Business Objects and A.T. Kearney Announce Seminar Series to Share Best Practices in Enterprise Performance Management --EPM--.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif. & PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2003

Strategy and Technology Leaders Announce Joint Seminar Series to

Provide Insights on Strategic Measures and Keys for Success in EPM 

Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, and management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, a subsidiary of global services leader EDS (NYSE:EDS), today announced they will work jointly to deliver a seminar series focused on best practices in enterprise performance management (EPM).

Companies focused on improving business performance and process will benefit from this program because, for the first time, leading companies in business intelligence and strategy consulting are joining together to provide best practice information on how an enterprise can set strategic direction and align operations against that direction. This joint marketing program further extends the strategy of Business Objects to deliver EPM solutions by combining its leading business intelligence tools and analytics with the expertise of industry leaders in strategy, consulting, implementation, and technology products to improve enterprise management and performance.

"A.T. Kearney is single-minded in its determination to build and sustain competitive advantage for its clients," said Dave Kellogg, senior group vice president of marketing at Business Objects.

"With its expertise in both strategy and operations consulting, A.T. Kearney has tremendous thought leadership and we are very pleased to be working together to share our experience on EPM."

This seminar series, targeted to begin in the first quarter of 2003, will take place in multiple cities across the U.S. It will include insights based on A.T. Kearney's strategic consulting services and integrated strategic measures methodology (ISM) as well as the experience of Business Objects in delivering enterprise analytics, business intelligence, and data integrations capabilities to drive business performance.

According to Steve Manacek, A.T. Kearney vice president, "Bringing performance management to life requires the strategic discipline to measure performance and analyze the business impact and the ability to respond rapidly to the demands of customers and the market. We look forward to delivering this seminar with Business Objects and sharing leading knowledge on this critical topic."

A.T. Kearney and Business Objects will present a joint seminar series on EPM, providing a background on market drivers, strategic approach and requirements for true performance management success. The relationship will leverage the best of A.T. Kearney's acknowledged excellence in business strategy and consulting with Business Objects expertise in industry leading enterprise analytics, BI and data integration. To find out more information, please go to http://www.businessobjects.com/solutions/epm/

About A.T. Kearney

A.T. Kearney (www.atkearney.com) is one of the world's largest management consulting firms. With a global presence that includes more than 60 offices and 35 countries, spanning major and emerging markets, A.T. Kearney provides strategic, operational, organizational and technology consulting and executive search services to the world's leading companies. A.T. Kearney is the high-value management consulting subsidiary of global services leader EDS.

About EDS

EDS, the leading global services company, provides strategy, implementation, business transformation and operational solutions for clients managing the business and technology complexities of the digital economy. EDS brings together the world's best technologies to address critical client business imperatives. It helps clients eliminate boundaries, collaborate in new ways, establish their customers' trust and continuously seek improvement. EDS, with its management consulting subsidiary, A.T. Kearney, serves the world's leading companies and governments in 60 countries. EDS reported revenues of $21.5 billion in 2001. The company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:EDS) and the London Stock Exchange. Learn more at www.eds.com.

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 data integration tools, the industry's leading integrated business intelligence platform, and a suite of enterprise analytic applications. Business Objects is the first to offer a complete BI solution that is composed of best-of-breed components, giving organizations the means to deploy end-to-end BI to the enterprise, from data extraction to analytic applications.

Business Objects has more than 17,000 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols Nasdaq: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (Euroclear 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 www.businessobjects.com.