Business Objects is a global business intelligence (BI) software company, with more than 43,000 customers - including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500. Business Objects offers a broad family of tools and applications to help teams optimize business performance by connecting people, information and businesses across the business network, regardless of the underlying business applications or data stores.

Companies in every industry from small businesses to top international corporations benefit from the industry's largest services and support team, a powerful research and development organization, and the efforts of more than 6,200 employees worldwide.

BO's leadership is recognized by experts around the globe. Gartner places Business Objects in the Leaders Quadrant for enterprise BI suites, and IDC ranks Business Objects as the clear BI tools market share leader.