Business Objects Selected by Sabre for Business Intelligence Standard; Travel Industry Leader Standardizes On Business Objects for Intranet and Extranet

Business Wire, July 30, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 2001

Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that Sabre, the leading provider of technology, distribution, and marketing services for the travel industry, has selected Business Objects for its BI standard. Initially, more than 2,000 Sabre employees, ranging from analysts to executives spanning more than 10 departments, will use Business Objects as the internal reporting standard. Within the year, Sabre will extend the system to its customers by giving travel agency, airline, hotel, car rental, and other clients access via Sabre's extranet.

Sabre purchased a combination of WebIntelligence(R), the integrated query, reporting, and analysis solution for the internet from Business Objects, and BusinessObjects(TM), the company's full-client BI solution.

"Sabre is a great example of a visionary and successful company which uses the Internet to invent faster and easier ways of doing business," said Alex Moissis, vice president of marketing for North America, Business Objects. "Business Objects will enable Sabre to further empower its employees across the company with the delivery of rich business information from finance, operations, and sales with appropriate security, scalability, and ease of use."

Beginning with its development of electronic commerce for the travel industry more than 30 years ago, Sabre has continuously delivered innovative solutions that define and revolutionize the IT travel marketplace. Sabre is also a leader in B2C travel e-commerce through Travelocity, in which Sabre retains a 70 percent ownership, and in the B2B market through GetThere. Business Objects, another industry leader, will now provide Sabre users access to the massive amounts of important reservation, sales, customer, and service information, when and where they need it.

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions. Business intelligence lets organizations access, analyze, and share information internally with employees and externally with customers, suppliers, and partners. It helps organizations improve operational efficiency, build profitable customer relationships, and develop differentiated product offerings.

The company's products include BusinessObjects 2000, the industry's leading integrated business intelligence toolset and platform; and BusinessObjects Analytics, an integrated suite of enterprise analytic applications.

Business Objects pioneered the modern BI industry in 1990 by inventing a patented "semantic layer" that insulates users from the complexity of databases. In 1995, the company was first to focus on enterprise-scale BI deployments and today supports customers with more than 20,000 users. The company moved aggressively to the internet in 1997 by pioneering the market for BI extranets, a market that it continues to lead today. In 2000, the company delivered the industry's first interactive mobile BI solution. Today, Business Objects continues to innovate, creating and delivering a unique vision for enterprise analytic applications.

Business Objects has more than 13,500 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (Sicovam code 12074). It is 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.

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