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A publisher of financial advisory services for self-directed investors, InvestorPlace Media has brought market-beating investment advice to the individual investor for more than 30 years. With net annual sales of approximately $70 million, the company helps investors build wealth in a serious, consistent way through consumer newsletters, email services, websites, and other media platforms.

An integrated business intelligence solution from Business Objects provides Coral with the scalability to support its rapid growth, robust Web-based reporting, and tailored performance management.

The Guangdong Local Tax Bureau initiated an informatization project designed to foster better analysis and decision-making related to taxation. The bureau sought enhanced query, analysis, and reporting to achieve necessary insights and turn information into knowledge.

The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) needed a way to keep track of data from its 40,000 annually enrolled students. Business Objects created an easy-to-use, Web-based system for data access and which helped understand student needs and program trends.

With 2006 revenue of $12.6 billion and more than 20,000 employees worldwide, Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP) is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States. AEP delivers electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states, owns 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity, and maintains a 39,000-mile electricity transmission network.