Business Objects Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in Data Quality Tools Report

Business Wire, July 9, 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 cited in the Leaders quadrant in the Gartner Data Quality Tools Magic Quadrant1, published on June 29, 2007.

According to Gartner, 'leaders' are vendors in the market who demonstrate strength across a complete range of data quality functionality, including profiling, parsing, standardization, matching, validation and enrichment. They exhibit a clear understanding and vision for where the market is headed, including recognition of non-customer data quality issues and the delivery of enterprise-level data quality implementations. Leaders have an established market presence, significant size and a multinational presence (directly or as a result of a parent company).

With its acquisition of Firstlogic Inc. and recent product release of BusinessObjects[TM] Data Quality XI Version 11.6, Business Objects now provides best-of-breed data quality solutions as part of its long-term strategy to offer customers a trusted foundation of solutions to enable enterprise information management (EIM). Business Objects data quality and data management solutions include a full spectrum of capabilities including data assessment and measurement, data cleansing, data enrichment, matching and consolidation, continuous monitoring and new addressing standardization and parsing options.

"Enterprise information management is a critical success factor for companies looking to create a single foundation of trusted business information," said Pascal Clement, vice president of EIM at Business Objects. "We are committed to delivering the industry's best data integration, data quality, and metadata management solutions as part of our complete portfolio of business intelligence offerings. We're pleased about our Leaders Quadrant position, and look forward to continuing to serve our customers with excellence."

For additional information on Business Objects data management solutions, please visit http://www.businessobjects.com/EIM.> 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 43,000 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 June 29, 2007: Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools, 2007 by Ted Friedman, Andreas Bitterer