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
BusinessObjects™ Text Analysis and
BusinessObjects Intelligent Search, the first BI and data
warehouse-integrated solutions that allow customers to unlock the hidden
value and wisdom found in unstructured text, such as emails, documents,
notes, and web content. These new capabilities, based on proven
technology from the recent Inxight Software acquisition, will give
customers the power to combine the value found in text sources with
their existing BI and data integration deployments. Customers will now
be empowered to make more insightful business decisions while uncovering
hidden relationships, risks, and opportunities.
"Having access to both unstructured and
structured information from the same application means businesses can
finally get a complete view of their organizations,”
said Sue Feldman, vice president for content technologies at IDC. "Unified
access lets them make use of all the information they have, and find
relationships across information silos. By mining otherwise untapped,
invaluable information, they understand their customers better, lower
their risks, and discover new business opportunities.” Insight from Hundreds of High-Value Information Sources through a
Single Interface
BusinessObjects Intelligent Search allows users to search
external and internal resources such as the web, subscription services,
company content, search engines, and BI systems with one secure search
box – allowing them to spend more time making
decisions and less time looking for disparate files or snippets of
information. Once this information has been acquired, Intelligent
Search's extraction capabilities clusters and enables users to filter
the results by the most relevant people, places, events, and concepts,
making it easier to find relevant documents buried in search results,
and turn that data into meaningful business information.
Derive Meaning from Unstructured Text for a More Complete Business
View
BusinessObjects Text Analysis unlocks the information in text
sources to provide a more complete view of a company’s
customers, markets, and potential risks. Powered by a deep understanding
of over 220 text formats and over 30 languages, Text Analysis provides
an automated way to extract, categorize, and summarize vast amounts of
text information. These text analysis capabilities are designed
specifically to complement and integrate with BusinessObjects Enterprise
and BusinessObjects Data Integrator deployments ensuring unified trust
and administration across all data assets.
Users can access and analyze information contained in text in the same
manner as they do their structured data –
directly from the Crystal reports, Web Intelligence documents, and
dashboards that they use today, giving a more complete view of their
business without needing to invest in entirely new systems or retrain
users.
"Business Objects continues to push the outer
limits of BI innovation,” said David Meyer,
vice-president of product management at BEA. "We
know we can rely on them to provide leadership and value when bringing
new products to market. Having worked with Inxight’s
text analysis software in the past, we believe these new combined
products will provide a way for our customers to further transform their
enterprises and achieve tangible business results and ROI.” "Business Objects leads the world in BI
solutions for structured data, and these new offerings allow us to
further our leadership by combining advanced text analysis, search, and
unstructured data with end-to-end business intelligence,”
said Ian Hersey, vice president of technology development and strategy
at Business Objects. "Today we deliver a
compelling solution to enable our customers to easily discover, manage,
and analyze unstructured content inside and outside of their
organization. Less than three months from the completion of our
acquisition of Inxight, we have already streamlined technologies,
extending our capabilities in the industry with the release of
Intelligent Search and Text Analysis.” Availability
BusinessObjects Text Analysis and BusinessObjects Intelligent Search are
generally available today. To learn more about these solutions, please
visit www.businessobjects.com/products.
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
Nasdaq (BOBJ) and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 - BOB) stock
exchanges. More information about Business Objects can be found at www.businessobjects.com.
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