Cognos Signs OEM Agreement with Lombardi Software to Embed BPM Capabilities in Analytic Applications; Companies Share Vision for Integrating Business Intelligence and Business Process Management for Corporate Transformation

Business Wire, April 3, 2006

AUSTIN, Texas -- Lombardi Software(R), the leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software for Global 2000 companies, today announced a strategic OEM agreement with Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management (CPM). Cognos plans to embed Lombardi Software's TeamWorks(R) within its prepackaged Analytic Applications to deliver integrated BPM functionality. This agreement signifies overall market movement toward tighter integration of business intelligence and business process management for process-driven initiatives at large organizations worldwide.

"After a thorough evaluation of BPM vendors, Cognos selected Lombardi TeamWorks to incorporate BPM functionality into its Analytic Applications because of its workflow, visibility and collaboration capabilities," said Rod Favaron, president and chief executive officer of Lombardi Software. "Our BPM capabilities as part of the Cognos Analytic Applications will provide an integrated enterprise solution for our customers and prospects."

Cognos Analytic Applications are a portfolio of applications that deliver insight into multiple business functions providing customers with actionable intelligence for critical, high-impact processes. Lombardi's TeamWorks helps organizations control and continuously improve existing processes to increase productivity, revenues and efficiency while leveraging existing systems.

"Embedding Lombardi TeamWorks in to our analytic applications enables us to combine best practice analytics with guided business processes into our offerings," said Eric Yau, vice-president, Performance Analytics Business Unit at Cognos. "Our decision to work with Lombardi was based on its industry-recognized BPM leadership, advanced technology and strong business acumen."

About Lombardi Software

Lombardi Software is the leader in business process management (BPM) software for Global 2000 companies as recognized by Forrester Research in their report Human-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q1 2006. Lombardi has both the award-winning technology and implementation best practices to bring process excellence to the enterprise. 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 process activity and decision-making. Lombardi customers include Dell, Hasbro, Pfizer, Sprint, Universal Music Group and the U.S. Government. The company is also noted as a Visionary in Gartner's Magic Quadrant. For more information visit www.lombardisoftware.com.

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