bobj - bin ich hier der einzige, der die aktie hat - 500 Beiträge pro Seite

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hallo boarder,
ich glaube es wird zeit, auch einmal über diese aktie zu diskutieren. hat (hatte) niemand von euch die aktie ?
viele grüße
gourmet

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hier vielleicht. aber an der börse sieht es gut aus mit bobj. heute 5 mal so hoher umsatz wie gestern. kurs > 5% über nasdaq-schluß.
viele grüße
gourmet
ps: bobj seit juli 1999 > + 400 %

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und die anstieg geht gerade so weiter. heute + 12 % nach dem tollen quartalsergebnis.

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Wednesday February 2, 4:02 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Business Objects Reports Record Q4 1999 Results
Revenue Grows 45%
e-Business Momentum Continues
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2000--Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ - news; PARIS BOURSE: code SICOVAM 12074) today announced its results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 1999, with revenue increases of 45 percent over the comparable three- and twelve-month periods in fiscal 1998.

Fourth quarter revenues were a record $74.8 million, an increase of 45 percent compared to revenues of $51.5 million for the quarter ended December 31, 1998. Net income for the fourth quarter was $9.5 million, an increase of 106 percent compared to $4.6 million for the same period last year. Diluted net income per share and per ADS for the quarter ended December 31, 1999 was $0.23, compared to $0.13 in the fourth quarter of last year. Diluted net income per share and per ADS have been adjusted to reflect the two-for-one split of ordinary shares and ADS in January of 2000.

Revenues for the year ended December 31, 1999 were $241.6 million, an increase of 45 percent compared to revenues of $166.9 million during 1998. Net income for the year ended December 31, 1999 was $23.8 million, an increase of 131 percent compared to $10.3 million for 1998. Diluted net income per share and per ADS for the year ended December 31, 1999 was $0.60, compared to $0.29 for 1998.

``With these fourth quarter results, we have now had ten consecutive quarters of year-over-year 40%+ revenue growth`` said Bernard Liautaud, president and chief executive officer of Business Objects. ``We are especially pleased with our strong quarterly and year-end results, reflecting the growing demand from leading e-businesses and global corporations for our e-business intelligence solutions.

``Our success in the e-business market reflects the increasing number of companies that are combining the internet with business intelligence, to leverage their business information and create new relationships with and services for their customers and business partners,`` Liautaud continued. ``For example, e-businesses use our e-BI solutions to examine e-commerce transaction data to understand sales and marketing results, as well as to analyze clickstream data and identify opportunities for merchandising. Several leading e-businesses have chosen Business Objects as their e-BI intelligence platform, including: AllAmerica.com, GoNetwork, KBKids.com, Stamps.com, Trading Dynamics, and WebMD.com.

``During the past year, we have partnered with a number of innovative companies as they built their extranet platforms for the future,`` Liautaud said. ``In the fourth quarter, we passed the 100th extranet customer milestone, with companies using WEBINTELLIGENCE® for supply-chain management, customer relationship, and information brokerage extranets. Reaching the 100th customer milestone demonstrates that e-BI extranets are not just for pioneering companies; any business can benefit from this type of application.

``We also recently announced the release of WEBINTELLIGENCE Extranet Edition, which is dedicated specifically to extranet environments,`` Liautaud added. ``Our WEBINTELLIGENCE Extranet Edition is built for customers who want to add self-service access to information as part of their extranets.``

Business Objects expanded its customer base in the fourth quarter, adding over 241,000 new licenses for a total of 1,680,000 worldwide. Key customers in the fourth quarter included: ADC Telecommunications, Black & Decker, Cap Gemini France, Glaxo Research, Principal Mutual Life, and Unisys.

Business Objects was recently named one of the most influential companies shaping the ``intelligent enterprise``, as part of Intelligent Enterprise`s 2000 information technology (IT) Dozen. The company is ranked as the leading independent business intelligence vendor on the list. The award marks the fourth consecutive year that Business Objects has been recognized by the magazine`s editors as one of the leaders in shaping how companies use technology to transform their business.

The Company`s balance sheet continued to be strong with $176.2 million in cash and cash equivalents. Total assets at December 31, 1999 were $272.5 million, compared to $138.1 million at December 31, 1998.

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world`s leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions. Using e-business intelligence, organizations can access, analyze, and share information in intranet, extranet, and e-business environments. In intranets, the company`s products provide employees with information to make better business decisions, and are used in environments ranging from workgroups of 20 users to enterprise deployments exceeding 20,000. In the extranet environment, the company is pioneering the use of e-BI in applications that allow organizations to build stronger relationships by linking customers, partners, and suppliers via the internet. In addition, the company`s products can improve the performance of an e-business by providing reporting and analysis against the ever-expanding amount of transaction and profile data that is collected each day throughout the world wide web.

