Computer Software Alliance, Inc.
Signs Agreement With Business Objects

August 3, 2004 -- Houston TX -- Computer Software Alliance, Inc. (CSA), an IBM Premier Business Partner with offices in Houston and Kansas City, announced today that the company has signed an agreement with Business Objects, the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software provider.

With this agreement, CSA is a Business Objects Value-Added Reseller supplying the complete line of Business Objects software products.

"As a Business Objects Value Added Reseller, CSA now provides total solutions for business intelligence needs," state Robert Navarrete, CSA president. "CSA provides sales, licensing, training and support for the complete line of Business Objects software including Crystal Reports, Webintelligence and BusinessObjects Enterprise. We are excited to be working with Business Objects and we're excited to provide the Business Objects software to all of our customers."

Business Objects provides a comprehensive set of common services to simplify deployment and management of business intelligence (BI) tools, report and analytic applications. Computer Software Alliance will provide software from Business Objects to meet these critical needs of its customers:

• Reporting. Reporting is the process of accessing data, formatting it and delivering it as information inside and outside the organization. Business Objects software, such as Crystal Reports, serves as the foundation of a broader business intelligence (BI) strategy by providing the most-requested pieces of information reliably and securely -- via the web or embedded in enterprise applications.

• Query and Analysis. Business Objects query and analysis products let analysts and power users create their own queries from scratch, without having to understand complex database schemas or SQL, and easily add calculations to deliver more insight from the data. With software such Webintelligence for Business Objects, they can share that information with others across the enterprise -- and beyond.

• Data Integration. Software from Business Objects (such as BusinessObjects Data Integrator) allows business analysts to access, integrate, transform, and deliver enterprise data from any source for reporting, query and analysis, analytic applications, and performance management.

• Performance Management. Performance management products and services from Business Objects, including flexible dashboards, provide an innovative, flexible and integrated framework for building and deploying metric-centric business intelligence (BI) solutions.

• Analytic Applications. Pre-built applications, including BusinessObjects Warehouse, save valuable implementation time while also letting organizations take advantage of industry best practices.

"Business Objects delivers the most powerful information query and analysis products on the market," said Shoby John, CSA vice president and Chief Technology Officer. "Their business intelligence products let analysts and power users explore and interact with data from both relational and OLAP data sources. Users can navigate and analyze data to uncover root causes and identify trends. It's powerful stuff and it's now all a part of CSA's expanded offerings to its clients."

Under terms of the agreement, CSA and Business Objects will work together to market, distribute and support the complete product line of Business Objects BI solutions software.

About Business Objects

Business Objects (NASDAQ: BOBJ) is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. Business intelligence enables organizations to track, understand and manage enterprise performance. The company's solutions leverage the information that is stored in an array of corporate databases, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) systems. Business Objects has more than 24,000 customers in over 80 countries. For more information on Business Objects, call 408-953-6000 or visit http://www.businessobjects.com.

About Computer Software Alliance, Incorporated.

Computer Software Alliance, Inc. (CSA) is an IBM Premier Business Partner and a national provider of technology services and business computing solutions directly to small, medium and enterprise class customers throughout the USA. CSA is proud to feature IBM Informix, DB2, Lotus Domino/Notes, Tivoli, Websphere software products together with products and services of other leading vendors like Business Objects, Four J's, the SCO Group and SurfControl. Call CSA at 866-CSA-5351 or visit http://www.csatech.net.