Developer Community Honors Crystal Reports XI with Two 2006 Readers' Choice Awards; Readers of asp.netPRO Magazine and JavaPro Magazine Select Business Objects Reporting Solution as Best in Class

June 5, 2006; 02:26 AM
Business Objects  announced that the readers of two leading developer publications -- asp.netPRO(TM) and JavaPro -- have awarded Crystal Reports(R) XI top honors as the best reporting tool. Announced in June 2006, the Asp.netPRO and JavaPro annual Readers' Choice Awards are based on readers' selection of the products and services that make development easier, more efficient, and more profitable.

"This recognition by asp.net and Java developers reflects the continued leadership of Crystal Reports XI as the reporting standard for the .NET and Java development environments," said Tim Lang, vice president of developer marketing at Business Objects. "Business Objects remains committed to delivering new solutions that ensure Crystal Reports remains the platform of choice for developers wanting to deliver greater business value to their organizations."

As a result of a rich history of innovation, significant adoption from the developer community, and OEM agreements with hundreds of independent software providers over the years, Crystal Reports is now the de facto standard for reporting. Crystal Reports XI, part of the BusinessObjects(TM) XI platform, offers benefits for organizations of all sizes, including easier report design, simplified report maintenance, expanded data access, and complete integration with the BusinessObjects XI platform. With Crystal Reports, developers can create and integrate reports into Web and server-based applications and deploy them easily as zero-client or rich-client solutions.

For more information on Business Objects business intelligence solutions, please visit http://www.businessobjects.com/solutions/.

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company, with more than 35,000 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(TM) 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.