Business Objects supports Oracle8, The Database for Network Computing; Business Objects to enable faster access to more data for increased number of users across the enterprise.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1997--Business Objects (NASDAQ:BOBJY) today announced support of Oracle8, Oracle's next-generation database for network computing.

The line of integrated decision support software tools provided by Business Objects will access data stored in the latest version of Oracle's flagship product. With Oracle8, Business Objects will provide more non-technical business users with faster access to a greater amount of corporate data.

Oracle8, The Database for Network Computing, manages large amounts of information securely, reliably, and economically over computer networks. Oracle8 is a versatile information platform that enables high-speed transactions, better business decisions, and sophisticated object-relational applications. Built on a foundation of proven technology, Oracle8 is designed to lower an organization's computing costs, manage all types of data, and deliver faster information access to all kinds of users.

Business Objects products enable non-technical users to access and analyze data stored in corporate data warehouses, data marts, and packaged applications. Business Objects offers both a full-client suite of DSS tools including BusinessObjects, BusinessMiner, and BusinessQuery, as well as its new thin-client solution, WebIntelligence.

Because Oracle8 supports databases ranging from a few gigabytes to tens of terabytes of data, any enterprise, no matter the size of their data store, can enable its users to access data stored in Oracle8. With Business Objects, these users are then able to use that data to make better business decisions. In addition, Oracle8 can range from a small single user system to a massive business-critical system supporting tens of thousands of users.

"Customers today need constant access to large amounts of data in order to make critical business decisions," said Dave Kellogg, vice president of corporate marketing at Business Objects. "We are pleased to participate as an Oracle8 beta program member to continue to provide non-technical business users across the enterprise with an easy-to-use method of accessing and strategically using this valuable business data, either via a multi-tier web-based ad hoc query, reporting, and analysis solution or by the traditional client/server DSS solution."

Oracle8 will support dramatically larger and more demanding data warehousing applications and offers improved overall availability and performance. Oracle8 supports databases up to many tens of terabytes, user populations approaching tens of thousands of concurrent users, and availability requirements approaching 24x7x52. This feature coincides with Business Objects' ability to scale from a very small application or data mart to very large OLTP or data warehouse systems.

In addition, Oracle8 includes the most data warehousing optimization techniques of any single data server, including parallel query, parallel load and index, bitmap indexing, star joins, hash joins, and relational OLAP. BusinessObjects is an open tool that works within customers' existing environments and supports any database schema and most databases.

"With Oracle8, our partners can offer their customers the most powerful query processing in the industry," said Brian Spoutz, vice president of Technical Sales Support at Oracle. "Oracle8's increased support for dramatically larger and more complex data warehousing and traditional and web-based decision support applications gives users quicker answers to their database queries, allowing faster decision-making as well as lower total cost of ownership."

Business Objects is a member of the Oracle Alliance as well as a member of Oracle's Warehouse Technology Initiative and Oracle's Cooperative Applications Initiative.

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools. Business Objects products provide non-technical business users with access to information stored in data warehouses, data marts, and packaged business applications. Business Objects provides a complete suite of decision support tools including query, reporting, online analytical processing, data mining, and DSS administration for both client/server and internet environments. Business Objects has sold more than 525,000 licenses to over 4,500 organizations in more than 60 countries worldwide.

Business Objects may be reached by phone at 408/953-6000 or on the worldwide web at http://www.businessobjects.com . The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbol BOBJY. -0-

Note to Editors: BusinessObjects, BusinessQuery, BusinessMiner, and WebIntelligence are trademarks of Business Objects SA. Oracle Alliance, Warehouse Technology Initiative and Cooperative Applications Initiative are service marks of Oracle Corporation. Oracle is a registered trademark, and Oracle8 and The Database for Network Computing are trademarks of Oracle Corporation. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

A full-text copy of this announcement may be obtained by calling the company's fax retrieval line at 800/414-2114 and selecting option "two." The announcement may also be downloaded from the Web; access "http://www.businesswire.com/cnn" and search on "Business Objects."

CONTACT: Business Objects

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