Business Objects Announces Support for Sybase IQ Data Warehouse Server.

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 1996--Business Objects, a leading provider of client/server decision support tools, today announced that BUSINESSOBJECTS will run on Sybase IQ to provide users a powerful solution for accessing and analyzing the information stored in their data warehouses.

BUSINESSOBJECTS 4.0 is the industry's leading integrated query, reporting, and online analytical processing (OLAP) tool. Sybase IQ is a standalone data warehouse server that enables customers to access and analyze data at speeds of up to 100 times faster than a standard relational database.

Together, BUSINESSOBJECTS and Sybase IQ provide customers the ability to access data quickly and use it in new ways for more effective decision making. BUSINESSOBJECTS provides the industry's leading front-end solution by integrating powerful query and reporting capabilities with advanced OLAP functionality, including the ability to "slice and dice" and "drill down" on data. At the back end, the Sybase IQ data warehouse server is uniquely positioned to deliver high-performance processing of both planned and unplanned queries on structured and unstructured data types.

Business Objects has long been a member of the Sybase Open Solutions program, and it is certified for the Sybase Warehouse WORKS Alliance Program, the industry's largest data warehousing alliance. Mutual Business Objects and Sybase customers include Advocate Healthcare Systems, Battelle Labs, Coastal Corporation, Fidelity Investments, Hughes Space and Communications (a Hughes Aircraft Company), and National Semiconductor. Additionally, Sybase uses BUSINESSOBJECTS internally as its decision support solution.

"Sybase is a key partner for Business Objects in supporting the needs of data warehousing customers," said Bernard Liautaud, president and CEO of Business Objects. "The unique integration of query, reporting, and analysis in BUSINESSOBJECTS combined with the fast query performance of Sybase IQ provides customers the flexibility, ease-of-use, and fast response they need to make critical decisions about their business."

"In today's competitive business environment, managers require fast access to information about their customers," said Bruce Armstrong, Sybase vice president of server products. "Sybase IQ is optimized to provide businesses with a powerful database engine that puts interactive analysis at users' fingertips. BUSINESSOBJECTS complements Sybase IQ by giving these users an advanced, integrated tool for viewing, analyzing, and reporting on the information that Sybase IQ delivers."

About Business Objects

Business Objects (NASDAQ: BOBJY) is a leading provider of enterprise decision support tools that delivers 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 40 countries to over 2,600 customer sites and 130,000 users worldwide. Business Objects partners with more than 350 leading third-party vendors including Arbor Software, 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, Toshiba, and Unisys. More information on Business Objects can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.businessobjects.com.

About Sybase, Inc.

Sybase, Inc. is a worldwide leader in client/server software. Sybase and its Powersoft division are focused on four major market segments: on-line transaction processing, data warehousing, mass deployment and electronic commerce. Sybase's software products -- database, middleware and tools -- provide customers with desktop to enterprise solutions. The company's mission is to provide its customers with an open, adaptable information systems architecture that enables them to develop and deliver complete information systems solutions to facilitate rapid business change.

Headquartered in Emeryville, Calif., Sybase is the sixth largest independent software company in the world. The company's Internet addresses are www.sybase.com and www.powersoft.com. -0-

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

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