Founded in 1990, Business Objects pioneered the modern business intelligence industry by inventing and patenting a ``semantic layer`` that insulates users from the technical complexity of database systems. Today, the company has sold more than 1,680,000 licenses to over 9,700 organizations in more than 80 countries. The company`s stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and PARIS BOURSE: code SICOVAM 12074. Business Objects can be reached at 408-953-6000 and www.businessobjects.com.

This press release contains forward looking statements with respect to momentum in the marketplace and demand for the Company`s e-business intelligence solutions. Such forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, historical variability in the performance of the Company, changes in the Company`s market, the ability of the Company to gain acceptance of its products, and increased competition, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. For a more complete discussion of risk factors that could affect the Company`s current and future operating results, see the discussions in the Company`s reports filed with the SEC, including but not limited to the Company`s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, and the Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 1999.

Note to Editors: WebIntelligence is a registered trademark of Business Objects SA. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. A full-text copy of this announcement may be obtained by calling the Company`s fax retrieval line at 800-414-2114 and selecting option ``two.`` The announcement may also be downloaded from the Web; access ``http://www.businesswire.com/cnn`` and search on ``Business Objects.`` Business Objects product inquiries should contact 800-527-0580.

viele grüße
gourmet

[gourmet]

es scheinst sich in deutschland wirklich keiner so richtig für bobj zu begeistern (in frankreich ist es einer der am meisetn gehandelten i-net-werte). na ja, vielleicht ändert sich das noch.
heute wieder + 12 $ = 15 %
und damit ihr seht, daß dieser wert interessant ist, folgender bericht:

Business Objects Named in New York Times Top 10 Technology Stock Winners of 1999
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2000--Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ - news), the world`s leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions, today announced that it was listed in The New York Times as one of the top ten technology stock winners for 1999.

This list was compiled from the Hambrecht & Quist Technology Index and the Pacific Stock Exchange High Technology Index, and appeared in the December 20, 1999 issue of The Times. This is the second year in a row that Business Objects has appeared on this list.

This list recognized the top 10 stocks in terms of percentage increase in 1999. The top ten stocks in the technology sector were:


Company 1999 %change in stock price
1. Qualcomm +1485.9
2. Silicon Storage Tech +1459.0
3. Lam Research +403.9
4. US Data +373.3
5. ESS Technology +348.8
6. Santa Cruz Operation +347.9
7. Integrated Device Tech +312.2
8. Verity +307.5
9. Zoll Medical +294.4
10. Business Objects +284.6

``We are very pleased that our stock made this list for the second year in a row,`` said Thom Weatherford, chief financial officer of Business Objects.

``1999 was a terrific year for Business Objects on all fronts. In particular, we received several key awards last year. Most notably, we were recognized for the fourth consecutive year by Intelligent Enterprise magazine as one of the most influential companies in information technology. Being named once again to the NY Times list is a testament to our strong financial performance in 1999.``

viele grüße
gourmet

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hallo boarder,
und wieder eine "wahnsinns-meldung" zu bobj (schlusskurs heute 129 $)

Company Press Release
Ithena Launches E-Customer Intelligence Analytic Application
Debut of ITHENA 1.0 Defines First E-Customer Intelligence Analytic Application

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2000--Ithena(TM) Inc., the first company to develop e-customer intelligence analytic applications, today launched a new product to help business managers easily identify, analyze, predict, and act upon changing customer behavior.

ITHENA 1.0, the company`s web-based application, is being debuted this week at Demo 2000, the industry`s premier launch venue for new products, technologies, and companies. Ithena, Inc. is the newly formed independent subsidiary of Business Objects. (Editors` note: please see related company launch press release dated Feb. 9, 2000.)

ITHENA 1.0 is an e-customer intelligence analytic application that identifies changing customer behavior, giving business managers a deep, near real time understanding of customers and enabling immediate response to customer change. By tracking fine-grain customer detail, creating alerts, and automating action based on consistent business rules, ITHENA enables companies to uncover and exploit opportunities in their customer base for merchandising, cross selling, and better customer retention.

Today, companies are unable to easily track changing customer behavior due to the very high skill requirement for this kind of analysis. As a result, most large companies experience six- to twelve-week delays in segmenting customers and understanding their value. The impact of this delay on business is significant: this means in practice, for example, that telecommunications companies are only able to target ``customers likely to churn`` weeks or months after customers first demonstrated the characteristics that lead to attrition.

With the ITHENA application, companies are able to identify this changing behavior on a daily basis, automatically feed the individual customer records through to a customer facing system such as a call center, and immediately schedule an outbound customer retention call. Further examples include credit card companies who, on a daily basis, need to automatically identify which customers have not used the card in the last 45 days, and e-commerce companies who wish to identify customers who are not purchasing as frequently as usual.

