Groundbreaking New Book On e-Business Intelligence Off to Flying Start; 30,000 Readers Join the e-Business Intelligentsia in Six Weeks

Business Wire, Jan 24, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2001

Business Objects to Provide Online Access to One Chapter Per Month

of New, Hit Book "e-Business Intelligence: Turning Information

Into Knowledge Into Profit"

Owens & Minor, a Fortune 500 company and one of America's top distributors of medical supplies generated over $60M in new business in 12 months thanks to e-business intelligence. Learn the secrets of their success -- and that of more than a dozen other leading companies -- by reading McGraw-Hill's new, hit book "e-Business Intelligence: Turning Information Into Knowledge Into Profit" by the highly successful entrepreneur and international executive, Bernard Liautaud.

The groundbreaking new book, "e-Business Intelligence" is the one must-have guide that can show companies how to move to the next level in exploiting the value of their information assets. To join the 30,000 readers who already rank among the e-business intelligentsia, click on www.businessobjects.com/book and start reading today. In a move designed to bring e-business intelligence to everyone, Business Objects, the world's leading supplier of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions, is making "e-Business Intelligence: Turning Information Into Knowledge Into Profit" available via the web on a progressive basis.

Beginning in January 2001, one new chapter will be accessible each month from Business Objects at, www.businessobjects.com/book. The first chapter, "The New e-Business Intelligentsia," is available now. Chapter two will become available on March 1, 2001, and the remaining chapters will become available on the first of each month thereafter. By offering readers a chance to log-on and taste e-business intelligence, Business Objects is providing business leaders an opportunity that should not be missed.

"This is a rare breed of business book. "e-Business Intelligence" combines strategic and tactical insight, and is fun to read as well," said Michelle Williams, e-commerce and technology editor for McGraw-Hill. "We realize that the core audience for this book are the very people who most value access to vital information anytime, anywhere. For them, the web is the perfect delivery vehicle, and that's why we decided to help Business Objects make the book available online."

"When I developed this book, there simply were not any information resources specifically geared to helping executives use e-business intelligence to achieve success in the information economy, " said Liautaud. "Now more than ever, businesses need to extract the maximum value from their information assets. By reading "e-Business Intelligence" they can do precisely that."

Published in November 2000 by McGraw-Hill, "e-Business Intelligence: Turning Information Into Knowledge Into Profit," is available today in hard cover at most bookstores and through online booksellers. In high demand in the international scene, "e-Business Intelligence" has already garnered contractual agreements to be translated into French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, and Chinese.

About the Book

Liautaud's groundbreaking new book, "e-Business Intelligence: Turning Information Into Knowledge Into Profit," is the first book on the subject. Corporations using e-BI have the ability to access, analyze, and share their corporate data, not only across corporate intranets for thousands of employees, but outside the enterprise in the form of extranets for customers, partners, and suppliers. Liautaud believes that e-BI will be what connects the global marketplace and makes it possible for companies to gain the competitive advantage as we move forward in the 21st Century.

About the Author

Bernard Liautaud is president and CEO of Business Objects, the world's leading provider of e-business intelligence solutions. He founded Business Objects in 1990, and in 1996 was named one of the "Hottest Entrepreneurs of the Year" by Business Week. In just under 10 years he has built Business Objects to a global corporation with nearly 11,500 customers and more than a quarter billion in annual revenue. Business Objects was the first European software company to go public on Nasdaq. It is also included in Intelligent Enterprise's January 2000 and 2001 "12 Most Influential Companies in the Information Technology Industry," along with Microsoft, Oracle, Siebel, and SAP.

About McGraw-Hill

Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's, BusinessWeek and McGraw-Hill Education. The corporation has more than 400 offices in 32 countries. Sales in 1999 were $4.0 billion. Additional information is available at www.books.mcgraw-hill.com.

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions. The company coined the term e-business intelligence in 1998 to describe the intersection of business intelligence and the internet. 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.