Business objects is a French enterprise software company, specializing in business intelligence (BI). The company claimed more than 46,000 customers worldwide in its final earnings release. Its flagship product is BusinessObjects XI, with components that provide performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis and enterprise information management.
1990 Business Objects is founded in Paris, France.
1991 France Telecom becomes the first customer after viewing a prototype of Business Objects’ initial product offering.
1994 Business Objects launched Business Objects v3.0 and goes public on NASDAQ – the first European company in history to do so.
1995 Business Objects is the first software company to focus on enterprise-scale business intelligence (BI) deployments.
1996 Business Objects enters OLAP market and launches BusinessObjects v4.0.
Bernard Liautaud is named one of Business Week’s “Hottest Entrepreneurs of the Year.”
1997 BusinessObjects Web Intelligence is introduced.
1999 Business Objects is publicly listed in France on the Premier Marche.
2000 Business Objects delivers the industry’s first interactive mobile business intelligence solution.
2001 Business Objects opens offices in San Jose, California.
signs an OEM and reseller agreement to bundle Crystal Reports.
2002 Business Objects acquires Blue Edge Software and Acta Technologies.
Bernard Liautaud named to Business Week’s “Stars of Europe.”
Business 2.0 names Business Objects as one of the “100 Fastest Growing Tech Companies.”
Leading direct retailer Lands’ End deployed one of the first executive dashboards, resulting in a 33% reduction in lost sales over the year.
2003 Business Objects acquires Crystal Decisions and releases Dashboard Manager, BusinessObjects Enterprise 6, as well as BusinessObjects Performance Manager.
2004 Business Objects launches Crystal v10 and BusinessObjects v6.5.
2005 Revenues reaches more than a billion US dollars.
John Schwarz joins Business Objects as chief executive officer.
BusinessObjects XI and Crystal Xcelsius are launched.
Business Objects acquires SRC Software, Medience, and Infommersion.
2006 Business Objects acquires Firstlogic, Inc., Armstrong Laing Limited (ALG), and nSite.
Business Objects releases crystalreports.com and BusinessObjects Data Quality XI.
2007 Business Objects acquires Cartesis.
2008 acquires Business Objects to lead emerging market for business performance optimization.
2002 More birthday cake: Thirty years after its foundation, is the third-largest independent software provider in the world and a paragon of the German economy. The brand stands for high-quality business software.
e also increases to around 29,000 by the end of 2002. Approximately 1,300 employees move into the new star-shaped building that has opened directly adjacent to ‘s headquarters in Walldorf.
1990 Business Objects is founded in Paris, France.
1991 France Telecom becomes the first customer after viewing a prototype of Business Objects’ initial product offering.
1994 Business Objects launched Business Objects v3.0 and goes public on NASDAQ – the first European company in history to do so.
1995 Business Objects is the first software company to focus on enterprise-scale business intelligence (BI) deployments.
1996 Business Objects enters OLAP market and launches BusinessObjects v4.0.
Bernard Liautaud is named one of Business Week’s “Hottest Entrepreneurs of the Year.”
1997 BusinessObjects Web Intelligence is introduced.
1999 Business Objects is publicly listed in France on the Premier Marche.
2000 Business Objects delivers the industry’s first interactive mobile business intelligence solution.
2001 Business Objects opens offices in San Jose, California.
signs an OEM and reseller agreement to bundle Crystal Reports.
2002 Business Objects acquires Blue Edge Software and Acta Technologies.
Bernard Liautaud named to Business Week’s “Stars of Europe.”
Business 2.0 names Business Objects as one of the “100 Fastest Growing Tech Companies.”
Leading direct retailer Lands’ End deployed one of the first executive dashboards, resulting in a 33% reduction in lost sales over the year.
2003 Business Objects acquires Crystal Decisions and releases Dashboard Manager, BusinessObjects Enterprise 6, as well as BusinessObjects Performance Manager.
2004 Business Objects launches Crystal v10 and BusinessObjects v6.5.
2005 Revenues reaches more than a billion US dollars.
John Schwarz joins Business Objects as chief executive officer.
BusinessObjects XI and Crystal Xcelsius are launched.
Business Objects acquires SRC Software, Medience, and Infommersion.
2006 Business Objects acquires Firstlogic, Inc., Armstrong Laing Limited (ALG), and nSite.
Business Objects releases crystalreports.com and BusinessObjects Data Quality XI.
2007 Business Objects acquires Cartesis.
2008 acquires Business Objects to lead emerging market for business performance optimization.
2002 More birthday cake: Thirty years after its foundation, is the third-largest independent software provider in the world and a paragon of the German economy. The brand stands for high-quality business software.
e also increases to around 29,000 by the end of 2002. Approximately 1,300 employees move into the new star-shaped building that has opened directly adjacent to ‘s headquarters in Walldorf.
