Business Objects to Host 6th Annual International User Conference; More than 2000 Attendees, Including Customers, Partners, Press and Analysts Expected at Event.

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2000

Business Objects, (NASDAQ:BOBJ), the world's leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions, today announced its sixth annual international user conference. The 2000 Business Objects International User Conference will be held October 15-18, 2000, at the Washington Hilton and Towers in Washington D.C. This year's conference theme, "e-Business Intelligence @ Work in the Real World," will address the every day use of e-BI in the workplace and how to best leverage corporate information in internet time.

Bernard Liautaud, president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of Business Objects will open the session with his address entitled, "e-Business Intelligence: Turning Information Into Knowledge Into Profit." Liautaud will discuss what leading companies can do to best leverage their information asset to create knowledge and profit, and outline best practices from top corporations around the world.

In addition, Frank Luntz, a leading political analyst and pollster, will co-keynote the conference along with U.S. public opinion pollster Peter Hart. They will discuss the upcoming Presidential election, and take a political outlook of the nation from both a Democratic and Republican perspective. Luntz is the author of "Candidates, Consultants & Campaigns," while Hart works as a pollster for NBC News and the Wall Street Journal.

Mike Schroeck, partner-in-charge of PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Data Warehousing Practice, will also deliver a keynote address entitled, "Data Warehousing as an Enabler of the New Economy." Schroeck will discuss the current state of data warehousing architecture and look at the emerging trends for the new millennium. As partner-in-charge of the world's largest data warehousing practice, with more than 1600 consultants, Schroeck helps Fortune 1000 companies achieve their goals with strategically designed data warehouses.

"We're very excited about this year's conference and sharing how we believe e-business intelligence works in the real world," said Jon Temple, senior vice president and general manager of Business Objects North America. "Businesses need to arm themselves with cutting-edge e-BI information and we can help by giving everyone who attends an edge on their competition."

In addition, Business Objects offers six technical tracks and three business tracks for a total of 60 sessions. Business professionals will learn how to leverage their Business Objects investment in customer intelligence workshops such as, "Understanding Your Customers in a Churn-and-Burn Economy." Other sessions include, "Customer Care through Self-Service Extranets," and "e-Business Intelligence in the Federal Government."

Those who want to get a jump on their peers can attend any of 11 information packed pre-conference training sessions and learn about the latest in e-BI trends, technologies, and solutions in the following areas:

-- Putting the Extra in Your Extranet with WebIntelligence(R)

-- BusinessObjects(TM) Implementation: From Report-Building to Security

-- Data Warehousing and Information Access Strategies

-- Data Mining Techniques for Discovering Knowledge

-- WebIntelligence 2.5 in a Heterogeneous Cluster

-- Taking the Mystery Out of Sets with SETANALYZER

-- Advanced Reporting Techniques with BusinessObjects 5.0

-- BusinessObjects and ERP

Business Objects Third Annual Excellence Awards

In addition to the conference sessions, Business Objects will present the winners of the third annual Excellence Awards. This award recognizes customers who demonstrate excellence in business intelligence by delivering applications that provide significant benefits to their end users and organizations. Last year's winners were Eli Lilly and Company, John Deere Health, Penske Logistics, T. Rowe Price, and TECHMAR Communications.

Registration

For more information or to register for the 2000 Business Objects International User Conference, please call Cramer Productions at 1-800-803-5486 or visit www.businessobject.com/userconference.

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading provider of e-business intelligence (e-BI) solutions. The company coined the term e-business intelligence in 1998 to describe the intersection of business intelligence and the internet. Using e-business intelligence, organizations can access, analyze, and share information in intranet, extranet, and e-business environments. In intranets, the company's products provide employees with information to make better business decisions, and are used in environments ranging from workgroups of 20 users to enterprise deployments exceeding 20,000. In the extranet environment, the company is pioneering the use of e-BI in applications that allow organizations to build stronger relationships by linking customers, partners, and suppliers via the internet. In addition, the company's products can improve the performance of an e-business by providing reporting and analysis against the ever-expanding amount of transaction and profile data that is collected each day throughout the world wide web.

Founded in 1990, Business Objects pioneered the modern business intelligence industry by inventing and patenting a "semantic layer" that insulates users from the technical complexity of database systems. Today, the company has sold more than 2,268,000 licenses to over 10,900 organizations in more than 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and PARIS BOURSE: code SICOVAM 12074, and 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.