BusinessObjects What’s New Acquisitions & XI Release 2 Migration Issues

Slide 2 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Business Objects Delivers My Questions. My Insight. One BI Platform

Slide 3 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Business Objects Product Line Core Business Intelligence EPM/Financial Applications Industry Analytic Applications Enterprise Information Management

Slide 4 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Business Objects Product Line Core Business Intelligence EPM/Financial Applications Industry Analytic Applications Enterprise Information Management

Slide 5 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Performance Management Planning Rich product functionality  Embraced by the user community  Leverages the power of Excel The “safe choice” for the CFO  Successful implementation track record  Consistent high customer satisfaction  Low total cost of ownership Vertical and domain expertise  Customized vertical products  Sales, service, and support Acquired SRC in 2005 Highly flexible, easy-to-use products

Slide 6 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Web and LAN Accessibility Enterprise Security Hierarchy Management Real Time Consolidations Scheduler Services Workflow Management Process Control “We wrap a virtual shell around Excel and industry- standard databases, preserving strengths, eliminates weaknesses, extending functionality.” Business Objects Planning unique product design

Slide 7 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Business Objects Product Line Core Business Intelligence EPM/Financial Applications Industry Analytic Applications Enterprise Information Management

Slide 8 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Data Quality Data Quality Firewall Enterprise Information Management Source Data Business Intelligence Semantic Layer Data Integration ETL EII Profiling and Design Metadata Manager Metadata Strategy, practices, and technologies that deliver a comprehensive approach to integrate and deliver trusted information. EIM enabling technology

Slide 9 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Enterprise Information Management Deliver accurate and trusted information Provide a comprehensive view of the business Deliver the right information at the right time EIM Products  Data Integrator  Data Federator (Medience)  Data Cleansing (Firstlogic)  Metadata Manager  Composer  Rapid Marts Deliver BI you can trust

Slide 10 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. A web-based portal for all the metadata used in a project. Explore and Describe - Directory Navigate user defined grouping of metadata from across tools. Search by name, description, or content of reports, objects etc. Extend object descriptions by providing annotations in multiple languages. Provide Keywords to influence search results delivered by the engine.

Slide 11 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Last table update: July 14, :24 am Tom Le Blake Hughes Steve Lucas Meg Marks Change Management – Impact Analysis and Data Lineage Understand the lineage of information, where the information came from, how it was transformed and delivered. See the calculations performed at each step of the BI process – from source, to DW, to universe and object, and even relevant users

Slide 12 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Change Management – Impact Analysis and Data Lineage

Slide 13 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Data Quality Process

Slide 14 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Business Objects Product Line Core Business Intelligence EPM/Financial Applications Industry Analytic Applications Enterprise Information Management

Slide 15 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Accelerating Adoption in 2005 All roads lead to BusinessObjects XI

Slide 16 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. BusinessObjects XI Release 1 and 2 Overview Business Objects XI Release 1 (January 05)  Innovation and enhancement throughout the platform  Product integration was key focus area CE and BOE combined to one platform (BOE XI) BI Interface support includes Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, OLAP Intelligence (aka:Crystal Analysis) and Enterprise Performance Management  Business Objects Full Client not supported  Upgrade Release for Crystal 8, 8.5, 9 and 10 users  Possible upgrade Release for Business Objects 6.x users (With no full client requirement) BusinessObjects XI Release 2 (November 05)  Innovation and enhancements throughout the platform  Major improvements to Web Intelligence  BusinessObjects Full Client support (Renamed Desktop Intelligence)  Upgrade for Crystal 8.5, 9 and 10 users AND for BusinessObjects 5.1.4, 6.X, or XI users

Slide 17 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. BusinessObjects Enterprise XI (Infrastructure) New features  Single BI Platform for entire product line (based on Crystal Enterprise)  Support for Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence, OLAP Intelligence, Dashboard Manager, Performance Manager, Live Office and Crystal Reports Explorer (all document types have same capabilities)  Single repository, security, system management and publishing  Web-based Administration

Slide 18 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. BusinessObjects Enterprise XI (Infrastructure) New features  Out of the box portal, called Infoview  Integrated scheduling based on user input, events, & calendars  Universe, Business Views, and native data access  Threaded Discussion capability  Business Encyclopedia  Intelligent Questions  Improved information distribution capabilities  Enhanced system auditing  BI lifecycle management support

Slide 19 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. BusinessObjects Live Office XI R2 Live Data Access to Business Objects Reports Through Excel, Powerpoint or Word  Connection to Crystal Reports or Business Views  Connect to data through Web Intelligence documents

Slide 20 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence XI BusinessObjects XI platform integration Protect existing investment in full client deployments Enhanced end user platform capabilities for end users Support for all deployment options Formerly known as the BusinessObjects full client

Slide 21 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Web Intelligence XI Key features  BusinessObjects XI platform integration (threaded discussions)  Platform scheduling capabilities (calendars, instances, etc.)  Updated Interactive Viewing  Increased query power including subqueries, combined queries such as union, minus and intersection and ranking  Increased reporting power including synchronized multiple data providers, enhanced formula functions, color pallettes, cell enhancements  Live Office utilization Web-based ad hoc query & analysis

Slide 22 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Introducing BusinessObjects Intelligent Question Structured questioning for non-traditional BI users A new way to deliver extreme insight  BI to new users in new ways  Focusing on “the other 85%” Patent-pending innovation based on the semantic layer A simple interface allowing users to easily ask business questions

Slide 23 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Performance Management Tools Align actions with strategy Monitor what matters Act with confidence Integration with Platform New Analytics  Thermometer  Barometer Support for Flash Goal values via Universe Convert high-level objectives into metrics users can track

Slide 24 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Crystal Xcelsius What is Crystal Xcelsius?  Point and click development environment to create interactive visual analytics against a range of data sources  Output visual analytics to be hosted in office documents or through the web What is it used for?  Develop personal dashboards from your spreadsheet data  What-if analysis against highly interactive visual analytics  Thought leadership – “steal the show” element – in communicating information to colleagues and customers