Business Objects Named To Business 2.0's 100 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies List

SAN JOSE, Calif. and PARIS - May 31, 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 has been named to the Business 2.0 100 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies list. The ranking, which appears in the June 2006 issue of Business 2.0, is based on growth in revenue, profit, and operating cash flow during the past three years, and the twelve-month stock return as of December 31, 2005.

"Business Objects' inclusion in the Business 2.0 100 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies list is an important reflection of our sustained success over the past three years," said John Schwarz, CEO of Business Objects. "This achievement is based on several factors - our constant innovation, our relentless focus on customer success, and our ability to deliver solutions that help our customers innovate and solve business problems that improve their bottom line. There is no limit to how our software can be applied to change a business or an industry, and our customers prove this again and again every day."

A great example of how business intelligence leads to business innovation is Emergency Medical Associates (EMA), a physician-owned, privately held medical group that manages 17 hospital emergency rooms in the New Jersey and New York metropolitan areas. EMA uses customized dashboards from Business Objects to scour for unusual spikes in various medical symptoms reported in the emergency rooms, providing the first fully functional, widespread biosurveillance system in the United States. For example, every winter EMA uses Business Objects to track for spikes in flu symptoms in order to alert other hospitals to the potential of a widespread flu epidemic.

BusinessObjects™ XI is much more than a software solution," said Jonathan Rothman, director of data management at Emergency Medical Associates. "It is a change agent for us - we can create dashboards to literally track anything our medical teams want to analyze and improve. This gives us real insights that allow us to make changes that constantly improve the quality and cost effectiveness of our care. Every day our physicians and emergency room directors are coming up with innovative ways to apply the software."

BusinessObjectsXI Release 2, the latest version of the Business Objects business intelligence platform, exemplifies the company's focus on innovation, by introducing creative new products like BusinessObjects Intelligent Question. A breakthrough product that allows anyone to intuitively ask business questions and receive correct answers, Intelligent Question extends business intelligence to an entirely new audience of non-technical users. This is another milestone in providing customers with a foundation to innovate their businesses by unlocking information and delivering it widely to employees, partners, suppliers, and customers.

To read more about the Business 2.0 100 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies list, please visit http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/b2fastestgrowing

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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