Business Services Industry

IDS Scheer Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Business Process Analysis Tools

Business Wire, March 7, 2006

BERWYN, Pa. -- IDS Scheer, the leading provider of solutions for business process excellence, today announced it is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner Inc. Business Process Analysis Tools Magic Quadrant. Published on February 27, 2006 by Michael J. Blechar and Jim Sinur, the recent research note, Magic Quadrant for Business Process Analysis Tools, 2006, analyzes many vendors and their respective solutions. In the research note, Gartner states that business process analysis (BPA) tools continue to grow in importance as business managers and process architects seek to better understand, streamline and automate their business processes, and communicate their needs to IT professionals.

According to Gartner, leaders are high-viability vendors with proven track records in BPA tools with high degrees of functionality or market penetration, as well as vision and business investment. They are also well positioned for the future because of their completeness of vision -- due to financial commitment and market share, technological differentiation or both.

"We are pleased to be positioned in the Leader Quadrant of Gartner's Business Process Analysis Tools Magic Quadrant," said Dr. Mathias Kirchmer, CEO of IDS Scheer for the Americas and Japan. "We continue to expand our markets, tools, methods, process reference models and consulting support to help organizations of all sizes achieve business process excellence. IDS Scheer continues to innovate, which we believe is evidenced by the company's position in the Leader Quadrant of this report."

About IDS Scheer in the Americas

With the ARIS Platform, 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 software, services and methods to address all phases of the business process lifecycle: strategy, design, implementation, controlling, documentation, and continuous improvement. From small/medium enterprises to Global 1000 organizations, IDS Scheer provides solutions to help customers optimize their investments in Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Architecture (EA), Corporate Performance Management (CPM), and Compliance Management. As a Global SAP Service Partner and strategic SAP development partner, IDS Scheer has unmatched domain expertise in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and SAP NetWeaver. As part of an organization of more than 2,500 employees worldwide in more than 70 countries with more than 6,000 customers, IDS Scheer's 2005 revenues reached $386.4 million USD/318 million Euros. IDS Scheer was established in 1984 by August-Wilhelm Scheer, widely recognized as a founding father of Business Process Management.

For more information on IDS Scheer in the Americas, visit http://www.ids-scheer.com/us.> * Magic Quadrant Disclaimer:

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted February 27, 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, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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