Lombardi Customers Discuss Success and Lessons Learned at Gartner BPM Summit.

Five Leading Companies to Highlight BPM Best Practices

AUSTIN, Texas -- Lombardi([R]) (www.lombardisoftware.com), the leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software for Global 2000 companies, today announced that it is sponsoring Gartner's third annual Business Process Management Summit. The three day event will be held on February 26 - 28, 2007 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina in San Diego, CA. The theme of this year's event is "From Process Understanding to Business Innovation."

Gartner's BPM Summit is designed to offer strategies and tactics for both Business and IT professionals to help their companies learn about how to get the most value out of BPM initiatives.

Mr. Rich Phillips, COO at Maritz Travel, a $1B travel services provider, has been selected by Gartner to share his company's experiences with BPM. Mr. Phillips will present during the end-user case study session entitled "Alignment of Leadership and Culture: Keys for Successful Use of BPM as a Transformation Vehicle," on Monday, February 26, 2007, in the Grande Ballroom "B" conference room at 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. PST. During the session, Mr. Phillips will discuss how process management must be aligned with the customer value proposition in order to realize broad organizational support and to achieve success in the marketplace.

Additionally, four Lombardi customers will present their BPM experiences in a case study session during the conference. During the session, executives from Aflac, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, El Paso Corporation, and a Canadian Oil and Gas company, will share how BPM technology is helping each of their organizations become more process driven. Each of the clients utilizes TeamWorks([R]) - the leading BPM software platform for designing, executing, and improving business processes - to manage processes within their organizations.

As a premier conference sponsor, Lombardi will showcase the award-wining TeamWorks BPM platform, as well as Lombardi Blueprint,[TM] the only on-demand process improvement tool that enables companies to map processes, identify problems and prioritize improvement opportunities. The Lombardi case study session agenda includes:

Process-Driven: We've Only Just Begun:

Rod Favaron, president and CEO of Lombardi, will moderate this educational case study session at 2:15 p.m. PST on Monday, February 26, 2007 in the Grande Ballroom "A" conference room. Attendees will hear real-world experiences from Lombardi customers as they share BPM best practices and lessons learned. The session will also highlight the future of BPM for organizations that seek to transform their business using process as a competitive advantage.

The four clients that will be presenting during the case study session are:

* Flournoy Henry, Aflac

* Steve Schade, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

* Timothy Jackson, El Paso Corporation

* Tim Barnes, with a large oil & gas company located in Canada

Lombardi staff will be available throughout the conference to demonstrate TeamWorks and Blueprint in the Solution Showcase at Booth #2.

The sessions are open to all conference attendees. For more information about the conference and to review the complete agenda, visit http://www.gartner.com/2_events/conferences/bpm3.jsp.

About Lombardi

Lombardi is a leader in business process management (BPM) software for Global 2000 companies as recognized by both Gartner and Forrester Research, in the Magic Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites, 2006, and Human-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q1 2006 research reports respectively. Lombardi offers award-winning BPM technology, know-how and services to help its customers become Process-Driven. Lombardi Blueprint is the only on-demand process improvement tool that enables companies to map processes, identify problems and prioritize improvement opportunities. Lombardi's TeamWorks[R] is built on open standards and provides ongoing visibility and control of business processes, increasing the speed and flexibility with which organizations can manage their business process activity and decision-making. Lombardi for Office[TM] makes it easy for anyone to participate in BPM using the familiar Microsoft[R] Office System products. The company is a Gold-Certified Microsoft partner, with an "Information Worker Productivity Solutions" Competency.

Lombardi is behind some of the largest, most successful BPM implementations in the world. Our customers include Allianz Life, Aflac, Dell, Hasbro, ING Direct, Maritz Travel, Reuters, Renault F1 Team, Sprint, T-Mobile, The UK Insolvency Service, Universal Music Group and the U.S. Government. For more information, visit www.lombardisoftware.com.

Lombardi, TeamWorks are registered trademarks and TeamWorks Process Optimizer, TeamWorks Portal, TeamWorks Rule Service, Lombardi for Office 2003 and Lombardi Blueprint are trademarks of Lombardi Software, Inc. All other company/product names and service marks may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.