Business Objects is Number One Business Intelligence Vendor According to Readers of DM Review

Business Wire, Sept 28, 2000

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2000

Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ), the world's leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions, today announced that it has won a DM Review 2000 Readership Award as the number-one ranked company in the "Business Intelligence Products" category. The award winners are determined by DM Review readers who rank vendors in eight market categories and more than 453 product lines. DM Review has a circulation of more than 75,000 readers, including corporate executives, IT managers, consultants, and integrators in major corporations. Business Objects and this year's other winners, including Dell, IBM, and Microsoft, will be honored at a DM Review awards ceremony on October 3rd in San Francisco.

"On behalf of everyone at DM Review, I would like to congratulate Business Objects, clearly a leader in the business intelligence industry," said Jean Schauer, editor in chief of DM Review. "Selection by our readers confirms that Business Objects not only successfully addresses the technological challenges of business intelligence, but also demonstrates a strong commitment to customer satisfaction."

"We are extremely pleased to be selected as the top ranked business intelligence vendor by a very important audience -- the readers of DM Review," said Bernard Liautaud, president and CEO of Business Objects. "It is great to see yet another example of how the marketplace is attracted to our vision for e-business intelligence as a critical component to e-business strategy, and it is a testament to our dedication to our customers."

About DM Review's Readership Awards

Market Perspectives Inc., a Massachusetts-based research firm, conducted an annual independent survey of DM Review readers from April through July of 2000. Readers were invited in the April, May, and June issues of DM Review to participate in the survey which was conducted via the web. Based on excellence, quality, and overall value to the enterprise, DM Review readers identified the winning companies. The survey asked readers to rank vendors in 8 market categories, with a possible list of 453 products.

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About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions. The company coined the term e-business intelligence in 1998 to describe the intersection of business intelligence and the internet. Using e-business intelligence, organizations can access, analyze, and share information in intranet, extranet, and e-business environments. In intranets, the company's products provide employees with information to make better business decisions, and are used in environments ranging from workgroups of 20 users to enterprise deployments exceeding 20,000. In the extranet environment, the company is pioneering the use of e-BI in applications that allow organizations to build stronger relationships by linking customers, partners, and suppliers via the internet. In addition, the company's products can improve the performance of an e-business by providing reporting and analysis against the ever-expanding amount of transaction and profile data that is collected each day throughout the world wide web.

Founded in 1990, Business Objects pioneered the modern business intelligence industry by inventing and patenting a "semantic layer" that insulates users from the technical complexity of database systems. Today, the company has sold more than 2,268,000 licenses to over 10,900 organizations in more than 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and PARIS BOURSE: code SICOVAM 12074, and included in the SBF 120 and IT CAC 50 French stock market indexes. Business Objects can be reached at 408/953-6000 and www.businessobjects.com.