Icarian and Business Objects Sign Agreement To Deliver New Business Intelligence Application For Human Resources

Business Wire, Sept 10, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2001

Icarian(R) Selects Business Objects To Extend Reporting Capabilities

of Icarian Workforce Solution Suite(TM) --

New Application Delivers Enhanced Analytics For HR Professionals

Icarian(R), Inc., (www.icarian.com), a premier provider of innovative web-based workforce management and staffing solutions, announced it has signed a new application provider agreement with Business Objects to deliver Icarian Extract Reporting, a new Human Resource (HR) application that encompasses business intelligence capabilities. The new application is the first of three that will be offered to enable staffing and HR professionals to make strategic staffing and business decisions via ad hoc reporting and advanced analytics.

"We are pleased to work with technology companies like Icarian to deliver business intelligence capabilities for their HR applications," said Bill Robinson, vice president of North American sales for Business Objects. "Business Objects will enhance what Icarian's customers have been able to do in streamlining their recruiting and staffing process company wide. Users can quickly and easily create and analyze reports to make better hiring and overall business decisions."

Icarian has selected Business Objects to extend the overall reporting capabilities of its Icarian Workforce Solution Suite(TM). Icarian Extract Reporting will be available this month and is the first of three advanced analytic applications to be delivered as part of Icarian's Workforce Solution Suite. Icarian Extract Reporting will offer business professionals in HR the ability to access, analyze, and share critical staffing and recruiting information.

The two additional applications will offer a complete reporting solution for Icarian's customers and will include Icarian Ad-Hoc Reporting, and Icarian Analytic Reporting. These products are slated to be available in 2002 and aim to provide customers with full reporting functionality by providing greater flexibility to staffing, HR, and business professionals.

Business Objects is a long-time customer of Icarian, and beta-tested Icarian Extract Reporting. Business Objects also was actively a part of the design and development process for Icarian Extract Reporting. Business Objects plans to continue to provide Icarian with input on the design of the two upcoming reporting applications through the Icarian design partner program in which many customers participate.

"We view Business Objects as a clear leader in the enterprise business intelligence market," stated Ed Koepfler, Icarian's CEO & President. "By providing advanced ad hoc and analytic reporting to our current standard report set, Icarian products will surpass all others in ensuring that HR professionals have the full range of choices they've been asking for to meet reporting and business needs. Nothing else comes close to this breadth of functionality."

"As a longtime customer of Icarian, we are happy to see the relationship expand to include an application provider agreement," said Sondi Goldstone, Director of Staffing for Business Objects. "We have worked closely with Icarian to design additional functionality for our Workforce Acquisition application that provides our mangers with additional insight allowing them to make better hiring decisions. We look forward to continuing to work with Icarian on the design of its future solutions that will integrate Business Objects technologies."

About Icarian

Icarian, Inc. is the premier provider of Workforce Management solutions that automate and streamline the entire workforce lifecycle, enabling organizations to plan, acquire, deploy and develop their people with ease. The Icarian Workforce Solution Suite leverages the power of the Internet to align workforce plans with business imperatives, dramatically improving hiring costs and productivity. A powerful combination of best-of-breed hosted Web applications and support services, the Suite helps HR, staffing and recruiting experts service their groups more efficiently while providing a superior return on investment. For more information, please visit the Icarian Web site at http://www.icarian.com.

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions. Business intelligence lets organizations access, analyze, and share information internally with employees and externally with customers, suppliers, and partners. It helps organizations improve operational efficiency, build profitable customer relationships, and develop differentiated product offerings.

The company's products include BusinessObjects 2000, the industry's leading integrated business intelligence toolset and platform; and BusinessObjects Analytics, an integrated suite of enterprise analytic applications.

Business Objects pioneered the modern BI industry in 1990 by inventing a patented "semantic layer" that insulates users from the complexity of databases. In 1995, the company was first to focus on enterprise-scale BI deployments and today supports customers with more than 20,000 users. The company moved aggressively to the internet in 1997 by pioneering the market for BI extranets, a market that it continues to lead today. In 2000, the company delivered the industry's first interactive mobile BI solution. Today, Business Objects continues to innovate, creating and delivering a unique vision for enterprise analytic applications.