Business Objects, IBM expand alliance in Asia Pacific
ConvergenceAsia staff
29/05/2007

Business Objects and IBM have announced a significant expansion of their strategic alliance, to co-develop, sell and implement joint Information-on-Demand solutions to customers in more than 15 countries across Asia Pacific.

The two companies intend to provide localised support for new and existing mid-market and enterprise customers throughout the region.

IBM and Business Objects will also increase their sales, marketing and technical support in an effort to expand their joint customer base. Currently IBM and Business Objects have more than 1,000 joint customers in Asia Pacific.

Keith Budge, senior vice president & general manager, Asia Pacific Japan, Business Objects, said this alliance is a significant step forward in our relationship with IBM, allowing us to deliver innovative solutions throughout Asia Pacific.

Business opportunities in the region that the two companies are jointly working on in this quarter have increased five times over the previous quarter alone.

"This is one of the world's fastest growing regions to do business in and this alliance will help us work closely with IBM to tap the tremendous opportunity available," he said.

The two companies aim to capture the growing market share in more than 15 countries throughout Asia Pacific, including: Australia, New Zealand, China, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea and Japan.

Together, they will focus on capturing this growing market opportunity by bringing innovative solutions targeted at customers in industries such as manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare and life sciences.

This expanded relationship is also focused on helping customers embrace Information On Demand in an effort to unlock and extract value from information to globalise and integrate their business processes.

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