Business Objects Again Positioned in the Leader Quadrant in Enterprise Business Intelligence Suites Magic Quadrant.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Independent Analyst Firm Recognizes Business Objects based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

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 again been positioned in the Leaders quadrant in the most recent Gartner 2H04 Enterprise Business Intelligence Suites (EBIS) Magic Quadrant(1), published this week. According to Gartner, "leaders" are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.

Business Objects continued to strengthen its market position with the launch of BusinessObjects(TM) 6.5 earlier this year. BusinessObjects 6.5 delivers significantly enhanced web query and analysis functionality, increased performance and scalability, and integration with Crystal Version 10 products. The business intelligence suite provides customers with data integration, web query and analysis, reporting, a complete line of analytic applications, and performance management capabilities. In addition, with the launch of BusinessObjects XI, the next version of the suite, Business Objects will provide exciting new innovations that will continue to make business intelligence available to a much broader set of people.

Emergency Medical Associates is one of many Business Objects customers who have praised the launch of BusinessObjects 6.5. "BusinessObjects 6.5 has given us one point of access for all of our business intelligence content, and excellent integration between our Crystal and Business Objects deployments," said Jonathan Rothman, director of data management for Emergency Medical Associates, a physician owned, privately held group of over 200 board certified emergency physicians. "We now have one portal to publish Crystal Reports(R) and put them in dashboards powered by Business Objects. BusinessObjects 6.5 provides us with insight into data throughout our entire organization, giving us the ability to standardize at the lowest possible total cost of ownership."

"We consider our positioning in the leader quadrant by Gartner further confirmation of the Business Objects mission to enable customers to unlock the power of information to improve business performance," said Bernard Liautaud, chairman and CEO of Business Objects. "Business Objects continues to innovate while we execute on our product roadmap. With the upcoming launch of BusinessObjects XI, we will deliver a truly revolutionary product that will change the face of the BI industry and further enhance our market position."

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. Business intelligence enables organizations to track, understand, and manage enterprise performance. The company's solutions leverage the information that is stored in an array of corporate databases, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and customer relationship management (CRM) systems.

Popular uses of BI include enterprise reporting, management dashboards and scorecards, customer intelligence applications, financial reporting, and both customer and partner extranets. These solutions enable companies to gain visibility into their business, acquire and retain profitable customers, reduce costs, optimize the supply chain, increase productivity, and improve financial performance.

In December 2003, Business Objects completed the acquisition of Crystal Decisions, the leader in enterprise reporting. The combined product line includes software for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, analytic applications, and data integration. In addition, Business Objects offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects.

Business Objects has more than 29,000 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 - BOB). It is included in the SBF 120 and IT CAC 50 French stock market indexes. Business Objects can be reached at 408-953-6000 and http://www.businessobjects.com.

About the Gartner Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted November 29, 2004 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.

Business Objects, the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, and Crystal Reports are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects S.A. or its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries.

(1)November 29, 2004: Gartner Magic Quadrants for Enterprise BI Suites and Platforms by H. Dresner, B. Hostmann, and F. Buytendijk.