Partnership Delivers Access to Critical Business Data to New Enterprise Mashup Platform WebEx Connect

SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 9, 2006—Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ; Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 – BOB), the world’s leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, and WebEx (Nasdaq: WEBX), the leading provider of collaborative software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, today announced a partnership designed to bring the power of business intelligence (BI) to WebEx Connect users. The agreement, under which Business Objects has become a WebEx Connect Partner and WebEx has joined the Business Objects Technology Partner Program, will pave the way for knowledge workers to easily access and use critical business data from within the WebEx Connect application.

Announced in September 2006, WebEx Connect will improve productivity by combining context and collaboration. WebEx Connect will allow users to integrate data from multiple applications into a collaborative workspace custom designed for their particular workflow and business process. By leveraging open Web 2.0 protocols and collaborative WebEx APIs, WebEx Connect will make it easy to adapt on-demand, desktop, and enterprise applications to create composite, “mash up” applications. Together with industry leading BI solutions from Business Objects, joint customers can gain simplified access to business intelligence that is fully integrated with their everyday business applications.

By delivering timely and accurate information to customers, BusinessObjects and WebEx Connect will improve customers’ ability to make critical business decisions and improve performance. With this partnership, crystalreports.com, the leading on-demand report sharing service from Business Objects, will be available through WebEx Connect. Now the strength of crystalreports.com will be available for any “mash up” that customers create in the WebEx Connect environment.

“WebEx is driving innovation in workplace collaboration and how companies use and share information. Our partnership will make business intelligence more accessible to companies of all sizes, both in terms of cost and ease-of-use,” said Steve Lucas, vice president of strategic markets at Business Objects. “Joining forces with WebEx is yet another step Business Objects is making in its continued commitment to software-as-a-service. Not one of our competitors can match our momentum in making business intelligence available on-demand.”

“Business Objects is a visionary leader in business intelligence and has established itself as a driving force in delivering software-as-a-service,” said David Knight, vice president, WebEx Connect at WebEx. “WebEx Connect is the first solution designed specifically for the cross-company, collaborative way we work today. We see our partnership as an ideal way to revolutionize how companies leverage BI in the fast-paced, global economy.”

Availability
Crystalreports.com for WebEx Connect is expected to be available in the first half of 2007.

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 of all sizes create a trusted foundation for decision making, gain better insight into their business, and optimize performance. The company’s innovative business intelligence suite, BusinessObjects™ XI, offers the BI industry’s most advanced and complete solution for performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and enterprise information management. BusinessObjects XI includes the award-winning Crystal line of reporting and data visualization software. Business Objects has also built the industry’s strongest and most diverse partner community, and 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 http://web.archive.org/web/20070131100122/http://www.businessobjects.com/.

About WebEx
WebEx Communications, Inc., is the global leader in software-as-a-service applications for collaborative business on the web. These on-demand applications enhance high-touch business processes, such as sales and training, with efficient web-touch interactions. WebEx delivers its range of applications over the MediaTone Platform, a global network specifically designed for on-demand applications. WebEx is based in Santa Clara, California and has regional headquarters in Europe, Asia and Australia. Please call toll free 877-509-3239 or visit http://web.archive.org/web/20070131100122/http://www.webex.com/ for more information.