By partnering with Business Objects – the business intelligence (BI) market leader, your business will gain access to an established brand and award-winning products, including Crystal Reports and BusinessObjects XI.
Today's exciting BI market is ripe with opportunities to hit your strategic business targets and the revenue opportunity for partners is tremendous! According to a recent Gartner survey of 1,400 CIOs, business intelligence was ranked the top technology priority in 2006, surpassing security. The BI and analytics market is currently valued at $8.5 Billion and is expected to grow to $13 Billion over the next five years (IDC, 2005).
Through the numerous benefits offered through our partner program we will help your company to:
Sales Support
Marketing Support
Partner Training
Partner Communications
Partner Locator
Global Alliances
Global alliance partners are leaders in technical, marketing, sales and/or services and are the standard in their market.
OEM
The OEM partner program is for independent software vendors (ISV's) who integrate BI software technologies from Business Objects with their own product offering for commercial resale. These partners may add on, bundle, host, or embed our software.
Solution Providers
The solution provider partner program is for partners who offer customized solutions - essentially a combination of domain, vertical, or application expertise that includes Business Objects technology.
Complementary Technology Partners
The Business Objects complementary technology partner program facilitates the integration of partner technology with Business Objects products. This provides additional value to our customers through enhanced functionality and/or ease of deployment.
Volume Resellers
The volume reseller and distributor partner program is for partners that resell all or part of the Business Objects product suite and derive their primary revenue from license sales.
Authorized Education
Business Objects authorized education partners are the ONLY authorized source of Business Objects official training, and the best at delivering education services that help ensure your employees are optimally trained and your organization receives maximum returns from your Business Objects technology investment.
Authorized Consulting
These partners have the resources and business services infrastructure to support all or part of the Business Objects product suite.