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COLUMBIA, Md. | MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Carlson Restaurants Worldwide(R) has selected MICROS's mymicros.net solution for its T.G.I. Friday's(R) restaurant brand. Beginning April 1, 2007, MICROS centrally hosted mymicros.net application was seamlessly installed at all 300 company-owned United States locations within four brief days, making this large-scale installation one of MICROS's most expeditious and successful deployments.

The deployment of mymicros.net has provided T.G.I. Friday's restaurants with a reliable means to monitor its sales volume and manage other key restaurant operations. The solution offers a content-rich Internet portal that includes access to hosted applications for point-of-sale, data warehousing, business intelligence and other business applications and content.

Life Fitness Converts to Oracle(R) Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (Map) - To support its growing business intelligence (BI) initiatives, Life Fitness, a division of Brunswick Corp. (NYSE: BC), has consolidated its BI and data warehousing platforms on Oracle. Life Fitness selected Oracle(R) Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition (EE) to replace its existing BI solution and is upgrading its data warehouse to Oracle Database 10g Release 2. Life Fitness is the global leader in designing and manufacturing a full line of reliable, high-quality fitness equipment for commercial and home use.

Several key factors motivated Life Fitness to reevaluate its BI platform strategy. Specifically, Life Fitness sought to take advantage of Oracle Business Intelligence Suite EE's architectural advantages, information delivery capabilities, and its integration with Oracle Database, Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Fusion Middleware products -- all of which Life Fitness relies upon.

Mobile Conference: Sybase Showcases Leadership And Innovation At Annual TechWave Conference

SYBASE TECHWAVE 2007 CONFERENCE -- Developers, database administrators, IT managers, sales professionals and executives from 40 countries around the world are meeting in Las Vegas this week for the annual Sybase, Inc. TechWave User Training and Solutions Conference. This year Sybase is highlighting the next phase of its Unwired Enterprise strategy -- taking mobility to the last mile by simplifying the development of mobility solutions to reach beyond the enterprise to the consumer, and delivering broader and deeper business intelligence anytime, anywhere.

"I am proud of Sybase's continued technical innovation and focus on ways to help speed and simplify unwiring the enterprise," said John Chen, chairman, CEO and president of Sybase. "TechWave attendees have the opportunity to learn from their peers through real-world examples of businesses that are leveraging Sybase's information mobility and management solutions to create a competitive edge -- today and in the future."

Information Mobility Highlights: Sybase iAnywhere Named Mobile Middleware Leader -- Sybase iAnywhere was recently recognized by IDC as a worldwide leading provider of mobile middleware.

CI Radar Recognized as Most Innovative Service and Business Model by SoftwareCEO/CompTIA Software Innovation Awards for ...

CI Radar, a technology-based competitor and market intelligence company, announced today that it has been named the "Most Innovative Service and Business Model" by the Computing Technology Industry Association with its SoftwareCEO/CompTIA Software Innovation Awards for 2007.

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Business Objects Releases Free Crystal Reports Viewer XI

Vancouver, BC, August 13, 2007--(T-Net)--Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ; Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), a leading provider of business intelligence solutions, today announced the availability of Crystal Reports® Viewer XI, a free standalone .rpt file viewer. Crystal Reports Viewer XI enables users to open, explore, and view Crystal Reports documents, and generate customized views of the data on their desktops without the need for customization from the report designer.

Traditionally, report designers have created and then shared their reports using static document viewing and printing formats. While this allows a large number of people to view the files, it only offers a single view of the data and severely limits the ability of the user to explore the data in the report to find the information relevant to their business question.

Business Objects Launches New Authorized Consulting Partner Program

Vancouver, BC, July 31, 2007--(T-Net)--Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ; Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), a leading provider of business intelligence solutions, today announced the launch of its new Authorized Consulting Partner Program. This program, designed for resellers and solution providers, provides a framework that develops and identifies consulting opportunities for partners to work together with Business Objects Global Services in enterprise accounts.

As Business Objects continues to grow its business, customer demand for consulting services has never been greater. To supplement its own Global Services organization, Business Objects has developed the Authorized Consulting Partner Program to provide a common, globally applied but locally implemented, consulting framework to ensure certain levels of customer satisfaction are met on a consistent basis.

Onvia Increases Second Quarter Revenue 27% Over Prior Year

SEATTLE, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Onvia, (Nachrichten) Inc. , a leading provider of comprehensive government sales intelligence to businesses seeking government procurement opportunities, announced its second quarter financial results today. Revenues for the second quarter of 2007 increased 27% to $5.2 million from $4.1 million in the second quarter of 2006. Onvia's growth is being driven by increases in annual contract value and content licenses.
Year 2006 -- 2007 Quarterly Results (in millions, expect per share data) (unaudited) 2006 2007 Q1 06 Q2 06 Q3 06 Q4 06 Q1 07 Q2 07 Revenues $3.9 $4.1 $4.3 $4.5 $4.9 $5.2 Gross margin 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.2 Net loss (2.1) (1.5) (0.8) (1.1) (1.0) (0.4) Net loss per share $(0.27) $(0.20) $(0.11) $(0.13) $(0.13) $(0.04)

Gross margin for the second quarter improved to 82% from 79% in the prior year.

Business Objects' Senior Advisor to the CSO, Keith Gile, to Present at the 27th Annual Canaccord Adams Global Growth ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ - News; Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, will be presenting at the 27th Annual Canaccord Adams Global Growth Conference in Boston, MA, on Thursday, August 9, 2007. The company's presentation is scheduled for 6:00 a.m. PDT, 3:00 p.m. CET.

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