Business Objects Announces Entry to Greater China.

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1996--Business Objects (BOBJY), a leading provider of enterprise decision support tools, is joining forces with Hong Kong based Pacific Technology Group to bring its client/server decision support tool, BusinessObjects, to The People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and the Taiwan Republic of China.

Under the agreement, Pacific Technology Group will establish a fully owned subsidiary called Business Objects Greater China that will be fully dedicated to the non-exclusive distribution, marketing, and support of Business Objects' products in the region. Business Objects will not be a shareholder of Business Objects Greater China. This alliance will enable Business Objects to leverage Pacific Technology Group's infrastructure in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, including access to Pacific Technology Group's customers that have over the last few years deployed client/server systems throughout their enterprises.

"Business Objects was established only five years ago and has enjoyed healthy growth in Europe, the USA, and Japan," said Ricardo R. Fuchs, managing director of Business Objects Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. and group vice president of Business Objects S.A., the parent company headquartered in Paris, France. "In 1996, our plan is to bring our vision and technology to the Greater China region."

"We anticipate that the Greater China region will be a major market for us. Therefore, we are very pleased at this opportunity to partner with the Pacific Technology Group, whose management has a strong and credible track record in the marketing and sales of client/server software technology in the region. Both companies are very customer focused, well resourced and results oriented."

Business Objects Greater China, Pacific Technology Group, and Business Objects will jointly assess the timing for and, when appropriate, co-operate in the production of both Simplified and Traditional Chinese versions of BusinessObjects.

BusinessObjects delivers the autonomy and reliability that mainstream business users require to easily access, analyze, and report on corporate data for effective decision making, while at the same time providing the IS staff with centralized control over the full data access environment, security, and computer resource utilization.

"Many companies in Hong Kong and a growing number of companies in China have already implemented a client/server architecture so software decisions are increasingly being driven by the needs of end users," said Gary Leung, chairman of the Pacific Technology Group. "Business Objects has a franchise on delivering corporate information to end users, when they need it, where they need it, and in a form they can understand. It is an excellent example of the kind of client/server application software company that we believe is going to drive the industry over the next few years."

About Business Objects

Business Objects (NASDAQ: BOBJY) is a leading provider of enterprise decision support tools that deliver access to data stored in corporate databases, data warehouses, and packaged applications. The company pioneered the market for business-intelligent decision support tools in 1990 with the introduction of its flagship product, BusinessObjects, the first decision support tool to use a "semantic layer" to map complex database schemas to a business representation understandable by mainstream business users.

Business Objects generated over $60M in revenue in 1995, concluding its fifth consecutive year of more than 100% revenue growth. BusinessObjects has been licensed in more than 20 countries to over 2,500 customer sites and 130,000 users worldwide. Business Objects partners with leading third-party vendors, including Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Informix, Microsoft, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Prism, Red Brick, Sun, and Sybase. Strategic resellers include Bull, Digital, Fujitsu, NCR, Price Waterhouse, Sequent, SHL, Siemens Nixdorf, and Unisys.

About Pacific Technology Group

The Hong Kong based Pacific Technology Group was founded in 1991 to assist international technology companies penetrate the Asian markets, with particular emphasis on China and Hong Kong. It was responsible for the successful entry of database system vendors like Sybase Corporation into these markets and spearheading the introduction of Powersoft Corporation's Powerbuilder development tools. With offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai, the Pacific Technology Group offers sales, marketing, and professional services in the Greater China region. -0-

Note to Editors: BusinessObjects is a trademark of Business Objects S.A. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

CONTACT: Business Objects

Tracy Eiler, 408/973-9300

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Business Objects Asia Pacific

Michael Belakhov, [phone]

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Business Objects Greater China

Hillman Lai, [phone]