Crystal Reports XI and Crystal Reports Server XI Win 2006 Readers' Choice Awards from Visual Studio Magazine

Readers Select Business Objects Reporting Solutions as Best Microsoft .NET Products for the Eleventh Year in a Row

SAN JOSE, Calif. and PARIS - June 27, 2006 - Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ; Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that Visual Studio Magazine has awarded top honors to Crystal Reports® XI and Crystal Reports® Server XI. Selected by the readers of Visual Studio Magazine, the highly coveted Readers' Choice Awards honor the best Microsoft .NET products of 2006 in 22 development categories. The awards were announced at the TechEd 2006 Conference, held in Boston, June 11 - 16.

For the eleventh year in a row, Crystal Reports XI won for Best Data Editing, Reporting and Analysis Tools, and Crystal Reports Server XI won for Best Middleware and Server-Based Tools. The Readers' Choice Awards are significant because the winners are chosen by the developers who use the products everyday to create compelling and innovative business intelligence applications.

"Our readers have once again recognized Crystal Reports and Crystal Reports Server as the best solutions in their respective categories," said Patrick Meader, editor-in-chief of Visual Studio Magazine. "For more than eleven years, Visual Studio Magazine has been the leading source of technical information for the Microsoft development community, and the Readers' Choice Awards continue to reflect the technologies that our readers recognize for exceptional value and innovation."

"The Visual Studio Magazine awards further validate our assertion that when developers working in a Microsoft environment want to create world class business intelligence applications, they turn to Business Objects," said Tim Lang, vice president of developer marketing at Business Objects. "No other solution can offer our level of innovation, rich integration points, and ability to combine multiple data sources. We are pleased the readers of Visual Studio Magazine recognize this and we will continue to provide them with software solutions that allow them to turn their big ideas into reality."

As a result of a rich history of innovation, significant adoption from the developer community, and OEM agreements with hundreds of independent software providers over the years, Crystal Reports is now the de facto standard for reporting. Crystal Reports XI, part of the BusinessObjects™ XI platform, offers benefits for organizations of all sizes, including easier report design, simplified report maintenance, expanded data access, and complete integration with the BusinessObjects XI platform. Crystal Reports Server XI provides small and medium-sized organizations with a packaged reporting platform they can easily deploy and manage. With Crystal Reports Server XI, these organizations can securely deliver reports over the web and easily embed reporting into business applications.

For more information on Business Objects business intelligence solutions, please visit www.businessobjects.com/solutions/.

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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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