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, Mass. -- The Object Management Group(TM) (OMG(TM)) 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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