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Business Objects Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in Business Intelligence Platforms Report

WALLDORF, Germany an Paris and San Jose - February 11, 2008 - As a first indication of the successful pace of integration of the two companies, SAP AG and Business Objects S.A. today announced that it has been positioned in the leaders quadrant in Gartner, Inc.'s latest “Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms1” report, published February 1, 2008.

According to Gartner, "Leaders are vendors that are reasonably strong in the breadth and depth of their BI platform capabilities, and can deliver on enterprise-wide implementations that support a broad BI strategy. Leaders articulate a business proposition that resonates with buyers, supported by the viability and operational capability to deliver on a global basis.”

BusinessObjects XI is highly regarded by customers as an end-to-end BI platform – from information discovery and delivery solutions, including advanced analytics like predictive, to enterprise information management – enabling users to have all data at their fingertips, answer critical questions and share trusted insights among people and teams across their entire business network. With a broad array of connectivity options to any data source, structured or un-structured, BusinessObjects XI is ideally suited for any enterprise environment.

Already a business intelligence market leader, Business Objects has continued to strengthen its market position in 2007 through the acquisition of Inxight and addition of text analytics to its portfolio, as well as increased adoption of its software-as-a-service solutions.

“For nearly eighteen years, Business Objects has been shaping the business intelligence market, continually driving innovation and challenging the industry to reach for new heights,” said Marge Breya, executive vice president and general manager, Business Intelligence Platform Group at Business Objects. “Now, as part of SAP, we are poised for even greater success as we continue to deliver our customers the solutions they need for their heterogeneous environments to truly transform the way they work and accelerate their business performance.”

SAP and Business Objects Webcast on the Future of Business Intelligence and New Product Announcements

Business Objects also announced today that it had invited companies worldwide to find out what the union of SAP and Business Objects will mean for their organizations. Henning Kagermann, CEO SAP, and John Schwarz, CEO of Business Objects, will host a webcast on February 12, 2008 to announce new offerings from SAP and Business Objects designed to turn insight into action, optimize decisions, and to help companies to close the loop between strategy and execution. For more information, or to register for the Webcast, visit www.businessobjects.com/webcast.

About the Gartner Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About SAP
SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software(a). Today, more than 43,400 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP® applications—from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize companies to suite offerings for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises of all sizes around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol “SAP.” (Additional information at http://www.sap.com)

(a) SAP defines business software as comprising enterprise resource planning and related applications such as supply chain management, customer relationship management, product life-cycle management and supplier relationship management.

About Business Objects
Business Objects has been a pioneer in business intelligence (BI) since the dawn of the category. Today, as the world’s leading BI software company, Business Objects transforms the way the world works through intelligent information. The company helps illuminate understanding and decision-making at more than 44,000 organizations around the globe. Through a combination of innovative technology, global consulting and education services, and the industry’s strongest and most diverse partner network, Business Objects enables companies of all sizes to make transformative business decisions based on intelligent, accurate, and timely information. More information about Business Objects can be found at www.businessobjects.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning the availability of the companies’ joint product offerings, the details of the joint product offerings and the anticipated benefits of these offerings to customers, and Business Objects’ ability to protect customers’ investments and to continue to innovate and support existing product portfolios. Actual events or results may differ materially from those described in this release due to a number of risks and uncertainties. These potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, integration-related risks, customer and partner uncertainty regarding the anticipated benefits of the transaction, customer dissatisfaction with the joint product offerings, the failure to retain key Business Objects employees, the failure of SAP and Business Objects to achieve the anticipated synergies of the acquisition and other risks detailed in Business Objects’ SEC filings, including those discussed in Business Objects’ quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007. Business Objects is not obligated to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document.

The Business Objects logo and BusinessObjects are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects in the United States and/or other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

About DSCallards
Established in 1993, DSCallards brings together and harnesses the power of the world’s leading technologies to bring added value to organisations that include Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd, Geotechnical Instruments, Kellogg Company, N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd, Southampton City Council, Swansea Institute of Higher Education, Virgin Media and Zurich Financial Services. In addition, DSCallards is a specialist development resource, providing developers and businesses with advanced software technologies, an exclusive portfolio of training and consulting services and an application development capability. For more information, visit DSCallards at www.dscallards.com.

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