Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company, with more than 39,000 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. By utilizing BusinessEdge Solutions' extensive business strategy, industry knowledge and expertise in Life Sciences, Communications, Media and Content and Financial Services, customers can more effectively deploy their business intelligence projects. more information on Business Objects, visit the company's web site at www.businessobjects.com