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DATALLEGRO SIGNS TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE WITH
BUSINESS OBJECTS
San Diego, CA – August 15, 2005 –DATAllegro, supplier of the premier price/performance data warehouse appliance, today announced a technology alliance 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 alliance, DATAllegro will enhance the interoperability between BusinessObjects™ XI, the industry-leading BI platform from Business Objects, and DATAllegro’s high performance data warehouse appliances. In addition, DATAllegro will join the Business Objects Technology Partner Program and the two companies will engage in joint sales, marketing, and development activities.
By using DATAllegro’s data warehouse appliance along with BusinessObjects XI, joint customers will be able to add more users, access more historical data, speed up loading times and increase ad hoc query capabilities. As a result, these customers will obtain more value from their business intelligence investments.
DATAllegro offers two data warehouse appliances. DATAllegro P3™ is a high performance appliance with a 3 terabyte capacity and a table scanning speed of one terabyte per minute. DATAllegro C25™ is a high capacity appliance with a 25 terabyte capacity and a table scanning speed of half a terabyte per minute. Each product is priced at $450,000 making them the industry leaders in price/performance. DATAllegro’s appliances require minimal physical design and query tuning, which greatly reduces the installation time and ongoing maintenance costs.
“DATAllegro’s commodity hardware, high performance and low cost of ownership offer a very attractive proposition to Business Objects users,” said Rene Bonvanie, CMO for Business Objects. “DATAllegro’s data warehouse appliances give Business Objects users access to a high performance, scalable data warehouse that can be up and running in a short period of time.”
“Business Objects is the leading BI vendor,” said Stuart Frost, CEO of DATAllegro. "We are therefore very excited to work with Business Objects to offer joint customers a complete BI and data warehousing solution with world class capabilities and performance.”
ABOUT BUSINESS OBJECTS
Business Objects is the world’s leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500, Business Objects helps organizations gain better insight into their business, improve decision making, and optimize enterprise performance. The company’s business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects™ XI, offers the BI industry’s most advanced and complete platform for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, and data integration. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports®, the industry standard for enterprise reporting. Business Objects has built the industry’s strongest and most diverse partner community, and also 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.
ABOUT DATALLEGRO™
DATAllegro offers data warehouse appliances with the best price/performance in the industry. Using DATAllegro’s patent-pending technology, companies can run faster and more complex queries on their data in order to increase their business intelligence. With prices starting at $20,000 per terabyte of user data, DATAllegro P3™ and DATAllegro C25™ have set a new standard in data warehouse price/performance. Based in Aliso Viejo, California, DATAllegro delivers a fast, flexible and affordable solution that allows a company’s data to grow at the pace of its business. For more information on DATAllegro go to www.DATAllegro.com.

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