Main Features

ITHENA 1.0 brings real-time analytic capability to business managers to:


-- Understand the value of each customer. Using centrally defined
customer segments, different managers use the same definitions of
customer groupings consistently. This means that segment managers
referring to "good customers" are analyzing the same customers as
are, say, the risk department analyzing "good customers" for
changes in their risk. Using Probes(TM), aggregated measures
attached to segments, business managers can predict changes at
the segment level giving valuable early warning of customer
trends. For example, managers can compare the lifetime value
(LTV) of a given segment with the LTV of one year or one week ago
and identify an unseen trend.

-- Track how customer value changes over time. By tracking hundreds
to thousands of fine-grained customer segments, business managers
can obtain unrivalled intelligence about changing customer
behavior over time. Individual segment Joiners and Leavers(TM)
are tracked automatically -- effectively recategorizing each
customer as they change their behavior.

-- Build a strategy for handling each customer. Using patent pending
ChangeAgents(TM) technology, business managers can be
automatically alerted when groups of customers change their
behavior. ChangeAgents are business rules which monitor for
changes in behavior and can alert managers or automate actions.

-- Provide consistent execution of that strategy across all
touch-points. ChangeAgents can automatically trigger actions in
operational CRM applications such as third party campaign
management software, web personalization engines, and call center
applications. For example, customers joining the "likely to
churn" segment for the first time can be fed automatically
through to the customer call center for a customer retention
call, and to the web site for appropriate personalization.

Deep domain expertise and application ``smarts`` are built into the application to enable business managers to easily perform advanced customer analysis themselves for the first time. The new ITHENA application enables business managers to analyze fine grain detail of their customers by providing an environment where they can track thousands of segments using best practice customer portfolio management techniques.

The issue of customer portfolio management is one that crosses many functional areas and responsibilities across a corporation -- including those as diverse as customer care and retention, product marketing, segment management, supply chain, strategic development, and information technology (IT). ITHENA offers all these employees a consistent 360-degree view of their customers via an easy-to-use, web-based interface called ITHENA My Portfolio(TM).

ITHENA 1.0

ITHENA Application Platform v1.0

ITHENA Application Platform is the infrastructure required to deploy the ITHENA e-customer intelligence application. It provides the following capabilities:

-- Model-driven development environment with Vertical Analysis
Templates

-- Application data mart creation with hooks to leading extraction,
transformation, and loading (ETL) tools

-- Calculation and refresh engine

-- ChangeAgents for closed-loop processing by pushing individual
customer records into third party operational systems

ITHENA e-Customer Intelligence Application v1.0

ITHENA is a web-based application which enables business managers
to identify, analyze, and predict changing customer behavior. It has
three modules:

-- My Portfolio -- a customer portlet for understanding customer
change

-- Portfolio Analysis(TM) -- for best practice customer analysis

-- Ad Hoc Analysis -- tight integration with WebIntelligence® from
Business Objects

``While many of the world`s leading companies are talking about one-to-one marketing as the ideal, they`re more likely to be practicing million-to-one marketing,`` said Charles Nicholls, president of Ithena. ``ITHENA 1.0 goes beyond `reports on steroids` and gives companies, for the first time, the ability to fully understand their customers at a fine grain level of detail, enabling managers across the corporation to predict and act upon customer behavior.``

Pricing and Availability

U.S. pricing for ITHENA 1.0 starts at $375,000 per application. The product is entering beta this month and is expected to be available in 2Q 2000.

About Ithena, Inc.

Ithena, Inc. is the first company to develop e-customer intelligence analytic applications that enable business managers to identify, analyze, and predict changing customer behavior -- and act upon it. By tracking fine grain detail, companies can uncover and exploit opportunities in near real time as each customer changes their individual behavior. The ITHENA analytic application delivers real-time insight into individual customer behavior across the enterprise, across all channels and customer touch points.

By tracking thousands of extremely fine-grained market segments, and by trapping critical events, such as leaving or joining those segments, and using an exclusive, patent pending ChangeAgent(TM) technology, organizations can act on changes in customer status in near real-time.

ITHENA`s application platform is designed for the very large data volumes found in business to consumer and complex business to business environments. Unrivalled system scalability is delivered utilizing set technology to deliver high performance online analysis and highly efficient extraction of customer records for closed loop business processes.

ChangeAgent Technology can be used to identify, analyze and predict change in any complex business process across all aspects of the customer supply chain from customer analysis, to category management, risk analysis and supply chain optimization.

Ithena, Inc. is an independent company wholly owned by Business Objects with corporate headquarters in San Jose, Calif. Ithena can be reached at www.ithena.com or at 408/232-1300.

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