Bank Central Asia Selects Business Objects as its Business Intelligence Tool

A leader in the Banking Industry to deploy Business Objects suite of applications

Jakarta, 09 January 2003 - Cygnet Pericon, a Jakarta-based technology consulting firm and a Business Objects' Solution Expert Premier Partner, announced today that PT. Bank Central Asia Tbk (JSX--BBCA), one of the largest banks in Indonesia, has selected Business Objects as its enterprise Business Intelligence tool. Bank Central Asia (BCA), with over 8 million customers over 800 branches throughout Indonesia and Internationally, will implement Business Objects software to drive improvements in operations, sales, and marketing.

"BCA's commitment to Business Objects is further proof of the importance of business intelligence to large corporations today," said Dr. Hendra Suhartanto, Managing Director at Cygnet Pericon. "They are using business intelligence to help them achieve operational excellence throughout their organization, and maintain their leadership in a competitive industry. BI allows companies to access the pulse of their business at any given moment, an important capability in today's fast changing economy."

About Bank Central Asia

Established as Bank Central Asia NV on February 21st 1957, right in Jakarta's Commercial Center, Bank Central Asia (BCA) then followed a sustained growth, and in 1977 BCA obtained its foreign exchange license. The bank's progress was also evident in its increasing assets, which rose from Rp 36.10 trillion in 1996 to Rp 96.45 trillion at the end of December 1999.

BCA grew to become the largest retail bank in Indonesia, as shown by the number of its customers amounting to 7.7 million individuals and 300 thousand companies as of August 1999. As of August 1999, BCA operated 795 branch offices throughout Indonesia, 2 overseas branches, and 2 overseas representative offices in New York, Bahamas Island, Hongkong, and Singapore.

The bank maintains a perfect balance between the profits earned and the service rendered to the customers. Guarding the customers' trust, BCA is ever ready to enter the era of globalization, and meet the new millennium. To learn more about Bank Central Asia, please visit the website at www.klikbca.com.

About Cygnet Pericon

Cygnet Pericon is a leading technology consulting firm having offices in Jakarta and Singapore. Cygnet Pericon's products and services includes business intelligence (BI) solutions, enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications and consulting as well as a range of other IT services that help corporate customers implement technology to achieve operational excellence and improve profitability in a competitive and challenging environment.

Cygnet Pericon has a group of trained and certified consultants to help customers implement technology in many of the ASEAN countries. To find out more about Cygnet Pericon, please call +62 21 8379-9377 or visit the website at www.cygnetpericon.com.

About Business Objects

Business Objects is the world's 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 data integration tools, the industry's leading integrated business intelligence platform, and a suite of enterprise analytic applications. Business Objects is the first to offer a complete BI solution that is composed of best-of-breed components, giving organizations the means to deploy end-to-end BI to the enterprise, from data extraction to analytic applications.

Business Objects has more than 16,500 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (Euroclear code 12074). It is included in the SBF 120 and IT CAC 50 French stock market indexes. Business Objects can be reached at +1 408-953-6000 and www.businessobjects.com.