NOAD Announces Support for Business Objects EIM Initiative

Market Wire, July, 2006

NOAD, a leading provider of high-performance, enterprise quality assurance software for business intelligence (BI) applications, today announced support for the new enterprise information management (EIM) initiative from Business Objects. NOAD's EQM product suite complements the industry-leading data integration, data quality, and metadata management capabilities of Business Objects EIM solutions by effectively monitoring, maintaining and managing the accuracy and integrity of the strategic BusinessObjects XI Release 2 platform for Business Objects users.

NOAD EQM solutions quickly and flexibly integrate and improve information to provide a trusted foundation for business decisions. EQM, in combination with NOAD's proprietary SPECS methodology, solves inconsistencies between BI applications and supports technical, operational and business objectives. With its new release EQM4, NOAD has developed a solid platform for BI Quality Assurance to support BI Competency Centers (BICC) by linking resources, systems and processes together. NOAD's Software Supported Migration Methodology enables manageable BI platform migrations to BusinessObjects XI Release 2, because of the insight given by EQM4 in the usage of BI deployment, the controlled workflow, documented and monitored process.

"NOAD's EQM solutions help organizations extend the industry-leading capabilities of the Business Objects BI platform," said Philip On, group product marketing manager at Business Objects. "The tight integration of NOAD technologies with Business Objects products enables customers to maximize BI infrastructure quality and to quickly see value from the combined solution."

"EQM is an excellent complement to the powerful enterprise information management capabilities of Business Objects," said André Grift, chief executive officer and president of NOAD. "Using enterprise quality assurance software from NOAD as part of a comprehensive EIM framework gives BI customers the ability to securely develop and deploy versioned universes and reports, while deeply monitoring the entire Business Objects infrastructure."

About NOAD

NOAD's EQM product suite and SPECS methodology has become the worldwide benchmark for Quality Assurance by optimizing both tactical and strategic investments in BI applications, tools, methods and practices. EQM software effectively monitors, maintains and manages the accuracy and integrity of the strategic enterprise BI platform. In combination with NOAD's proprietary SPECS methodology, NOAD solves inconsistencies between BI applications and supports technical, operational and business objectives. EQM is used by the World's leading businesses and government agencies to deploy, secure, migrate, improve and ensure standardized adoption of BI solutions.

Founded in 2000, NOAD software actively improves BI delivery on an enterprise scale for more than 180 customers in over 18 countries. NOAD solutions have been implemented across all industry sectors including automotive, banking and insurance, energy and natural resources, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals. NOAD solutions are sold directly from its dual headquarters in New York, NY and the Netherlands, and are also available from more than 30 worldwide partners and resellers -- supported by an experienced and certified field force of over 100 professionals. More information about NOAD can be found at www.noadbi.com

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company, with more than 35,000 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 (NASDAQ: BOBJ) and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 - BOB) stock exchanges. More information about Business Objects can be found at www.businessobjects.com .

NOTE: The Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Intelligent Question, 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.

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