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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 2002--Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ), the world's leading provider of business intelligence solutions, today announced support from leading data mining and analytic software companies for BusinessObjects(TM) Application Foundation 3.0. Announced today, Application Foundation 3.0 is the newest version of the company's analytic framework for quickly and easily delivering integrated enterprise analytic applications. Business Objects has worked with KXEN, THINKANALYTICS, and IBM to provide customers with a range of new options for incorporating predictive analysis capabilities into enterprise analytic applications. These applications give users better insight into data and help them anticipate the results of targeted business decisions.

For more information on Application Foundation, visit www.businessobjects.com .