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Business Objects Senior Vice President Janet Wood Named to Top 100 Channel Executives List by CMP's VARBusiness MagazineSAN JOSE, Calif. & PARIS --(Business Wire)-- April 5, 2006 -- Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ) (Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that Janet Wood has been recognized by the editors of CMP Media's VARBusiness as one of North America's Top 100 Channel Executives. This distinction recognizes executives who have created exemplary alliance and channel distribution programs. Wood, senior vice president of global partnerships and sales enablement, was honored in the special April 3rd issue of VARBusiness magazine. "It's an honor to receive this distinction from VARBusiness," said Janet Wood. "We have worked closely with our partner community to design a program that delivers the right tools, support, and marketing required to succeed. Our partners play a vital role in helping Business Objects achieve its strategic goals, which include expanding the company's footprint in the mid-market and in vertical industries. The ultimate goal of our partner program is to help our mutual customers achieve outstanding results through the use of our industry-leading business intelligence, performance management, and enterprise information management solutions." "We celebrate the men and women who enable solution providers with programs, products and inspiration," said VARBusiness Editor Lawrence M. Walsh. "These executives are worthy of emulation by all of their peers." The Top 100 Channel Executives list is selected by editors of VARBusiness, based on a survey of channel executives with respect to years of service, size of their channel programs, and their partner priorities for the coming year. In addition to being published in the April 3 issue of VARBusiness magazine, the feature package and executive listing is posted to the Web at www.varbusiness.com. For more information on the Business Objects Partner Program, please visit http://www.businessobjects.com/partners/. About VARBusiness Magazine For the past 19 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services, is available at its Web site, www.varbusiness.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(TM) XI, offers the BI industry's most advanced and complete platform for performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and enterprise information management. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports(R), 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. The Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Intelligent Question, and Xcelsius are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects in the United States and/or other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
