DataMirror/Business Objects Offer Customers Open Solution

DataMirror Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise application integration and resiliency solutions, announced that it has joined a new alliance program called the Business Objects Data Integration Initiative.

This initiative was created to offer customers a choice of technologies for the creation of data warehouses and data marts.

"In launching this Data Integration Initiative, our goal is to expand our ability to offer customers a complete solution for delivering critical information into the hands of business users," said Mark Tice, group vice president of global alliances for Business Objects. "DataMirror's real-time capture, transform and flow data integration software delivers unique benefits to customers in the creation of data warehouses and data marts. By offering an open solution and leveraging the support of leading data integration technology providers like DataMirror Corporation, we are providing our customers with the freedom to choose the technology that best suits their business needs and technical requirements."

"One of the main IT challenges facing companies today is how to gain business insight and advantage from corporate and customer data stored in many different databases, computing platforms and locations," said Nigel Stokes, Chairman, president and CEO of DataMirror Corporation. "As a global alliance partner, we look forward to working closely with Business Objects to offer customers the ability to easily capture, transform and flow data across multi-platform environments for business intelligence and CRM. Business Objects' market-leading tools for enterprise query, reporting, and analysis, combined with DataMirror's real-time data integration technology and out-of-the-box support for leading databases, will provide our joint customers with a flexible end-to-end solution for delivering business intelligence to end users."

About Business Objects

Business Objects is a leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions. Business intelligence lets organizations access, analyze, and share information internally with employees and externally with customers, suppliers, and partners. It helps organizations improve operational efficiency, build profitable customer relationships, and develop differentiated product offerings.

The company's products include BusinessObjects 2000, the industry's leading integrated business intelligence toolset and platform; and BusinessObjects Analytics, an integrated suite of enterprise analytic applications.

Business Objects pioneered the modern BI industry in 1990 by inventing a patented "semantic layer" that insulates users from the complexity of databases. In 1995, the company was first to focus on enterprise-scale BI deployments and today supports customers with more than 20,000 users. The company moved aggressively to the internet in 1997 by pioneering the market for BI extranets, a market that it continues to lead today. In 2000, the company delivered the industry's first interactive mobile BI solution. Today, Business Objects continues to innovate, creating and delivering a unique vision for enterprise analytic applications.

Business Objects has more than 13,000 customers in over 80 countries. Business Objects can be reached at 408-953-6000 and www.businessobjects.com.

About DataMirror Corporation

DataMirror delivers solutions that let customers integrate data across their enterprises. DataMirror's comprehensive family of products unlocks the experience of now by providing advanced real-time capture, transform and flow (CTF) technology that gives customers the instant access, integration and availability they demand today across all computers in their business.

Over 1,400 companies use DataMirror to integrate their data. Real-time data drives all business. DataMirror is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, and has offices worldwide. DataMirror has been ranked in the Deloitte and Touche Fast 500 as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America. For more information, call 1-800-362-5955 or visit the DataMirror Web site at www.datamirror.com.

Contact DataMirror Corporation, Peter Cauley, 800-362-5955 x271, pcauley@datamirror.com, or Business Objects, Sherry Lowe, 408-953-6031, slowe@businessobjects.com.