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Combined Power of Business Intelligence and Search Simplifies and Extends Information Access to a Broader User Community

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif -- Business Objects Insight 2006 – November 6, 2006 – Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ), the world’s leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced new solutions and partnerships for business intelligence search. These solutions seamlessly integrate BI and search technologies to help users easily find critical business information across structured and unstructured data. As part of today’s announcement, Business Objects is also launching an Open Search Initiative (OSI), a partner network of leading text analytics, enterprise search, and consulting companies.

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