Business Objects Names Marge Breya Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

Seasoned Industry Veteran to Lead Marketing Organization as Company Executes on Growth Strategy

SAN JOSE, Calif. and PARIS - Dec. 11, 2006 - Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ; Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that Marge Breya, 45, has been appointed senior vice president and chief marketing officer. In this position, Breya will lead the global marketing team and play an important role in developing and communicating the company's vision and strategy, and establishing its brand value proposition. In addition, Breya will manage the company's product line businesses, including the enterprise information management, core business intelligence, and mid-market teams. Breya will report to John Schwarz, CEO of Business Objects.

Breya brings more than 20 years of technology marketing management experience to Business Objects, and has been an important contributor to the success of some of the most well known companies in technology, including BEA Systems and Sun Microsystems. Most recently, Breya served as the senior vice president and chief marketing officer of BEA Systems. In her role there, she was responsible for all aspects of BEA marketing operations worldwide, including launching the company's Think liquid branding campaign, executing on the BEA go-to-market strategy, evolving corporate strategy, and coordinating all elements of an integrated, global marketing program. Prior to BEA, Breya was senior vice president, marketing for the global sales operations, at Sun Microsystems, where she was responsible for generating demand for Sun's products, solutions, and services and for growing Sun's market share worldwide through customized business solutions and integrated field programs.

"Marge is a proven industry executive with a track record of setting business strategy and building the brand value that enable achieving market objectives at successful, global high technology companies," said John Schwarz, CEO of Business Objects. "We look forward to Marge's dynamic leadership as she helps Business Objects continue to widen its lead in the rapidly growing and evolving business intelligence market. Our customers are looking to us to enable them to transform the way they work through the use of intelligent information. Marge will have the responsibility to lead the process of translating this vision into a business reality."

"This is the perfect time to join Business Objects and lead both the global marketing organization and the newly created product line teams," said Marge Breya, chief marketing officer at Business Objects. "With over 39,000 customers and a clear leadership position in the business intelligence market, we are in a great shape to build on our momentum as we move in to next year. I look forward to working with my colleagues at Business Objects as we continue to set the agenda for the business intelligence market and accelerate our company's growth."

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.

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