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To: Jenna who wrote (70564)	11/10/1999 8:32:00 AM
From: janie	Respond to of 120523

BOBJ, Wow--premarket I'm seeing bids between 98-102. News??? Haven't found any yet.. Janie EDIT--Here's some news-- SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1999-- Business Objects Provides Fast, Efficient Reporting Mechanism to Motorola Satellite Support and Manufacturing Groups Users of Motorola Satellite Series(TM) phones and pagers have the ability to communicate in some of the most remote areas on the planet, due in part to a constellation of low-Earth orbiting satellites. Using WebIntelligence(TM), the integrated query, reporting, and online analytical processing (OLAP) tool for the internet from Business Objects, Motorola can track and maintain manufacturing of the satellite parts, which are part of the Iridium(R) global communications system. The Satellite Communications Group uses Business Objects, the world's leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools, to track the exact whereabouts of satellite parts -- which can number 100,000 or more per satellite -- in the manufacturing process. Motorola manufacturing engineers rely on the ad hoc reporting capabilities of WebIntelligence and BusinessObjects(TM), the company's full client decision support toOl, to understand a satellite's configuration to ensure high maintenance and quality standards. "Business Objects has played an important role in improving our management decisions concerning the manufacturing of satellites," said Scot Grant, manager, Manufacturing Systems, Information Technology Solutions and Services for Motorola. "We're dependent on the ability to generate real-time quality, work-in-process, and as-built configuration reports for each manufactured satellite. The quality of service Motorola provides its satellite communications customers depends on satellites that work, and Business Objects provides both our manufacturing and engineering management with easy access to information to ensure this is the case." Based on the information contained in the reports, Motorola's management can quickly make key business decisions and initiate corrective action. Using these reporting tools, engineers simply query the manufacturing databases to look for specific manufacturing data, such as which satellites contain a specific part number received from a given vendor. "WebIntelligence and BusinessObjects provide powerful tools for our engineers that allows them to spot trends and identify problems before they take place," said David Busfield, Systems Analyst for Motorola's Manufacturing Systems. "Data that used to take five days to derive from multiple sources can now be retrieved very quickly, which represents enormous cost savings in labor and productivity to our organization." "Motorola has created a system using WebIntelligence and BusinessObjects that provides for fast, efficient communications between front-line engineers and their management chain so that satellite production and maintenance will always run smoothly," said Alex Moissis, vice president of Americas marketing at Business Objects. "Our strategic partnership with Motorola is a great example of how Business Objects can play an integral role in the success of our customers."