Business Objects Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in Data Quality Report

SAN JOSE, Calif. and PARIS - April 25, 2006 - 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 in the Leaders quadrant in the Gartner Data Quality Tools Magic Quadrant, published this week. According to Gartner, “leaders” are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.¹

With its acquisition of Firstlogic, Inc. in April 2006, Business Objects now provides best-of-breed data quality solutions as part of its long-term strategy to offer customers a trusted foundation for enterprise information management (EIM). Business Objects data quality solutions include a full breadth of capabilities including data assessment and measurement, data cleansing, data enrichment, matching and consolidation, and continuous monitoring.

"Data quality is critical to helping companies resolve a myriad of challenges, from ensuring regulatory compliance, to managing expanding numbers of data sources, to linking data to business performance," said Donald MacCormick, vice president of product marketing at Business Objects. "Without trusted information, organizations face a major roadblock to the success of business intelligence and performance management initiatives. Data quality is a key pillar of our overall EIM strategy, which is designed to help prevent the spread of poor data throughout their enterprise and BI infrastructure, and at the same time, ensure that users can trust the information on which they base their business decisions."

Business Objects plans to unveil its EIM strategy in a global launch event broadcast from the Business Objects Insight Europe customer conference in Cannes, France on May 3, 2006. During this event, Business Objects will present via webcast its vision for EIM and a full set of products and services that will enable customers to develop an EIM strategy that meets their unique needs. To register for this webcast, go to www.businessobjects.com/webcast/eim.

About the Gartner Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted April 21, 2006 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.

^{1 April 21, 2006: Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools, 2006 by Ted Friedman, Andreas Bitterer}

About Business Objects, an SAP company

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 46,000 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.

Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects and Crystal Reports 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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