Business Objects Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in Corporate Performance Management Suites Report

Business Wire, Dec 20, 2007

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 is positioned in the Leaders quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for CPM Suites 20071, published on December 19, 2007.

Targeted at the CFO and finance team, senior executives, and corporate-level decision makers, Corporate Performance Management (CPM) is defined by Gartner as "the processes used to manage corporate performance, such as strategy formulation, budgeting, and forecasting; the methodologies that drive some processes, including the balanced scorecard or value-based management; and the metrics used to measure performance against strategic and operational performance goals."

According to Gartner, 'leaders' are vendors who "deliver breadth and depth of CPM suite functionality, as well as provide enterprise-wide implementations to support a broad CPM strategy. Leaders successfully articulate a business proposition that resonates with buyers, and are supported by the viability and operational capability to deliver on a global basis."

"Enterprise performance management is critical to making informed decisions and managing the business - from forecasts to profitability and cost analysis through to the financial close," said Mark Doll, senior vice president and general manager, global services and performance management at Business Objects. "In 2007, we committed to providing our expanding customer base with the industry's most advanced and innovative suite of integrated performance management solutions and have now successfully done that with BusinessObjects[TM] EPM XI. We're delighted about our Leaders quadrant position, and believe this reflects our visionary strategy and both the breadth of EPM coverage and depth of our individual products."

BusinessObjects EPM XI is the world's most comprehensive and powerful enterprise performance management solution, delivering industry leading financial consolidation, reporting, compliance, profitability, planning and analysis capabilities. BusinessObjects EPM XI provides a complete solution allowing managers to better control their businesses while optimizing performance. Leveraging Business Objects' BI platform, BusinessObjects EPM XI links all finance, compliance, and performance management processes and data in a single solution, reducing overall management cycle times, the costs associated with compliance, and driving greater accuracy into the financial reporting and planning process.

For additional information on Business Objects enterprise performance management solutions, please visit http://www.businessobjects.com/products/performancemanagement

About the Gartner Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Business Objects

Business Objects has been a pioneer in business intelligence (BI) since the dawn of the category. Today, as the world's leading BI software company, Business Objects transforms the way the world works through intelligent information. The company helps illuminate understanding and decision-making at more than 45,000 organizations around the globe. Through a combination of innovative technology, global consulting and education services, and the industry's strongest and most diverse partner network, Business Objects enables companies of all sizes to make transformative business decisions based on intelligent, accurate, and timely information.

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.

The Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Crystal Decisions, and Xcelsius are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects in the United States and/or other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

1 Dec 19, 2007: Magic Quadrant for CPM Suites, 2007 by Nigel Rayner, Neil Chandler, John E. Van Decker