EDGAR® Online® Signs Technology Partnership with Business Objects

Companies to Provide XBRL-Enabled Solutions with EDGAR Online's I-Metrix™ and BusinessObjects XI

CONTACT: David Colgren
EDGAR Online Public Relations
PHONE: 646-536-5103
dcolgren@colcomgroup.com

Greg Adams
Chief Operating Officer and CFO
Phone: 203.852.5666

SOUTH NORWALK, Conn. – June 2, 2005 – EDGAR® Online®, Inc. (NASDAQ: EDGR), announced today that it has signed a new technology partnership agreement with Business Objects (NASDAQ: BOBJ). EDGAR Online is a leading provider of value-added business and financial information on global companies to financial, corporate and advisory professionals. Business Objects is the world’s leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions.

As part of the agreement, the two companies will conduct joint sales, marketing and development activities. Joint customers will be able to access eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)-based financial data, provided by EDGAR Online's I-Metrix™ Architect application program interface through BusinessObjects™ XI, the industry’s leading BI platform. XBRL is a royalty free, open specification that uses XML-based data tags to describe financial data in business reports and databases.

EDGAR Online's I-Metrix suite of XBRL products enables financial analysts, auditors and investors to analyze data from the financial statements of all companies that report financials to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company’s new agreement with Business Objects allows EDGAR Online to market its I-Metrix suite of XBRL products to the more than 30,000 customers Business Objects has worldwide, including more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500. The integrated solution enables joint customers to more easily and quickly obtain and work with financial data.

EDGAR Online President and CEO Susan Strausberg said, “We are extremely pleased that Business Objects has chosen to work with EDGAR Online. The combination of Business Objects’ business intelligence platform and the EDGAR Online I Metrix suite of XBRL products will help our joint customers benefit from access to standards-based corporate financial data.”

Jon Dorrington, vice president of alliances at Business Objects said, “The ability to access financial information is very important to our customers. The integration of our industry-leading BI platform with EDGAR Online's I-Metrix suite will enable joint customers to more easily access and analyze their fiscal data to improve performance.”

More information about I-Metrix is available at www.edgar-online.com/products/imetrix.aspx.

About Business Objects
Business Objects is the world’s leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, including more than 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 EDGAR® Online®, Inc.
EDGAR Online, Inc. (NASDAQ: EDGR), www.edgar-online.com, is a leading provider of value-added business and financial information on global companies to financial, corporate and advisory professionals. The company makes its information and a variety of analysis tools available via online subscriptions and licensing agreements to a large user base.

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