6pm, a leading provider of IT services, 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 (BI) 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 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. In an effort to build upon a best-of-breed approach to their BI services, 6pm has chosen to partner with the global leader in BI.

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 BI solutions.

More and more companies are recognising the need to incorporate BI functionality into their operations in order 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 BI, the Business Objects Solutions Provider Partner Programme will boost 6pm’s ability to meet this growing demand.

6pm has adopted a flexible and agile approach to BI 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 BI 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.

“Our partnership with Business Objects firmly establishes our commitment to provide the very best BI solutions, ultimately aimed at improving our customers’ ability to make effective business decisions,” said Elton Barry, Head of BI at 6pm.