Business Objects VP to Speak on Successful Enterprise Performance Management at CFO Conference

Business Wire, Feb 12, 2007

Beth Beld, Vice President of EPM Strategy, to Discuss the Changing Role of CFOs and How EPM Helps Them Drive Performance and Profitability Gains

SAN FRANCISCO -- Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ) (Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced Beth Beld, the company's vice president of EPM strategy, is a featured workshop speaker at CFO Magazine's Corporate Performance Management Conference in San Francisco. The session will take place today, at 3:40 p.m. Pacific Time, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco. Beld will address the changing role of today's CFO from one of pure financial oversight to strategic business advisor, and provide a roadmap for addressing changes through best practices.

"Today's CFOs are leading the charge in driving the introduction and expansion of performance management improvements across the enterprise - from boardroom to the whiteboard to the desktop with cohesive planning and a clear path," said Beld. "This can be difficult as the role of the CFO continues to evolve even as they are called upon to provide organizational and fiscal direction. Finance is more than just compliance and reporting - today it is charged with transforming the business or organization through performance and profitability gains."

Business Objects works with CFOs to identify the key financial and operational drivers that most impact the organization and its overall profitability by tying together corporate strategy and long term forecasts with budgets, goals, and metrics to ensure the entire organization is aligned for success. For additional information on Business Objects solutions for performance management, please visit www.businessobjects.com/epm.> CFO Magazine's Corporate Performance Management Conference is the premier forum for senior finance executives to exchange ideas on creative, innovative, and proven solutions for managing in a time of unprecedented change. Business Objects is an associate sponsor of the event, as well as the entire series of CFO Conferences in 2007. For the more information about the CFO Magazine Corporate Performance Management Conference, please visit: http://www.cfoenterprises.com/cpmsf2007/index.shtml.> About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company, with more than 42,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500. Business Objects helps organizations of all sizes create a trusted foundation for decision making, gain better insight into their business, and optimize performance. The company's innovative business intelligence suite, BusinessObjects[TM] XI, offers the BI industry's most advanced and complete solution for performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and enterprise information management. BusinessObjects XI includes the award-winning Crystal line of reporting and data visualization software. Business Objects has also built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, and 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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