Ignite Your Performance at Business Objects Insight Americas 07

Business Wire, Sept 6, 2007

Thousands of Customers, Partners, and Industry Luminaries to Gather at Insight Americas User Conference

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 its 13th annual user conference, Business Objects Insight Americas 07, will take place October 15-18, 2007 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

Business Objects Insight Americas 07 is one of the largest gatherings of Business Objects users and business intelligence experts in the Americas. Thousands of IT and business professionals gather to learn innovative ways to transform the way their organization works through intelligent information. This year's conference will feature more than 200 break-out sessions led by customers, partners, industry analysts, and experts from Business Objects.

Attendees of the Business Objects Insight Americas 07 user conference will:

* Hear from Business Objects top executives including CEO, John Schwarz, on transforming their business for performance excellence with exciting new unstructured data and Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions, and chairman and chief strategy officer, Bernard Liautaud, on product innovation and the next chapter for the future of business intelligence

* Enjoy a special keynote session from Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, and internationally renowned authority on the strategic value and impact of information technology

* Discover firsthand from customers on how they have applied Business Objects solutions to improve performance and gain competitive advantage

* Learn from focused programs designed for the Communications, Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector, and Retail industries

* Meet with the Business Objects product development team and customer service engineers in special Technical Campgrounds

Illumination Zone

Attendees will learn about solutions and services designed to help them better leverage their BI deployments in the new Illumination Zone. Users will get an in-depth, hands on look at the newest releases from Business Objects: software with interactive product test drives; drill and interact with charts, reports and analytics on BI Mobile; and learn how Business Objects Labs is leveraging emerging technologies to deliver innovations that continue to simplify and extend the value of BI to more people.

Partner Showcase

Business Objects Insight Americas 07 offers attendees an opportunity to learn about recent innovations and complementary solutions from more than 25 Business Objects partners. Highlighted partners participating in the Partner Showcase include conference Global sponsors IBM, NOAD, and Ingres; Gold sponsors APOS Systems, Appfluent Technology, Netezza, and Teradata; and Silver sponsors agileDSS, Antivia, DataMirror, Deloitte, InfoSol, Kalido, MResult, Noetix, and SilverTrain.

Developer Conference at Insight Americas 2007

The Developer Conference at Business Objects Insight Americas 07, October 15-16, is dedicated to solution developers who use Business Objects products and primarily focus on report design and application integration. This year's two-day conference will consist of content-rich breakout presentations given by Business Objects product experts and valued customers and partners. The Developer Conference at Insight is complimentary with purchase of Insight Full Conference Pass.

Media Event

Business Objects will host a special media event at Business Objects Insight Americas 07 to provide reporters with an update on Business Objects' vision and strategic direction. The media event will offer an opportunity to hear the latest company news, interview Business Objects executives, and interact with Business Objects customers, partners, and product experts. Journalists interested in attending the conference press event should contact Dorit Shackleton at dorit.shackleton@businessobjects.com for complete details and registration information.

Conference Registration

To register for the Business Objects Insight Americas 07 user conference and find out more about this year's speakers, view breakout session samples, and see what else the conference agenda has to offer, please visit www.businessobjects.com/userconference. Special discounted conference rates are available through September 10, 2007.

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 44,000 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.