SAN JOSE, Calif. – Feb. 5, 2003 -- Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ), the world’s leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced its 2002 Partner Excellence Award winners. The awards, which acknowledge partners for their significant contributions and commitment to delivering best-in-class solutions based on Business Objects technology, were formally presented at the Business Objects Partner Summit, held this week in New Orleans.

“Business Objects partners play an important role in helping our customers gain the greatest value from using our business intelligence solutions to better understand and optimize their business,” said Jon Temple, senior vice president and general manager of the Americas for Business Objects. “These awards recognize those companies who continually demonstrate clear leadership in delivering high levels of customer satisfaction, focus on helping joint customers gain the highest return on their investment, and work closely with Business Objects to develop a mutually beneficial partnership. These partners are a key factor in the exceptional success rates and high satisfaction levels among our customers.”

The 2002 Business Objects Partner Excellence Award winners are:

Cerner Corporation (Nasdaq: CERN), a leading supplier of clinical and management information and knowledge systems to more than 1,500 health care organizations worldwide, was recognized as the Top OEM Partner. Cerner’s commitment to delivering enterprise outcomes measurement capabilities to its clients led to its selection of Business Objects as a primary component technology for the company’s PowerInsight™ solution.

Decision Warehouse was recognized as the top Latin American distribution partner. Decision Warehouse has been a premier distributor of Business Objects solutions in Latin America for the past five years. In addition to success with the Business Objects core business intelligence products, Decision Warehouse has also been successful with the new data integration products from Business Objects and was the first partner in Southern Latin America to sell BusinessObjects™ Application Foundation, the company’s framework for the rapid deployment of powerful analytic applications and management dashboards.

IBM (NYSE: IBM), the world’s largest information technology (IT) company and provider of IT services, was recognized as the top global alliance partner. IBM has been the leading global reseller of Business Objects products three years in a row. Working together, the two companies have been able to provide joint customers with a superior business intelligence solution combining best of breed query, reporting, and analysis software with the market leading relational database technology.

McKesson Information Solutions, a leader in helping healthcare organizations worldwide provide quality care in the most cost-effective manner possible, was recognized for its innovation in using Business Objects solutions. McKesson’s use of Business Objects in its integrated Horizon Clinicals™ suite includes enterprise analytics to help nurses eliminate manual chart audits and report on compliance with internal standards of care as well as external regulatory requirements. McKesson is committed to expanding its use of Business Objects as a standard architectural element across its growing array of Horizon Clinicals solutions as well as to help manage McKesson’s own internal operations.

OBE Technologies was recognized as a top reseller of Business Objects solutions. The company has built a strong relationship with the Business Objects field organization to fuel a mutually successful partnership. OBE Technologies has worked with customers to implement all areas of the Business Objects end-to-end business intelligence solution – from data integration tools to analytic applications. OBE Technologies has helped numerous customers to achieve measurable business value through successful enterprise-wide deployments of Business Objects solutions.

ONIX Networking was recognized for developing a strong relationship with Business Objects to provide innovative software and services for various vertical markets, including federal, state, and local government, as well as those in the commercial sector. ONIX has demonstrated a keen ability to understand the specialized needs of organizations in vertical markets and develop a clear vision of the benefits business intelligence solutions from Business Objects can provide these customers. This is the second straight year ONIX Networking has been recognized as a top Business Objects partner.