Savvion Congratulates Customer NETGEAR for InfoWorld 100 Award

Business Wire, Nov 20, 2006

NETGEAR's Business Process Management Implementation Recognized as Outstanding Example of Enterprise Innovation and IT Leadership

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Savvion([R]), the industry's leading business process management (BPM) company, today announced its customer NETGEAR, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, has won the prestigious InfoWorld 100 Award for 2006. The annual award honors IT projects that demonstrate the most creative use of cutting-edge technologies to further their business goals. NETGEAR was honored for its Savvion BusinessManager[TM] deployment that has put an end to the paper trail and streamlined business processes across the company to improve operations.

"Congratulations to NETGEAR for receiving this major industry award," said Shawn Price, president and CEO of Savvion. "It's great to see one of our marquee customers recognized for leveraging our industry-leading solutions. This award provides further validation of how Savvion's BPM solutions enable today's cutting-edge enterprises to optimize business processes across the entire lifecycle -- from the birth of an idea, through process creation for maximum cost savings."

Nominations were submitted by InfoWorld readers, technology partners, and end-user companies in late-summer. To be considered, projects must stretch beyond the typical, off-the-shelf solution, and must use multiple technologies in innovative ways to serve well-defined business goals.

Savvion BusinessManager is used for multiple projects within NETGEAR, including the management of part number creation, product life cycle management, and the returns management process. With Savvion BusinessManager, NETGEAR has improved its time to market, is managing costs even more efficiently, and estimates it will further increase productivity.

About InfoWorld Media Group

InfoWorld Media Group helps IT solutions management choose the right technology, within the context of a cohesive strategy, for business impact at their organizations. Rather than merely covering the enterprise technology market, InfoWorld identifies and promotes emerging technology segments that add unique value for the organizations that implement them, as well as the vendors that provide those solutions. Using an integrated communications approach including online, events, a weekly print publication, research, and a continued investment in an independent Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide both hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at http://www.infoworld.com.

About NETGEAR, Inc.

NETGEAR[R] (Nasdaq: NTGR) designs technologically advanced, branded networking products that address the specific needs of small and medium business and home users. The Company's product offerings enable users to share Internet access, peripherals, files, digital multimedia content and applications among multiple personal computers and other Internet-enabled devices. NETGEAR is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.netgear.com or call (408) 907-8000.

About Savvion

Savvion is the leading provider of business process management (BPM) software that improves business performance and reduces costs. Savvion has a proven track record of turning process improvement ideas into real-world solutions quickly, often in as few as 30 days, and delivering a return on investment as high as 300%. More than 300 global business enterprises, public service agencies, and systems integration firms, including 20 of the Fortune 100, use Savvion systems to manage their business. Savvion is recognized by Intelligent Enterprise as one of the most influential companies in information technology today, and is a Leader in the Forrester Wave for BPM. To start down the path of process improvement, download the Savvion Process Modeler available for free at www.savvion.com/startnow. Or visit the Savvion ProcessXchange, where people can connect with a community of interest devoted to business process management, at www.processxchange.com.

Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Savvion can be reached at www.savvion.com or 888-544-5511.

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