IDS Scheer Announces Major Growth as 2006 ARIS Platform License Revenues Surge 29% in the Americas.

2006 Channel Growth Surged Over 300%

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. -- IDS Scheer, the leading provider of solutions for business process excellence, today announced at ARIS ProcessWorld 2007 that 2006 ARIS Platform license revenues in the US grew by 29 percent over 2005. IDS Scheer also announced a channel revenue growth increase of over 300 percent compared to 2005 resulting from strengthened partnerships with resellers and system integrators such as SAP, PMOLink, AXXIS Consulting and Grupo Assa.

"In my new role leading ARIS sales in the Americas, I have been charged with aggressive, exponential license revenue growth for our ARIS Platform offerings. We will accomplish these goals with our strategic partner network of resellers and key system integrators. We will expand our network with partners who complement and enhance our BPM footprint. Our goal is to continue to maintain our BPM leadership position and achieve market share that will secure the ARIS Platform as the BPM industry standard," said Charles Doucot, Managing Director & Senior Vice President, IDS Scheer Americas.

"In 2006, the SAP channel was a driving force for ARIS, with PMOLink, AXXIS Consulting, and Grupo Assa exceeding ARIS license projections as well," said Dr. Mathias Kirchmer, Chief Innovation & Marketing Officer, IDS Scheer Group. "I am especially delighted with the success of our collaboration with SAP in the sales of SOA solutions based on SAP NetWeaver[R] based on enterprise SOA. In addition, our strategic partnership with Oracle is already gaining traction after only six months. In 2006, we validated that our partner and channel approach to growing and sustaining market share in the Americas was the right strategy for IDS Scheer."

According to Randy Surratt, CEO of PMOLink, Inc.: "The capabilities of the ARIS Platform are a perfect fit with our Project Management offerings. When customers understand that effective Business Process Management is a primary key to success for most types of projects, they are adopting a philosophy that will serve them well time and time again. Many of our clients have leveraged the investment they made in ARIS in support of a specific project to spread business process improvement into far-reaching process areas across their companies."

About IDS Scheer

With the ARIS Platform, IDS Scheer is the leading provider of solutions for business process excellence. The company's ARIS-based solutions offer a complete portfolio of software, services and methods to address all phases of the business process lifecycle: strategy, design, implementation, controlling, documentation, and continuous improvement. From small/medium enterprises to Global 1000 organizations, IDS Scheer helps companies optimize their investments in Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Architecture (EA), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Performance Management (CPM), and Compliance Management. As a Global SAP Service Partner and strategic SAP development partner, IDS Scheer has unmatched domain expertise in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and SAP NetWeaver. With more than 2,500 employees worldwide and 6,000-plus customers in over 70 countries, IDS Scheer's 2005 revenues reached $386.4 million USD/318 million Euros. IDS Scheer was established in 1984 by August-Wilhelm Scheer, widely recognized as a founding father of Business Process Management.

For more information on IDS Scheer in the Americas, visit http://www.ids-scheer.com/us.

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