Action Technologies Joins Business Process Management Initiative — BPMI.org

Business Wire, March 8, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2001

Action Technologies announced today it has become a member of the Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI.org).

Membership in this increasingly important initiative reflects Action Technologies' commitment to helping its customers improve productivity and profit by providing business process solutions. The company develops web-based enterprise coordination software that enables people to coordinate commitments between each other, and their customers and suppliers across corporate boundaries. Its business process and project management software, ActionWorks(R) helps customers reduce cycle time, increase efficiency and coordinate employee's activities so they feel empowered to make a difference in a company's productivity and profits.

Action Technologies' membership comes prior to an upcoming meeting among BPMI.org members on March 8, at which the organization will make the BPML (Business Process Modeling Language) specification available to the public for the first time. BPML is a meta-language for the modeling of business processes, just as XML is a meta-language for the modeling of business data.

About BPMI.org

Founded in August 2000, BPMI.org (the Business Process Management Initiative) is a non-profit organization that empowers companies of all sizes, across all industries, to develop and operate business processes that span multiple applications and business partners, behind the firewall and over the Internet. The Initiative's mission is to promote and develop the use of Business Process Management (BPM) through the establishment of standards for process design, deployment, execution, maintenance, and optimization. BPMI.org develops open specifications, assists IT vendors in marketing their implementations, and supports businesses in their use of Business Process Management technologies. BPMI.org has been initiated by Intalio, Inc. and created in August 2000 by a group of sixteen enterprise software vendors and consulting firms. Membership is open to all companies, non-profit organizations, and individuals.

About Action Technologies, Inc.

Action Technologies (www.actiontech.com) is a global provider of web-based business process management and business relationship management software for collaborative commerce applications, where customers collaborate and negotiate with suppliers. The ActionWorks(R) brand is reflective of a number of patents in the management of human communications and business process automation. ActionWorks(R) Metro software has won numerous industry awards for the enterprise applications of Action customers. Its second software product, eBRM2000, is designed to address business needs of professional service firms and organizations that have service-oriented projects. Utilizing eBRM2000, firms collaborate, negotiate and meet commitments across corporate boundaries. Headquartered in Alameda, California, Action Technologies serves customers worldwide with both a direct sales force and a network of system integrators, VARs and distribution partners. Action partners include Business Design Associates, CINCOM Systems, OTG Software, Work Management Europe, Systems Integration Center AG, and Vision Consulting Ltd. Action Technologies is a Microsoft partner.