Business Objects Positioned in the Challengers Quadrant of the 2006 Data Integration Tools Magic Quadrant

SAN JOSE, Calif. and PARIS - Nov. 28, 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 positioned in the Challengers quadrant of the Gartner 2006 Data Integration Tools Magic Quadrant¹ , published November 22, 2006.

Business Objects delivers data integration, metadata management, and data quality solutions as part of a comprehensive product line supporting companies investing in enterprise information management (EIM). The Business Objects data integration solutions combine products and services to quickly and flexibly integrate and improve an organization's information to provide the most trusted foundation for their business decisions. In 2006, Business Objects has grown license revenues from these products to more than $31 million for the first three quarters, an increase of nearly 60% over the same period in 2005.

"We continue to see significant momentum for our data integration solutions," said Pascal Clement, vice president of EIM at Business Objects. "Business Objects provides innovative products and services to deliver data integration, data quality, and metadata management capabilities that ensure business information is timely, accurate, and trustworthy. We consider our position in the magic quadrant as further recognition of our strong growth in this market and our ability to help companies effectively leverage their disparate data to improve performance."

Earlier this year, Business Objects acquired Firstlogic to expand its data integration product portfolio and strengthen its ability to execute in this market. Business Objects now offers solutions for the following areas:

Data Integration - Business Objects provides enterprise-class data integration for batch-oriented extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL). Business Objects also delivers data federation capabilities for real-time information access that combines data across data marts, data warehouses, operational data stores, and transactional systems.
Data Quality - Business Objects delivers market-leading data quality solutions that allow companies to profile, cleanse, and continuously monitor data. Business Objects data quality solutions allow organizations to ensure their business data is correct, consistent, and complete.
Metadata and Lifecycle Management - Business Objects metadata management tools consolidate, integrate, and audit metadata from disparate tools and data sources. Business Objects also provides a graphical tool to accelerate ETL design and implementation.

For more information on Business Objects data integration solutions, please visit www.businessobjects.com/eim.

About the Gartner Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted November 22, 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 November 22, 2006: Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools, 2006 by Ted Friedman, Mark A. Beyer, and 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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