Savvion Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites; Independent Analyst Firm Evaluates Savvion Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

Business Wire, June 29, 2006

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Savvion(R), the industry's leading business process management (BPM) company, today announced that it has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant in Gartner Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites, 2006, co-authored by Janelle Hill and Jim Sinur, and published on June 28, 2006. According to Gartner, "Leaders" are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.

"We feel our positioning in the Leader's quadrant confirms what we continue to hear from our customers -- that Savvion has the best and most complete BPM suite on the market today," said Shawn Price, president and CEO of Savvion. "Savvion believes that process is a complete lifecycle -- from the very first model at the front end of this lifecycle, to ultimately outsourcing processes with our extensive network of business process outsourcing (BPO) partners. Our BPO strategy is a clear competitive advantage in the marketplace today. Leading companies who outsource processes with Savvion today can do so in a matter of weeks. Our products are fast to deploy and empower everyone in the organization to instantly identify and solve problems. Businesses are always aiming for continuous improvement. With Savvion, profitability becomes a reality."

Savvion recently announced the general availability of the Savvion BusinessManager(TM) 6.8 suite of products as the easiest way for people to collaborate, control, and help people improve business processes. Savvion BusinessManager 6.8 is the latest version of the Savvion BusinessManager Suite (BPMS) and marks a revolutionary step forward for business process management technology by making process improvement a reality for everyone in the organization. From the first collaborative steps with Savvion Process Modeler 6.8, to implementation with Savvion BusinessManager 6.8, Savvion makes it easy to model the way you work and enables everyone to collaborate and control process. With Savvion BusinessManager 6.8 processes can be refined and changed according to the needs of the business and everyone can manage process based on how they work.

In addition, Savvion recently launched the Savvion ProcessXchange, the industry's first online process improvement user community offering the opportunity to share best practices and explore common process issues. Visit the ProcessXchange at www.processxchange.com.

The Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted June 28, 2006 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Savvion

Savvion develops business process management (BPM) software that improves business performance and reduces costs within and across functional business units. Savvion's lifecycle approach can bring process improvement initiatives on-line in less than 90 days while delivering a 200% - 300% return on investment. Over 200 global business enterprises, public service agencies, and systems integration firms, including 20 of the Fortune 100, use Savvion systems to manage their business, from workgroup to enterprise, in real-time. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Savvion can be reached at www.savvion.com or 888-544-5511. To start down the path of process improvement, download the Savvion Process Modeler available for free at www.savvion.com/startnow.> The Savvion logo, Savvion, and Savvion BusinessManager are trademarks or registered trademarks of Savvion, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

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