Press Release

Sydney, Australia – August 8th, 2007 — Antivia Pty Limited, an innovator in information-centric hierarchy management and business intelligence 2.0 (BI 2.0) software solutions, today announced a global technology partnership with Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ; Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions. As part of the agreement, Antivia’s flagship product, Scenario for BusinessObjects™ is to be integrated with the market leading BI platform, BusinessObjects XI.

“Information hierarchy management is a business problem which is all too easy to overlook,” said Mark Sands, CEO and co-founder, Antivia. “Managing information hierarchies is an Achilles heel for business intelligence professionals the world over. Antivia’s technology partnership with Business Objects will help us to deliver powerful information-centric hierarchy management solutions that complement the BusinessObjects XI suite of products.”

Scenario for BusinessObjects is designed to utilize the power of BusinessObjects XI to allow users to:

• Manage the information hierarchies within their BusinessObjects reports.

• Manipulate hierarchies and instantly see changes on reports.

• Save hierarchies and re-apply them at any time to newer versions of documents.

• Share hierarchy ideas with other users in their community.

“We are delighted to welcome Antivia to the Global Technology Partner Program,” said Jesse Sims, Global Director of the Technology Partner Program at Business Objects. “It is particularly exciting to see new entrants to the business intelligence market choosing to base their solutions on BusinessObjects XI, a testament to its position as the market-leading business intelligence platform.”

About Antivia

Antivia is a fast growing software company based in Sydney, Australia with offices in the United Kingdom. We subscribe to the view that the ideas and concepts realized through the advent of Web 2.0 are transforming the way in which the world expects to access and use information. We believe this should be considered at the heart of business intelligence solutions in the future and we see the concept of Business Intelligence 2.0 (BI 2.0) evolving in parallel with the Web 2.0 wave to address this.

Successful Web 2.0 companies and applications are utilizing the power of existing technologies to deliver content and capability to a community of collaborative users in ever more interesting and intuitive ways. Scenario for BusinessObjects is the first product in a suite of BI 2.0 solutions Antivia will deliver to make this vision a reality in the communities we serve. More information about Antivia can be found at www.antivia.com.

About Business Objects

Business Objects has been a pioneer in business intelligence (BI) since the dawn of the category. Today, as the world's leading BI software company, Business Objects transforms the way the world works through intelligent information. The company helps illuminate understanding and decision-making at more than 43,000 organizations around the globe. Through a combination of innovative technology, global consulting and education services, and the industry's strongest and most diverse partner network, Business Objects enables companies of all sizes to make transformative business decisions based on intelligent, accurate, and timely information.

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.

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