6pm obtains Business Objects Gold Partner status

Leading IT services provider 6pm has become a Business Objects Gold Partner. As a new channel partner, 6pm will significantly enhance its value proposition to customers by offering business intelligence software solutions from Business Objects. The partnership was off to a flying start with 6pm winning their first Business Object sale to one of the UK's local healthcare trusts in the first couple of weeks.

6pm's specialist Business Objects consulting division has over six years' experience working with databases ranging from gigabytes to terabytes of data for clients in finance, healthcare and central government, among others.

Business Objects has established a robust partner programme that is committed to building and nurturing win-win relationships with channel partners and their end customers. 6pm will leverage this deep experience when crafting and delivering tailored business intelligence solutions.

More and more companies are recognising the need to incorporate business intelligence functionality into their operations to analyse key business trends and make business decisions based on trustworthy, accurate data. With the small to medium-sized business' budding interest in reaping the benefits of business intelligence, the Business Objects Solutions Provider Partner Programme will boost 6pm's ability to meet this growing demand.

6pm have adopted a flexible and agile approach to business intelligence based on best practices that drastically reduce the overall risk of a project. However, it is the company's ability to leverage their report prototyping tool - Quick BI - that truly makes their business intelligence proposition unique. Quick BI allows 6pm to actively involve the business users and guarantees that they will deliver a BI solution which meets the actual needs of its end users, quicker and more cost effectively.

6pm UK and 6pm Malta ( www.6pmmalta.com ) are wholly owned subsidiaries of 6pm Holdings plc; 6pm was established in 1996. It employs over 100 technology consultants and have offered IT services to reputable clients such as Capgemini, Sungard Vivista, UK local government, Fujitsu, Checkfree, Conchango and BT.

Business Objects is a world leading business intelligence software company, with more than 35,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 per cent of the Fortune 500.