Business Objects and Dunn Systems, Inc. Form Strategic Partnership; Dunn Systems, Inc. and Business Objects Team Up to Deliver Advanced Decision Support Solutions to Corporations Nationwide

Business Wire, May 1, 1996

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 1996--Dunn Systems, Inc., a leading Midwest systems integration and software development firm, today announced reaching an agreement to continue its strong relationship as a leading Business Objects Partner.

This agreement leverages the sales, marketing and technical capabilities of both firms by combining their respective strengths in systems integration and advanced decision support.

"We are excited about the capabilities of BUSINESSOBJECTS 4.0," said Bill Dunn, president of Dunn Systems. "Business Objects has been a great tool for us because of its ability to give decision makers a method to easily view and manipulate data in a way that turns it into powerful information. That's very important to our clients."

BUSINESSOBJECTS 4.0 features a new 32-bit architecture, the industry's most powerful reporting, and a new dynamic microcube engine that automatically generates both complex SQL queries and local dynamic hypercubes, without IS intervention. BUSINESSOBJECTS 4.0 is a product that is at the same time powerful and easy-to-use for a broad spectrum of different users.

"Dunn Systems had been a leader in using Business Objects technology to help organizations enhance their information analysis capability," said Bernard Liataud, president and CEO of Business Objects, "We view Dunn Systems as a strategic partner who will continue to add value to the Business Objects solution."

Dunn Systems, Inc. provides a complete set of consulting and training services surrounding the Business Objects solution. These services include:

-- Data Warehouse Planning, Design and Implementation

-- Business Objects Universe Planning, Design and Implementation -- Business Objects Manager and End User Training Courses

-- Business Objects Manager and End User Mentoring

About Business Ojects

Business Objects (NASDAQ:BOBJY) is a leading provider of enterprise decision support tools that deliver access to data stored in corporate databases, data warehouses and packaged applications.

The company pioneered the market for business-intelligent decision support tools in 1990 with the introduction of its flagship product, BUSINESSOBJECTS, the first decision support tool to use a "semantic layer" to map complex database schemas to a business representation understandable by mainstream business users.

Business Objects generated over $60M in revenue in 1995, concluding its fifth consecutive year of more than 100% revenue growth. BUSINESSOBJECTS has been licensed in more than 50 countries to over 2,900 customer sites and 160,000 users worldwide.

More information on Business Objects can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.businessobjects.com.

About Dunn Systems, Inc.

Dunn Systems, Inc. is a leading client/server systems integration and software development company that has been providng services since 1988. The company has released several developer and business software products. Headquartered in the Chicago area, Dunn Systems, Inc. also has an office in Raleigh, N.C. with a third office to be opened in Dallas this quarter. Corporate offices can be reached through 800/486-DUNN. More information about Dunn Systems, Inc. can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.dunnysys.com. -0-

Note to Editors: BusinessObjects is a trademark of Business Objects S.A. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

CONTACT: Business Objects

Miriam Standish, 408/973-9300

or

Dunn Systems, Inc.

Dave Peich, 847/673-0900