Business and technology leaders around the world now have the opportunity to experience what hundreds of Business Objects customers who tested the ground-breaking new platform already know -- that significant innovations in BusinessObjects XI Release 2 give users a way to access information and share knowledge as they have never done before.

Business Objects had more than 100 customers and partners in the worldwide beta program. Customer and partner feedback played a significant role in the development of BusinessObjects XI Release 2. Feedback from the beta program participants has been overwhelmingly positive, and shows that BusinessObjects XI Release 2 provides substantial improvements and innovations across the platform. These innovations include BusinessObjects Intelligent Question, which allows non-traditional BI users to get  fast, accurate answers to their business questions.

BusinessObjects XI Release 2 has been tested and evaluated by top performing companies including Air France/KLM, The Allstate Corporation, AstraZeneca, America Online, Inc., BellSouth, Caterpillar Inc., Cingular Wireless, The Clarks Companies, Coors Brewing Company, Cox Communications, Fannie Mae, FedEx Kinkos, France Telecom, Ford Motor Company, L'Oreal, Nestle, Penske Logistics, Renault, Standard Bank of South Africa, SYSCO Corporation, T. Rowe Price, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., University of Queensland, and Volvo Group. Following are some comments from customers who have tested BusinessObjects XI Release 2.