BOBJ Business Objects S.A. ADS (MM)

Business Objects (NASDAQ:BOBJ), an SAP company (NYSE:SAP) and the world๏ฟฝs leading provider of business performance optimization solutions, today announced that it has been positioned in the leaders quadrant in Gartner, Inc.'s latest ๏ฟฝMagic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms1๏ฟฝ report, published February 1, 2008. According to Gartner, "Leaders are vendors that are reasonably strong in the breadth and depth of their BI platform capabilities, and can deliver on enterprise-wide implementations that support a broad BI strategy. Leaders articulate a business proposition that resonates with buyers, supported by the viability and operational capability to deliver on a global basis.๏ฟฝ BusinessObjects XI is highly regarded by customers as an end-to-end BI platform ๏ฟฝ from information discovery and delivery solutions, including advanced analytics like predictive, to enterprise information management ๏ฟฝ enabling users to have all data at their fingertips, answer critical questions and share trusted insights among people and teams across their entire business network. With a broad array of connectivity options to any data source, structured or un-structured, BusinessObjects XI is ideally suited for any enterprise environment. Already a business intelligence market leader, Business Objects has continued to strengthen its market position in 2007 through the acquisition of Inxight and addition of text analytics to its portfolio, as well as increased adoption of its software-as-a-service solutions. ๏ฟฝFor nearly eighteen years, Business Objects has been shaping the business intelligence market, continually driving innovation and challenging the industry to reach for new heights,๏ฟฝ said Marge Breya, executive vice president and general manager, Business Intelligence Platform Group at Business Objects. ๏ฟฝNow, as part of SAP, we are poised for even greater success as we continue to deliver our customers the solutions they need for their heterogeneous environments to truly transform the way they work and accelerate their business performance.๏ฟฝ SAP and Business Objects Webcast on the Future of Business Intelligence and New Product Announcements Business Objects also announced today that it had invited companies worldwide to find out what the union of SAP and Business Objects will mean for their organizations. Henning Kagermann, CEO SAP, and John Schwarz, CEO of Business Objects, will host a webcast on February 12, 2008 to announce new offerings from SAP and Business Objects designed to turn insight into action, optimize decisions, and to help companies to close the loop between strategy and execution. For more information, or to register for the Webcast, visit www.businessobjects.com/webcast. For more information about Business Objects solutions, please visit www.businessobjects.com/products. About the Gartner Magic Quadrant The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2008 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๏ฟฝs 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 ๏ฟฝLeaders๏ฟฝ 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. 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. ๏ฟฝ 2008 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects and Inxight are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects S.A. in the United States and/or other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. 1 Gartner, Inc., ๏ฟฝMagic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 2008๏ฟฝ by James Richardson, Kurt Schlegel, Bill Hostmann, Neil McMurchy, 1 February 2008