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Adobe, Sterling Commerce and More Join OMG
to work on Business Process Management Standards
98% of Former BPMI.org Members Now Working Within the OMG
Needham, MA, USA - September 14, 2005 - The Object Management Group™
(OMG™) today announced that 98% of the members of the former Business
Process Management Initiative (BPMI.org) have joined OMG to continue their
work on Business Process Management (BPM) activities, and to provide
thought leadership and industry standards for this vital and growing
industry.
The new members have joined OMG to continue BPMI's and OMG's
groundbreaking work and focus on all aspects of Business Process
Management. The new member companies include: Adobe Systems, Inc., Axway
Software, Bluespring Software, Inc., British American Tobacco, Casewise
Systems, Inc., CommerceQuest, Inc., ConceptWave Software Inc., DST
Systems, Inc., Exigen, Inc., FileNET Corporation, Flowring Technology
Corporation, Fuego, Global 360, Inc., iGrafx, Inc., Insession
Technologies, Intalio, Lombardi Software, Meridea Financial Software,
Ltd., QoS Labs, LLC, SeeBeyond Software, Singularity, Ltd., Sterling
Commerce, Inc., Unify Corporation, Vignette Corporation, Vision Software
S.A., Vitria Technology, Inc., and webMethods, Inc. They join members of
the former BPMI who were already OMG members, including BEA Systems, Inc.,
BroadVision, Embarcadero Technologies, Inc., Fair Isaac, Inc., Graham
Technology, PLC, IBM Corporation, IDS Scheer, Inc., ILOG, Inc., Infosys
Technologies, Ltd., MEGA International, Oracle USA, Inc., Pegasystems
Inc., Proforma Corporation, SAP AG, Select Business Solutions, Telcordia
Technologies, Telelogic as well as the many active OMG members of the
Business Enterprise Integration Domain Task Force.
BPMI's Board of Directors, along with the leadership of the OMG's
Business Enterprise Integration Domain Task Force, will form the core of a
new BPMI Steering Committee, which will provide Business Process
Management thought leadership and expertise for the entire industry
through education programs, public advocacy, and advice to the combined
BPM standards work at OMG. The first Steering Committee meeting is being
held at the OMG Technical Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. this week.
"The incredible response we've received from the BPMI members,
with more than 98% percent participation, has proven that some of the most
important players in this industry recognize the value of this
merger," said Dr. Richard Soley, Chairman and CEO of OMG. "With
the combined experience and enthusiasm of the incoming members and the
ongoing dedication of the OMG veterans, we are seeing the emergence of a
new business process management thought leadership and software standards
powerhouse that will greatly benefit the industry as a whole."
"I am heartened by this strong demonstration of commitment from
BPMI members to the delivery of useful, interoperable business modeling
and management standards. BPMI members' overwhelming support of the OMG
merger and continued participation in OMG speaks to me of the value of the
BPMI legacy and to the exciting opportunities OMG is providing for its
future," said Jeanne Baker, Vice President, Sterling Commerce, and
Chair BPMI.org.
"The merger brings together work on business process standards in
both the OMG and BPMI so that we can improve consistency and increase
participation. In addition, BPMI brings a business focus and expertise
that will help in our efforts to develop additional business modeling
standards and accelerate development of Model Based Management," said
Fred Cummins, Fellow, EDS and Co-Chair, BEI Task Force at OMG.
For additional comments from some of the companies listed here, please
visit http://www.omg.org/bpmi-pr.
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