Business Objects Selects Macrovision to Lower Total Cost of Ownership

Business Objects Selects Macrovision to Lower Total Cost of Ownership

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

    SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2005--

FLEXnet(TM) Publisher Update Service Module Streamlines the Process of Updating and Managing Crystal Reports XI Installations
    Macrovision Corporation today announced that Business Objects has selected Macrovision's FLEXnet(TM) Publisher Update Service Module (Update Service) to automate the process of keeping customers current with the latest updates. Business Objects has deployed Update Service for Crystal Reports(R) XI, the new version of the company's industry-leading reporting solution.
    "Update Service provides us with the ability to quickly distribute updates so our customers can more easily stay current with new versions of our solution," said Lance Walter, vice president of product marketing at Business Objects. "Update Service helps lower the total cost of ownership for our product and improves the overall ease of management for our customers by streamlining the process of getting updates to the software."
    "Just as Macrovision's InstallShield(R) is the de facto standard for software installations, Update Service sets a new standard for updating applications," said Rick Harold, vice president of emerging technologies for Macrovision. "The adoption of Update Service by leading software vendors such as Business Objects clearly shows that enterprises recognize the importance of keeping an application current in order to maximize its value for customers and vendors alike."
    Update Service is a key component of Macrovision's FLEXnet line of Software Value Management solutions, which include software installation, updating, packaging, licensing, entitlement management, end user management, and usage optimization.

    About Macrovision

    Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq:MVSN) is the market leader in electronic licensing, installation, and digital rights management ("DRM") technologies. Macrovision's Software Technologies Group markets the FLEXnet universal licensing platform and the InstallShield suite of software installation, repackaging and update solutions, which are deployed on more than 500 million desktops worldwide. Over 50,000 software publishers and virtually all of the Fortune 1000 companies use Macrovision technologies for Software Value Management(TM) (SVM). SVM solutions bridge the gap between pricing and packaging software on the developer side, and purchasing and managing that software on the enterprise side. Macrovision holds more than 700 software licensing, DRM and content protection patents worldwide. Macrovision is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has offices worldwide. More information about Macrovision and Software Value Management solutions can be found at www.macrovision.com.

    (C) 2005 Macrovision Corporation. Macrovision, InstallShield and FLEXnet are registered trademarks or trademarks of Macrovision Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

    This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A number of factors could cause Macrovision's actual results to differ from anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements. Such factors are addressed in Macrovision's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, and its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov). Macrovision assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

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CONTACT: Macrovision Corporation Gerold Franke, 847-466-4300 gfranke@macrovision.com or LaunchSquad Jason Mandell or Jesse Odell, 415-625-8555 mvsn@launchsquad.com

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