Maritz Travel to Deploy Lombardi Software's BPM Platform; Global Travel Provider Selects TeamWorks for Enterprise Process Improvement Initiatives

Business Wire, May 30, 2006

AUSTIN, Texas -- Lombardi Software(R), the leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software for Global 2000 companies, today announced that Maritz Travel Company, the global leader in meeting, event and incentive travel management, has selected the award-winning TeamWorks(R) BPM platform in support of the company's process improvement initiatives.

Maritz selected Lombardi's TeamWorks to transform the way their travel services are provided. By focusing on the core business processes such as proposal development, sourcing, pricing and attendee management, the company wants to take their excellent reputation for quality and customer service and increase it even more.

"Lombardi was the right BPM solution for our needs," said Mike Tenholder, Senior Project Director for Maritz Travel. "In addition to having leading technology that met all of our needs, we felt that their people set them apart. These are exactly the same qualities that have made Maritz successful."

"We are excited that Maritz selected Lombardi to help optimize its core business processes," said Rod Favaron, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lombardi Software. "By improving efficiency and adding even more customer value with TeamWorks, Maritz can continue to focus on what makes them the travel leader -- delighting their customers."

TeamWorks is the leading BPM software platform for designing, executing, and improving business processes. The product is built on open standards and provides ongoing process visibility and control, increasing the speed and flexibility with which organizations can manage process activity and decision-making. TeamWorks includes a rich, cohesive Eclipse-based modeling environment for building all aspects of a business process, a highly collaborative web-based work portal for process participants, and provides industry-leading optimization technologies for analyzing and improving business processes.

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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