Haworth Ensures Information Accountability with Business Objects Data Integrator
SAN JOSE, Calif. - October 26, 2004 - Haworth, Inc., a leading global designer and manufacturer of office furniture with $1.23 billion in 2003 sales, has deployed Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ) as its business intelligence (BI) standard. In an effort to consolidate data sources and improve information quality and operational performance, the company selected BusinessObjects™ Data Integrator in addition to its existing implementation the market leading query, analysis, and information management platform from Business Objects. Kari Boelens, senior systems analyst at Haworth, will discuss the company's success implementing Business Objects solutions at the Business Objects 2004 International User Conference, November 7-10 in Grapevine, Texas.
By standardizing on Business Objects, Haworth has ensured that one version of the truth is delivered across the organization. Haworth relies on Data Integrator to extract information from Oracle applications and databases, and rapidly prepare data for reporting and distribution within the Business Objects infrastructure. Since implementing Data Integrator, Haworth has substantially increased the accuracy of its data and reduced the time of the entire extract, transformation, and load (ETL) process. The project also benefited Haworth's application development team because Data Integrator can be deployed quickly, without requiring additional hand coding.
"Before standardizing on Business Objects, we had a problem with inaccurate and conflicting data," said Kari Boelens, senior systems analyst at Haworth. "BusinessObjects Data Integrator has given managers confidence in the data quality being used for making decisions across the organization. I look forward to sharing our success with Business Objects at the user conference next month."
The Business Objects 2004 International User Conference will take place November 7-10, 2004 at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas. For more information or to register, go to http://www.businessobjectsevents.com/userconference04/
About Haworth
Haworth, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of office environments, is based in Holland, Michigan, operates in more than 120 countries, and employs 9,000 members worldwide. The company had sales of $1.23 billion in 2003.
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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