Comision Federal de Telecomunicaciones Recognized as Technology Innovator; Leading Mexican Telecommunications Provider Attributes Success to Ultimus Business Process Management

Business Wire, Sept 26, 2005

CARY, N.C. -- Ultimus, the leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) and Workflow Automation software and services that enable the shortest time to value, today announced that its customer Comision Federal de Telecomunicaciones (COFETEL) was recognized by InformationWeek Mexico as one of the 50 most innovative companies in Mexico.

COFETEL's mission is to ensure that all Mexicans have access to telecommunications services. COFETEL is committed to supporting an atmosphere of healthy competition among telecommunications providers, which in turn ensures fair pricing for all citizens. COFETEL also works to ensure the technology infrastructure of the company supports leading telecommunications equipment.

COFETEL invested in the Ultimus BPM Suite to automate all of its core business processes to address the supervision, validation, regulation and services provided to the telecommunications industry. Some of these processes include:

--Modifications to the Local Service Area Definition

--Official Mexican Regulations Elaboration

--Fare Authorization

--Strategic Planning

--Telecommunication Registry Subscriptions

Since implementing the Ultimus BPM Suite, COFELTEL has been able to focus on its core area of business - offering Mexico telecommunications services and the technologies that allow for better, diversity, quality, and prices, in a competitive and convergent atmosphere. The result has been greater customer satisfaction.

"Our work with Ultimus had a direct affect on us being named one of the 50 most innovative companies in Mexico," said Juan Lozano, CIO, COFETEL. "We are thrilled that InformationWeek Mexico has recognized our technology innovation and we look forward to expanding the automation of processes in the near future."

Now in its seventh version, the Ultimus BPM Suite is an independent BPM platform that automates any process incorporating people, applications and organizations. Across a wide range of industries and geographies, businesses rely on the suite to manage enterprise-wide processes more efficiently. The Ultimus BPM Suite delivers strong ROI through a programming-free process modeling and development environment, flexible integration, workflow capabilities, powerful management tools, and easy to use Web interfaces for process participants.

"There is nothing greater than seeing our customers recognized for their hard work and dedication," said Rashid Khan, CEO and co-founder, Ultimus, Inc. "We are very pleased that COFETEL has been named as a technology leader and we take great satisfaction in knowing that we were able to help in that success."

About COFETEL

COFETEL is an independent administrative entity of the Ministry of Communications and Transport with technical and operative autonomy, created to regulate and promote the efficient development of telecommunications in Mexico. It is also responsible for providing and supporting an atmosphere of healthy competition among competitors, and keeping the telecommunications and technology infrastructure up to date with modern and leading telecommunications equipment.

About Ultimus

A pioneer in Business Process Management and workflow automation, Ultimus is a global software company that enables enterprises worldwide to increase their profits by modeling, automating, managing, and optimizing every business process. Headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, the company is ranked by industry research firms Gartner and Forrester as one of the leading vendors in the BPM market.

Ultimus has business operations and sales offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia, South America, and the Middle East. Through these offices and a network of more than 100 partners in 61 countries, more than 1,500 customers, including Carnival Cruise Lines, Citizens Bank, McKessonHBOC, Microsoft, Newell Rubbermaid, Black and Decker, Rexam do Brasil, and Cable & Wireless Panama have deployed the Ultimus BPM Suite to address their business process management challenges.

The Ultimus BPM Suite has been recognized by eWeek magazine with the 2004 eWeek Excellence Award. In addition, Ultimus is a four-time recipient of the Technology Fast 500 Award from Deloitte & Touche and has twice earned a spot in the Inc.500. More information about Ultimus can be obtained by visiting the Ultimus Web site at http://www.ultimus.com, emailing info@ultimus.com, or by calling 919-678-0900.