Siemens IT Operations to Integrate IDS Scheer's ARIS Process Platform with Microsoft BizTalk Server to Automate Business Processes

Business Wire, July 25, 2005

BERWYN, Pa. -- IDS Scheer, the leading provider of business process excellence services and tools, today announced that Siemens IT Operations, a provider of IT out-tasking solutions, has selected market-leading products from IDS Scheer and Microsoft - ARIS Process Platform and BizTalk Server, respectively - to automate its highly complex business processes for IT service management. Siemens IT Operations will use ARIS to model its business processes and execute them with the BizTalk Server.

Siemens IT Operations generated executable processes for the BizTalk Server and Web services code with the ARIS UML Designer, a component of ARIS P2A(TM) (Process to Applications) solution, which bridges the gap between process models and executable applications. ARIS P2A stands for the capability to convert business processes directly to software with no loss of information. This enables the establishment of a consistent process from the business administration requirements definition to the executable application for a wide range of different platforms. As part of an end-to-end architecture, the ARIS Process Platform enables seamless implementation of company processes and meets the requirements of Model Driven Architecture (MDA) while ensuring the development of solutions for Web services, EAI and B2B.

"The Siemens IT Operations implementation is proof positive of the combined might of two leading solutions to model business processes and execute upon them," said Dr. Mathias Kirchmer, CEO of IDS Scheer for the Americas and Japan. "This implementation demonstrates the flexibility of the ARIS Process Platform and its seamless integration with solutions such as Microsoft BizTalk and servers from other vendors."

Microsoft BizTalk Server combines many different systems in a single, service-oriented architecture. Siemens IT Operations is using this solution for controlling and running its business processes. BizTalk is currently in use within 4,500 installations for automating processes throughout heterogeneous systems and beyond company boundaries, and for engaging business users in those processes. According to Nucleus Research, the BizTalk Server provides the best ROI in the industry, due in large part to the short project times associated with its implementation. "Companies that have already used ARIS to model their business processes can now also implement them quickly and inexpensively on the Windows Server System to achieve concrete, measurable process improvements in a short space of time," said Stefan Ropers, Director of Business Group, Servers & Tools for Microsoft.

IDS Scheer's ARIS Process Platform provides a comprehensive business process management platform and central process repository to create a blueprint that drives an organization's strategic BPM initiatives. IDS Scheer will soon unveil the newest version of its ARIS Process Platform - ARIS 7.0.

About IDS Scheer in North America

IDS Scheer is the leading provider of solutions for business process excellence. The company's ARIS-based solutions offer a complete portfolio for "Business Process Excellence," including the services, software and methods to address all phases of the business process lifecycle: design, implementation, execution and continuous improvement. From small/medium enterprises to Global 1000 organizations, IDS Scheer provides a wide array of solutions to help customers optimize, and profit from, their investments in Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Next Generation Business Process Automation solutions. As a SAP Global Services Partner, IDS Scheer enables customers to maximize their SAP investment and build winning businesses. As part of an organization of more than 2000 employees worldwide and over 250 in North America, IDS Scheer is built upon a foundation of business process excellence that began when the company was founded in 1984 by August-Wilhelm Scheer, widely recognized as a founding father of Business Process Management. For more information on IDS Scheer in North America, visit http://www.ids-scheer.com/us.> Copyright (C) 2005 IDS Scheer All rights reserved.

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