Business Objects Helps Leading Universities to Improve Performance
SAN JOSE, Calif. - October 29, 2004 - Business intelligence (BI) solutions are playing an increasingly important role in higher education, helping universities improve performance across a wide range of academic and operational areas. Business Objects, (Nasdaq: BOBJ; Euronext Paris ISIN code FR0004026250-BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence solutions, enables the leading universities to better access and analyze data. Leading institutions are using BI to enhance financial management, increase the quality of student services and programs, and fine tune operational processes including Florida State University, University of California at Berkeley, University of Notre Dame, the University of Texas at San Antonio, Stanford University, University of Michigan, Brown University, and University of Illinois.
"Like many universities today, Florida State University uses a collectivist approach to admissions in which many different departments within the university discuss the students they want to recruit and how best to retain them," said Dr. Rick Burnette, director of student information management at Florida State University. "Business Objects gives us the infrastructure we need to communicate collectively. With Business Objects we now have a way to consolidate and share data - decisions that used to be based on anecdotal evidence are now based on facts. We're now able to use data strategically to develop marketing plans based on the university's overall business and educational goals."
Success in Higher Education Leading universities and colleges are using Business Objects to monitor and evaluate performance data from across multiple areas, including finance, human resources, financial aid, fund raising, donor relations, student demographics and performance, as well as academic programs and research. Additionally, educational institutions are under increasing pressure to improve efficiencies and they rely on Business Objects for reporting and analysis on operations. Business Objects provides these organizations with access to accurate, timely, and consistent information, enabling users to make more informed decisions.
Customer deployments include:
Florida State University - the university uses Business Objects across the institution for everything from improving the student admissions process to financial reporting from its ERP system. Business Objects also helps Florida State University manage ticket distribution for its football games The university recently relied on Business Objects reports to ensure that thousands of visitors for Parents' Weekend received welcome materials and passes to all the weekend's events.
University of Notre Dame - standardized on Business Objects to access and analyze performance data across finance and human resources, student demographics and performance, financial aid, and fund raising, as well as academic programs and research. The university is also creating customized dashboards to enable top administrators to view relevant key performance metrics and receive automatic alerts regarding pre-defined events.
University of Texas at San Antonio - selected the Crystal product line from Business Objects as its enterprise reporting standard to help make informed business decisions related to student enrollment, class administration, and student performance. Departments across the university are able to access and analyze a wide range array of educational information via an intranet. For example, the Admissions Office is using Crystal Reports® to help understand how admissions deadlines effect new student applications.
University of California at Berkeley - uses Business Objects for its campus-wide Museum Informatics Project (MIP). Business Objects provides educators, employees, and students with a more efficient and cost-effective way to access, analyze, and share information about the thousands of research items archived items in Berkeley's vast museum collections.
"Business Objects recognizes that colleges and universities face more pressure and public scrutiny regarding their financial operations, student performance, and admissions process," said Greg Lorden, vice president of Government at Business Objects. "That's why it's critical for administrators and faculty members to have immediate access to data that can help them enrich academic programs, improve student retention, gain visibility into their finances, and enhance communication amongst the various university departments. Business Objects gives decision makers one version of the data that they can trust and use to improve student services and academic programs throughout the institution."
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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