Business Objects Names Alex Moissis to New Position of Vice President, Product Roadmap Strategy.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2002

Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that it has named Alex Moissis to the position of vice president, product roadmap strategy. In this new position, Moissis is responsible for delivering and maintaining the company's product roadmap vision and plan. Moissis reports to Herve Couturier, senior vice president, products.

Leveraging his experience in the BI industry, Moissis will facilitate the alignment of the company's product units and act as a key product development liaison with customers, communicating product vision and presenting future directions.

"Alex is uniquely qualified for this new role, and I'm delighted to have him drive our product roadmap strategy," said Bernard Liautaud, chief executive officer of Business Objects. "As the market leader in business intelligence we will continue to be at the forefront of product innovation. Whether it is in enterprise deployments, extranets, or analytic applications, Alex will help us evolve our product strategy and help keep the company closely aligned with the business goals of our customers."

Moissis has more than 12 years of experience in the business intelligence and database software industry. He joined Business Objects in 1995 and has served as vice president, North American marketing and head of product marketing. In that role he worked closely with the product development organization and founded the company's Customer Advisory Board. Before Business Objects, Moissis held positions in Sybase's database server marketing group and Oracle's Unix products division. He holds four degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, including a master's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions. Business intelligence lets organizations access, analyze, and share information internally with employees and externally with customers, suppliers, and partners. It helps organizations improve operational efficiency, build profitable customer relationships, and develop differentiated product offerings.

The company's products include BusinessObjects(TM) 2000, the industry's leading integrated business intelligence toolset and platform; and BusinessObjects(TM) Analytics, an integrated suite of enterprise analytic applications.

Business Objects pioneered the modern BI industry in 1990 by inventing a patented "semantic layer" that insulates users from the complexity of databases. In 1995, the company was first to focus on enterprise-scale BI deployments and today supports customers with more than 20,000 users. The company moved aggressively to the internet in 1997 by pioneering the market for BI extranets, a market that it continues to lead today. In 2000, the company delivered the industry's first interactive mobile BI solution. Today, Business Objects continues to innovate, creating and delivering a unique vision for enterprise analytic applications.

Business Objects has more than 15,500 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (Sicovam code 12074). 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.

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