Business Objects and Salesforce.com to Take World's Leading Business Intelligence Solution On-Demand on the AppExchange

Industry Leader for Business Intelligence Demonstrates Commitment to On-Demand Solutions - Crystal Reports XI for AppExchange Will Make BI Reports Easy to Create, Share and Manage On-Demand

SAN FRANCISCO, January 17, 2006 - Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ; Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence solutions, and salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM - News), the technology and market leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM), today announced they will make Crystal Reports® XI available for the salesforce.com AppExchange. This partnership will enable salesforce.com customers and subscribers to integrate and deploy the world standard for enterprise reporting directly in their Salesforce implementations

With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, Business Objects helps organizations gain better insight into their businesses, improve decision making, and optimize enterprise performance. Crystal Reports XI for AppExchange will allow salesforce.com's on-demand community of 18,700 customers and 351,0000 subscribers to access data from salesforce.com and combine it with other data source to build customized reports.

"We are the market leader in business intelligence and one of the first to offer an on-demand BI solution. Delivering Crystal Reports XI on AppExchange is an extension of Business Objects' customer focused strategy to deliver BI in whatever format customers wish to use," said John Schwarz, CEO, Business Objects. "We have made it a top priority to provide our customers a business intelligence solution precisely how they want it - regardless of platform, operating system, or deployment model. By making Crystal Reports XI available to the salesforce.com community, we are giving subscribers at organizations of any size the ability to turn ordinary data into feature-rich, flexible reports that deliver the information they need."

"Business Objects is the world leader in business intelligence solutions and their support for the on-demand model demonstrates the incredible momentum of the AppExchange for on-demand applications," said Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO, salesforce.com. "By delivering Crystal Reports XI on-demand via the AppExchange, Business Objects is democratizing business intelligence, making powerful and easy-to-use reporting accessible to users everywhere."

Crystal Reports XI for AppExchange will join more than 150 application listings created by salesforce.com, its customers, and partners that are now available on the salesforce.com AppExchange. AppExchange provides unprecedented ease of customization and integration for Salesforce deployments, and enables a whole new generation of on-demand applications that go way beyond CRM. Launched today, AppExchange enables all of these on-demand applications to be easily shared, exchanged, and installed with one click into any salesforce.com account. AppExchange can be found at http://www.appexchange.com.

Availability
Customers may begin their deployment planning with salesforce.com and Business Objects immediately. General availability is expected in Q2 2006.

About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM). The company's Salesforce suite of on-demand applications enables customers to manage and share all of their sales, support, marketing and partner information on-demand. AppExchange, salesforce.com's on-demand platform, allows customers and partners to build powerful new applications quickly and easily, customize and integrate the Salesforce suite to meet their unique business needs, and distribute and sell on-demand apps at www.appexchange.com . Customers can also take advantage of Successforce, salesforce.com's world-class training, support, consulting and best practices offerings.

As of October 31, 2005, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 18,700 customers and approximately 351,000 paying subscribers including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), America Online (AOL), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Avis/Budget Rent A Car (Cendant Rental Car Group), Dow Jones Newswires, Nokia, Polycom and SunTrust. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CRM". For more information please visit , or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.

However, these statements are not guarantees of the date of availability, which may be delayed or cancelled, or of the availability of features mentioned, which may be changed or removed prior to release. Statements such as "expected," "planned," or "anticipated" denote forward-looking statements, and the word "launch" refers to pre-release marketing activities and does not denote general availability. Forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. The company does not undertake any obligation to update or publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or changes in expectations after the date of this press release.

Safe Harbor for Forward Looking Statements
Certain sections of this press release contain forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions regarding Business Objects' product release date. However, these statements are not guarantees of the date of availability, which may be delayed or cancelled. Statements such as "expected" denote forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. More information about potential factors that could affect Business Objects' business is included in Business Objects' Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 and Business Objects' Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, each of which are on file with the SEC and available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Business Objects is not obligated to undertake any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.

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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Salesforce.com is a registered trademark of, and AppExchange and Successforce are trademarks of, salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, California. The Business Objects logo and Crystal Reports are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects in the United States and/or other countries. Other names used may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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