**Exhibit 31.2**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, William E. Meyer, Chief Financial Officer ofBroadVision, Inc., certify that:

 

1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report onForm 10-Q of BroadVision, Inc.;

 

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

 

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;

 

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s)and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) forthe registrant and we have:

 

a)    Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

 

b)    [intentionally omitted]

 

c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this reportour conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

 

d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s)and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of the internalcontrol over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the auditcommittee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions):

 

a)    All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting  which are reasonably likelyto adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

 

b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 
| Date:    November 14, 2003 |                             |
|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|                                           | /s/   WILLIAM E. MEYER |   |
|                                           | William E. Meyer                 |
|                                           | *Chief Financial Officer*        |

 

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