BAE Systems Standardizes on BusinessObjects XI Release 2 to Help Ensure Information Accuracy

SAN JOSE, Calif. - December 19, 2006 - Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ; Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that BAE Systems Customer Solutions has selected BusinessObjects™ XI Release 2 to provide insight into data from disparate financial, operational, and human resources systems. The company is also working with Business Objects Global Services to ensure that consistent, repeatable training is rolled out to all users.

BAE Systems Customer Solutions, a leading provider of integrated technical and professional service solutions for the U.S. national security and Federal civilian markets, is comprised of 14,000 staff members across more than 200 sites in the U.S. The organization has undertaken a major effort to integrate multiple financial, human resources, and knowledge management applications into one enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. As part of its standardization strategy, BAE Systems required a single BI platform to harness the power of their ERP data. After a competitive search, Business Objects was selected - in part because of its excellent customer support - as the BI standard for BAE Systems Customer Solutions.

"BAE Systems places an extremely high value on integrity of information. By leveraging Business Objects solutions across our newly consolidated ERP system, we have the utmost confidence in the accuracy and timeliness of line-of-business data feeding our company's top-line financials," said Marybeth Wootton, vice president of performance excellence for BAE Systems Customer Solutions. "With Business Objects, we can now provide business scorecards for senior management, which gives them visibility into operational trends and warning signs. With improved business insight, both financial and line of business executives can manage more proactively."

BAE Systems will use enterprise information management (EIM) solutions from Business Objects to ensure that information from various legacy systems and lines of business are integrated into one, consistent version of operational performance data. With Business Objects, BAE Systems employees will have an efficient and accurate way to gather relevant information for operational and financial planning meetings.

As a services company, BAE Systems Customer Solutions must be able to carefully manage staffing and project performance data against financial data, including revenue plans and project pipelines. Business Objects will provide the company with increased visibility into business goals in comparison to manpower and personnel costs.

BAE Systems Customer Solutions plans to deploy:

Web Intelligence™ - a Web-based query-and-analysis tool that will help with trending
Crystal Reports® - for easier enterprise report creation
Data Integrator - to unify and reconcile disparate data sources
Dashboard Manager and Scorecard Manager - to help measure key performance initiatives and achieve enterprise performance management goals

BAE Systems has also enlisted Business Objects Global Services to help implement the solution and will use BusinessObjects Knowledge Accelerator, a customizable, web-based learning solution, to train users.

"Business Objects Global Services was a key factor in our selection," commented Wootton. "Their team was responsive to our needs, making sure we understood the technology and providing examples of other customers who have realized maximum business impact."

"Like so many of our customers, BAE Systems relies on Business Objects to arm senior management with critical information to make better business decisions," said Jay Johnson, vice president of government at Business Objects. "Aerospace and defense companies continue to choose Business Objects because we enable them to deliver the right data, at the right time, to users across their organizations."

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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