Rural/Metro selects Business Objects
SAN JOSE, Calif. - September 16, 2004 - Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ; Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that Rural/Metro Corporation has selected Business Objects as its enterprise business intelligence standard. Rural/Metro, a leading provider of emergency and non-emergency medical transportation and fire protection services, chose Crystal Enterprise from Business Objects, citing product maturity and ease of use as the main factors in its decision. Rural/Metro will use Business Objects to analyze financial, human resource, and dispatch data to track, understand, and manage enterprise performance.
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Rural/Metro operates in 23 states and more than 400 communities throughout the United States. Crystal Enterprise will enable managers throughout the organization to access consolidated, up-to-date reports and make decisions based on performance and profitability.
“Crystal Enterprise is in a class of its own for enterprise reporting, and we are particularly impressed with the product's ease of use and its open architecture, which enables us to leverage and scale our existing technology investments,” said Kathie Stewart, Director of Information Technology for Rural/Metro Corporation. “With Crystal Enterprise, timely, consolidated reports are easier to create, access, and distribute.”
“Rural/Metro has joined the thousands of organizations worldwide that have selected Crystal Enterprise as their enterprise reporting standard,” said Chris Caren, vice president of corporate marketing at Business Objects.
About Rural/Metro Corporation
Rural/Metro Corporation provides emergency and non-emergency medical transportation and fire protection services in 24 states and more than 400 communities throughout the United States. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.ruralmetro.com.
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.
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