Children's Hospital Boston Selects BusinessObjects XI as Its Enterprise Business Intelligence Standard; Leading Pediatric Medical Center in the U.S. Chooses Business Objects for Its Operational BI Needs.

SAN JOSE, Calif. & PARIS -- Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ) (Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that Children's Hospital Boston, the leading pediatric medical center in the U.S. and the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, has chosen BusinessObjects(TM) XI to support its operational BI needs. Children's Hospital Boston plans to deploy BusinessObjects XI across the hospital, to researchers, doctors, and administrators to improve operational efficiency. Children's Hospital Boston selected BusinessObjects XI, citing reliability and performance of the product, as well as easier support and control of the data, as their primary selection drivers. E[acute accent]Children's Hospital Boston records more than 21,000 inpatient admissions each year, and its more than 100 outpatient clinics and Emergency Services care for almost 450,000 patients annually. As the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, researchers spend numerous hours searching for the perfect patient candidates for various health-related studies. In phase one of the deployment, clinical researchers will use BusinessObjects Set Analysis, part of BusinessObjects XI, to do set-based analysis of patient data to assist in identifying potential candidates for research studies. For example, with BusinessObjects Set Analysis, researchers can search by age, geography, health condition, lab result, or time of visit, to build a potential study group or confirm a theory without actually being able to view patient specific data. Once they have formal approval by an internal board at the hospital, the researchers will then use BusinessObjects XI for self-service access to the approved information in order to take the formal study forward. E[acute accent]In phase two of the project, the hospital will roll-out BusinessObjects Dashboard Manager XI and BusinessObjects Performance Manager XI to give emergency room physicians or nursing managers access to information via a dashboard to help evaluate patient flow efficiency and to predict resource needs. E[acute accent]In addition, BusinessObjects Process Analysis, an analytic engine that monitors and analyzes business processes, will assist Children's Hospital Boston in achieving operational excellence to lower operational costs, increase customer satisfaction and improve safety for employees and patients. For example, Process Analysis from Business Objects can assist Children's Hospital Boston in managing the limited supply of operating rooms available to physicians. E[acute accent]Children's Hospital Boston will also use BusinessObjects Data Integrator XI to access information from its Oracle database. E[acute accent]"We have a very aggressive deadline for our initial deliverable -- which is giving our researchers appropriately controlled access to clinical data," said Danny Shaw, chief knowledge officer at Children's Hospital Boston. "We selected BusinessObjects XI because we felt it was the business intelligence platform that could best help us meet that deadline. BusinessObjects XI is also easier to support and gives us better control over access to information." E[acute accent]"It is critical in our business that we meet certain business performance measures," said Ronald Wilkinson, manager of business intelligence at Children's Hospital Boston. "For instance, insurance companies will give us a better rate if we can provide information that our center meets quality and patient safety targets around clinical issues. This is why dashboards that can target that information and tell us how we're doing will be important to our overall success." E[acute accent]"Escalating costs, increased government legislation, and a rapidly aging population have all created a significant strain on today's healthcare industry," said Rene Bonvanie, chief marketing officer at Business Objects. "BusinessObjects XI is vital in helping healthcare organizations such as Children's Hospital Boston understand and manage critical business processes, while keeping costs to a minimum."

E[acute accent]About Children's Hospital Boston

E[acute accent]Founded in 1869 as a 20-bed hospital for children, Children's Hospital Boston today is the nation's leading pediatric medical center, the largest provider of health care to Massachusetts children, and the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. In addition to 325 pediatric and adolescent inpatient beds and comprehensive outpatient programs, Children's houses the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric medical center, where its discoveries benefit both children and adults. More than 500 scientists, including eight members of the National Academy of Sciences, nine members of the Institute of Medicine and 10 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute comprise Children's research community. For more information about the hospital visit www.childrenshospital.org.

E[acute accent]About Business Objects

E[acute accent]Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 30,000 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 data integration. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports(R), the industry standard for enterprise reporting. Business Objects has built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, and also offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects. E[acute accent]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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