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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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