Business Objects Introduces the Definitive Guide for Evaluating Business Intelligence Solutions; Industry Leader Empowers Customers with Customized Resources to Ensure Successful Business Intelligence Deployments

Business Wire, May 31, 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 introduced a new BI evaluation guide to help organizations around the world make well-informed decisions when evaluating their BI requirements. Evaluating BI: The Definitive Guide is an informative and interactive resource designed to educate organizations on the value of BI and provide the decision-making criteria required to evaluate BI solutions and investigate BI vendor sustainability.

Evaluating BI: The Definitive Guide allows BI decisions makers to gauge their organizational requirements and provides a complete, customized set of resources, including:

--Detailed Checklist of functional, architectural, and vendor criteria for evaluating a BI standard

--White Paper Library including a white paper titled "Choosing a Business Intelligence Standard"

--The BI Index to compare the BI quotient of an organization with industry peers

--Five Step Process to User Adoption to maximize user adoption and unlock the full value of BI applications

--Case Studies profiling customer success stories in various industries

Evaluating BI: The Definitive Guide is available today and can be accessed on the Business Objects web site at www.businessobjects.com/solutions/evaluate/default.asp.> "Just as each organization is unique, each BI deployment is unique as well," said Rene Bonvanie, chief marketing officer at Business Objects. "An organization has already made the right choice when it considers implementing a BI solution to improve operational efficiency. We are providing the measuring stick to ensure they ask the right questions to make the best BI standardization decisions possible. As the BI industry leader, we are working on behalf of customers to set an industry standard that all vendors should strive for. This is another example of this dedication and will prove to be a vital step in every BI purchasing decision."

Evaluating BI: The Definitive Guide is a strategic asset for every organization implementing a BI solution, whether they are deploying their first BI solution, determining a BI standard, or reevaluating their current BI requirements.

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 also built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, and the company 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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