive set of new
features for business users, report designers, and application
developers.
"Crystal Reports 2008 brings excitement into
reporting,” said Juliette Sultan, vice-
president of Information Discovery and Delivery at Business Objects. "With
this release we are addressing the needs of both the report designers
and the consumers of the reports. The reaction from our beta customers
and partners has been overwhelmingly positive. People are telling us
that the game-changing Crystal Reports 2008 has the power to transform
decision-making and improve careers.” "I believe that Crystal Reports 2008 will
change the way organizations use reporting,”
said Peter Callaghan, chief sales officer at Maximizer. "Now
that Flash can be embedded within a report, the report itself
is transformed into a more sophisticated collaboration tool, and this
new interactivity has thousands of innovative potential uses. With Flash
integration the only limit for our use of Crystal Reports 2008 is our
imagination.” "Crystal Reports 2008 has leap-frogged
everything else on the market,” said Rob
Hershfield, president, United Data Strategies. "My
future as a reporting consultant has never been better, because now I
can do so much more with the product.” Interactive Reporting
New interactive reporting features will allow customers to save time,
act faster, and make better decisions. Customers can explore information
interactively without having to re-query the database or request a new
report. Further, they can conduct on-report what-if scenario modeling as
well as access multiple views of information in the same report, a first
in the reporting marketplace. The resulting benefits are operational
efficiency and fast access to critical data.
Stunning Visualizations
Crystal Reports 2008 enables Adobe Flash files authored in Xcelsius®,
Adobe Flex, and other tools to be tightly integrated into reports.
Report designers can create high impact data visualization for their
users and provide them with better online report viewing. When combined
with Adobe Flash files, Crystal Reports 2008 becomes a robust
operational reporting solution allowing end users to take action by
invoking the next step in an operational process such as ordering
inventory, executing a trade, or making a phone call.
Comprehensive Report Deployment
Crystal Reports 2008 makes information pervasive in any organization.
With functions like improved XML exporting, customers can render and
deploy reports in nearly any industry-standard format. Customers can
also deploy reports online, offline, within their applications of
choice, or on demand by saving reports directly to crystalreports.com.
Improved Report Designer
With a combination of advancements in report design, Crystal Reports
2008 delivers a flexible and versatile solution. A new web services data
driver makes it simple to access more data, anywhere. Developers will be
able to save valuable time eliminating custom code writing when adding
calculated fields to tabular reports. And built-in bar code support and
enhanced designer features will contribute to the shorter report design
and deployment time.
"Crystal Reports 2008 represents a noteworthy
step forward in the evolution of enterprise reporting software,”
said Dan Vesset, program vice-president, IDC Business Analytics
Research. "Business users will see value in
the much-improved end-user experience, including new visualizations,
on-report interactive parameters, and what-if scenario modeling. Report
designers can improve their productivity by building a single report
that serves the needs of multiple audiences. And, developers will be
able to more easily build applications that tie the reports to business
processes and enable users to take action directly from the report.” Availability
Crystal Reports 2008 is available in a single edition for $495 USD and
expected to be generally available in November 2007.
To learn more about Crystal Reports 2008, please visit www.businessobjects.com/crystalreports2008 Safe Harbor for Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on
assumptions regarding product release dates and features which will be
included. However, these statements are not guarantees of the date of
availability, which may be delayed or cancelled, or of the availability
of features mentioned which may be changed or removed prior to release.
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refers to pre-release marketing activities and does not denote general
availability. More information about potential factors that could affect
Business Objects' business is included in Business Objects' Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, which is on file with the SEC and
available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Business Objects is not obligated to update these forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this
press release.
About Business Objects
Business Objects has been a pioneer in business intelligence (BI) since
the dawn of the category. Today, as the world’s
leading BI software company, Business Objects transforms the way the
world works through intelligent information. The company helps
illuminate understanding and decision-making at more than 44,000
organizations around the globe. Through a combination of innovative
technology, global consulting and education services, and the industry’s
strongest and most diverse partner network, Business Objects enables
companies of all sizes to make transformative business decisions based
on intelligent, accurate, and timely information.
Business Objects has dual headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and Paris,
France. The company’s stock is traded on both
the
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exchanges. More information about Business Objects can be found at www.businessobjects.com.
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