Business Objects Names Sheri Anderson Group Vice President and Chief Information Officer; Respected Industry Veteran to Lead Worldwide IT Organization Through Company's Next Phase of Growth

Business Wire, July 13, 2005

SAN JOSE, Calif. & PARIS -- Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ) (Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that it has named Sheri Anderson to the position of group vice president and chief information officer. In this role, Anderson will lead the worldwide IT organization at Business Objects, including the strategic design and deployment of the company's enterprise applications, internal client support, technology infrastructure, and IT governance. Anderson will report to Jim Tolonen, chief financial officer at Business Objects, and serve as a member of the company's executive committee.

Sheri Anderson brings a strong track record of IT leadership and accomplishment to Business Objects, with more than 20 years of experience in both the technology and financial services sectors. Most recently, Anderson served as the CIO for Xilinx (Nasdaq:XLNX), the worldwide leader of programmable logic solutions. At Xilinx, Anderson's accomplishments included the successful worldwide implementation of Oracle 11i for Corporate Services and the completion of a 5 year systems architecture vision and roadmap.

Prior to joining Xilinx in 2001, Anderson held several senior-level positions at Novell (Nasdaq:NOVL), a leading provider of infrastructure software and services. Anderson served as Novell's CIO for 5 years before becoming the general manager of Novell Customer Services, where she was responsible for the company's technical support, education, and consulting businesses.

Anderson's prior experience also includes 10 years with Charles Schwab & Company in a number of senior IT roles focusing on operations, telecommunications, and client server development. Anderson holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Stanford University.

"Sheri brings a wealth of IT leadership skills to Business Objects and we are excited to have her join our executive management team," said Jim Tolonen, CFO of Business Objects. "In her prior experience, Sheri also helped organizations to successfully leverage their own technology products internally and externally to drive improved business results. We look forward to having Sheri play a similar role at Business Objects as we expand the use of our industry-leading business intelligence platform to optimize our business performance. We recognize that our IT organization is a critical factor in our success as a company, and Sheri has the background to run a world-class organization."

"This is a great time to join Business Objects -- the company owns the largest share of the BI market, and with the release of BusinessObjects(TM) XI, has delivered the strongest BI platform in the industry," said Sheri Anderson, group vice president and CIO of Business Objects. "I look forward to applying my expertise and leadership in IT to build on this momentum, and use technology to improve operations and the customer experience."

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500, Business Objects helps organizations gain better insight into their business, improve decision making, and optimize enterprise performance. The company's business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects(TM) XI, offers the BI industry's most advanced and complete platform for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, and data integration. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports(R), the industry standard for enterprise reporting. Business Objects has built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, and also offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects.

Business Objects has dual headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and Paris, France. The company's stock is traded on both the Nasdaq (BOBJ) and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 - BOB) stock exchanges. More information about Business Objects can be found at www.businessobjects.com.

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