SAN FRANCISCO--Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ)(Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world’s leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced general availability of BusinessObjects™ Data Quality XI for Siebel Customer Relationship Management Applications. The new solution, powered by Business Objects Data Quality XI Release 2, provides a single, tightly integrated data quality platform that scales across operating and application environments. Now, users of Oracle’s Siebel CRM Applications can have immediate access to trusted business data to help improve the success of their customer relationship management initiatives.

Data Quality XI for Siebel CRM Applications offers a centralized business rule repository that allows companies to easily create business rules and apply them enterprise-wide. A service-oriented architecture allows multiple departments within an organization to access and share the business rule repository. By consolidating data from disparate sources and using a consistent data quality process, Data Quality XI for Siebel CRM Applications delivers more reliable data quality and provides real-time access to information needed to monitor business operations and react rapidly to changing business needs.

“Having access to accurate and up-to-date information is critical to the success of customer relationship management and other enterprise business initiatives,” said Gordon Breese, vice president of global alliances at Business Objects. “With BusinessObjects Data Quality XI, companies can be assured they are using the right data to make business decisions and drive operational improvements. As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting our partners, we developed BusinessObjects Data Quality XI for Siebel CRM Applications.”

Business Objects and Oracle have a long-standing partnership, and Business Objects is one of Oracle’s top ten global ISVs. Business Objects solutions are embedded by Oracle across all current PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, and JD Edwards World applications, and resold by Oracle with PeopleSoft EPM. In addition, Business Objects supports all major components of Oracle Fusion Middleware.

For more information on Business Objects solutions for Oracle, please visit http://www.businessobjects.com/oracle.

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 www.businessobjects.com.