Cutter & Buck Expands Business Objects Deployment
to Create End-to-End Business Intelligence Solution
San Jose, Calif. – August 28, 2003 -- Business Objects (NASDAQ: BOBJ), the world’s leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that Cutter & Buck, a leading designer of upscale sportswear and outerwear, has expanded its Business Objects deployment to create an end-to-end business intelligence solution. Cutter & Buck selected BusinessObjects™ Data Integrator to vastly simplify and streamline the process of integrating data with their legacy systems infrastructure. A long time customer, Cutter & Buck also uses BusinessObjects™ and WebIntelligence®, the integrated query, reporting, and analysis solutions from Business Objects, to access, analyze, and share customer, inventory, and operational data.
By installing Data Integrator, Cutter & Buck expects to reduce the amount of hand-coding required to import data from operational systems that power inventory management, sales support, and other critical functions into its data warehouse. This will provide easier access to key information for its business intelligence platform, also powered by Business Objects.
“Business Objects has been a strategic partner of ours for a long time and they share our vision of using data integration tools as a springboard for smarter, faster, and more efficient business intelligence,” said Rick Davis, CIO for Cutter & Buck. “Once we made the decision to integrate our data warehouse and operational systems, we knew Business Objects would be the right vendor to get us up and running fast. By standardizing on Business Objects for our complete business intelligence needs, we also benefit from lower total cost of ownership and easier administration. “
Cutter & Buck first deployed Business Objects software when the firm went through a company-wide reorganization that shifted various operational responsibilities to six strategic business units. For the project, Cutter & Buck selected BusinessObjectsä and WebIntelligence®, to track bookings, sales, margins, and inventory management performance for every division. Today, Cutter & Buck uses hundreds of Business Objects reports to ensure the right apparel is always on hand to meet demand.
“Companies need a data integration solution that is closely tied to their business intelligence platform,” said Dave Kellogg, senior group vice president of worldwide marketing for Business Objects. “That is why Data Integrator has become such a competitive advantage for us and why customers like Cutter & Buck select Business Objects for their end-to-end business intelligence solution. While others talk about completing the business intelligence stack, we have done it.”
For more information on data integration solutions from Business Objects, please visit: www.businessobjects.com/products/data_integration.
About Cutter & Buck
Cutter & Buck designs and markets upscale sportswear and outerwear under the Cutter & Buck brand. The Company sells its products primarily through golf pro shops and resorts, corporate sales accounts and specialty retail stores. Cutter & Buck products feature distinctive, comfortable designs, high quality materials and manufacturing and rich detailing.
About Business Objects
Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 35,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500, Business Objects helps organizations gain better insight into their business, improve decision making, and optimize enterprise performance. The company's business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects™ XI, offers the BI industry's most complete and trusted platform for performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and data integration. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports®, the industry standard for enterprise reporting. Business Objects has built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, and also offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects.
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.
