BusinessObjects XI Release 2 Moves to the Head of the Class in Universities Worldwide.

Business Objects Extends Business Intelligence Across the Campus to Help Colleges and Universities Improve Performance

DALLAS -- Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ)(Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that universities and colleges around the world are selecting BusinessObjects[TM] XI Release 2, the industry's most advanced and complete BI platform. Universities must effectively manage the explosion of financial, personnel, student, and operational data - and harness that information to improve student services and enhance organizational efficiency. BusinessObjects XI Release 2 allows universities to improve insight into their student body and operations, while ensuring their data is accurate and timely.

Higher education institutions face the same challenges as the private sector, including compliance and regulation, increased fiscal responsibility, and maximizing existing IT systems. In response, top academic institutions are standardizing Business Objects solutions. Some of those universities include Brown University, Case Western Reserve University, Columbia University, University of Illinois, London School of Economics, University of Michigan, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, Universite du Quebec Ea Montreal, Queensland University, Stanford University, University of Texas at San Antonio, and Vanderbilt University. Here is what higher education customers are saying about BusinessObjects XI Release 2:

University of Southern Florida Health

"After a thorough evaluation of business intelligence solutions we found that BusinessObjects XI Release 2 offered the best vision, features, and user interface compared," said Jim McKenzie, assistant vice president of technology and chief information officer, University of South Florida Health. "To meet our organizational goals, we needed to perform as well as any corporate shop. Our IT organization needs to be nimble and adapt to a fast-changing environment - and provide solutions that can do the same. Business Objects also provides us with leading-edge enterprise information management (EIM) solutions to ensure trustworthy data. Deploying BusinessObjects XI Release 2, in combination with Business Objects EIM solutions, will allow us to have good, valid, and easily accessible data to make sound business decisions quickly."

The College of New Jersey

"As a smaller organization, it is important for us to standardize on one business intelligence platform and Business Objects provides us with a scalable solution that can grow with our evolving BI strategy," said Dawn Willan, assistant chief information officer at The College of New Jersey. "Some of our staff are very technical and have been onboard with our plan to make BI an integral part of the Student Administration System. We are excited about deploying Business Objects because we expect it will decentralize some of our reporting and allow our academic and administrative staff to be more productive. With a consistent version of the data, our staff will be able to make better-informed decisions and better serve our students."

Georgia Institute of Technology 

"One of the most valuable things about business intelligence from Business Objects is its very simple, intuitive user interface," said Dana Hartley, Director of Academic Advising at Georgia Institute of Technology. "We needed a front end that is easy to use so non-technical users, like our faculty and academic advisors, can generate reports individually and get the information they need. Business Objects will enable Georgia Institute of Technology to more efficiently make use of student and employment data. Another reason we selected Business Objects is because we use multiple computing environments across campus. Business Objects supports mixed computing environments so we can have easy access to BI solutions throughout the campus."

University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation

"For several years our physicians and staff have counted on Business Objects to improve our access and analysis of medical and operational data. This has resulted in better quality patient care and solid operating results," said Michael Rosencrance, vice president of information services at the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation. "We continue to choose Business Objects as our BI standard and are excited about delivering BusinessObjects XI Release 2 to our employees. Expanding our BI deployment will continue to help our medical staff get a high-level view of the entire organization. With the new simplified features in BusinessObjects XI Release 2, we hope to provide our physicians even more insight about their practice and help them determine their best path to improvement."

Business Objects: Improving Performance in Higher Education

Business Objects is the leading provider of business intelligence solutions to colleges and universities. Hundreds of higher education organizations worldwide use business intelligence, enterprise information management, and enterprise performance management solutions from Business Objects. Business Objects provides a simplified, powerful way to manage student, alumni, academic, grant, and financial data.

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 39,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500, Business Objects helps organizations gain better insight into their business, improve decision making, and optimize enterprise performance. The company's business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects[TM] XI, offers the BI industry's most complete and trusted platform for performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and enterprise information management. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports[R], the industry standard for enterprise reporting. Business Objects has also built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, and the company offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects.

Business Objects has dual headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and Paris, France. The company's stock is traded on both the Nasdaq (BOBJ) and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 - BOB) stock exchanges. More information about Business Objects can be found at www.businessobjects.com.

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