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METASTORM PARTNERS WITH IGRAFX FOR BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS SOLUTIONS

Metastorm to Embed iGrafx Software into its e-Work Business Process Management (BPM) Suite

Through the partnership, Metastorm will embed the iGrafx® ProcessT software into its e-Work BPM software suite to deliver advanced modeling and simulation capabilities to its 700+ and growing global customer base. Metastorm will embed the iGrafx technology directly into its new modeling and simulation solution - called e-Work EnvisionT. e-Work Envision will provide customers with powerful forecasting and predictive analysis capabilities that will allow users to both model new processes as well as simulate the impact of changes to existing processes.

This announcement further establishes iGrafx as a leader in the development and delivery of powerful, easy to use solutions for process analysis and modeling. iGrafx solutions are used by thousands of companies for key process initiatives such as Six Sigma, Lean, TQM, ISO and Sarbanes-Oxley.

Jim Sinur, Distinguished Analyst from Gartner notes: "Business Process Analysis (BPA) technologies really help business professionals optimize their business processes. Visualizing the business process goes a long way toward identifying bottlenecks, value streams, administrative tasks to automate and opportunities for reducing error cycles. The resulting models can be used as universal communication tools for business users, systems integrators (SIs), developers and outsourcers. Business Process Management (BPM) technologies allow for the translation of the business models completed in BPA tools into reality while keeping them sharp through continuous feed back and inline optimization. BPA and BPM are extremely complimentary technologies and will help clients leverage business processes."

"We are very pleased that Metastorm has selected iGrafx as their partner for Business Process Analysis," said Ken Carraher, president, iGrafx. "The addition of the iGrafx BPA capabilities will help Metastorm complete their vision of "roundtrip" BPM and we are happy to be a part of that solution. This partnership also further establishes iGrafx as a leader in helping companies achieve process excellence and is great news for our customers with vast libraries of existing process maps who can now easily leverage Metastorm's BPM suite to automate, manage, and control these critical processes."

"Our customers are looking for new ways to further increase their return on investment from Metastorm e-Work. We evaluated many other BPA tools and selected iGrafx as a best-of-breed solution that will help us deliver unsurpassed business process analysis capabilities," said Robert Farrell, president and chief executive officer, Metastorm. "iGrafx has the vision and the people to ensure our combined technologies continue to deliver market leading capabilities as the BPM market evolves."

About iGrafx

iGrafx provides a comprehensive suite of business process analysis tools that help organizations understand, analyze, and optimize their processes for key corporate initiatives including Six Sigma, Lean, Business Process Management (BPM), ISO and Sarbanes-Oxley. iGrafx solutions create a team-based collaborative process visualization and analysis environment that enables companies to achieve and sustain process excellence while increasing their return on investment. The iGrafx process management solution assists in reducing costs, increasing resource utilization, and determining how best to allocate and deploy resources. iGrafx is a division of Corel Corporation.

About Metastorm, Inc.

As the leading provider of business process management software for automating, managing, and controlling processes, Metastorm is the only company helping organizations achieve Enterprise Process Advantage® - a heightened level of business performance resulting from increased process efficiency, control, and agility. With a focus on complex, human-centric processes that are unique to their organizations, Metastorm's 700+ global client base in manufacturing, financial services, business services, healthcare and government are achieving rapid ROI and unique process advantage in customer service, supply chain operations, risk management, and internal operations. For more information visit www.metastorm.com.

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