National Bank of Canada Deploys Lombardi Business Process Management Suite

Business Wire, April 17, 2007

Leading Canadian Financial Services Provider Streamlines Processes With Teamworks BPM

AUSTIN, Texas -- Lombardi([R]) (www.lombardi.com), the leader in Business Process Management (BPM) suite software for Global 2000 companies, today announced that the National Bank of Canada (TSX:NA) is deploying the award-winning Teamworks[R] BPM platform in support of the organization's core business processes.

National Bank of Canada (www.bnc.ca) is an integrated group which provides comprehensive financial services to consumers, small and medium-sized enterprises and large corporations across Canada. The company has more than $120 billion in assets, and together with its subsidiaries, employs 16,908 people.

Lombardi Teamworks BPM is used to automate and streamline a series of processes at National Bank of Canada known as "mid-office transactions" - which are core business processes for banks. Lombardi's Teamworks software manages the core Assistance Area functions that cannot easily be done at the branch level, due to the complexity of the tasks. Teamworks also maintains a complete life-cycle audit trail for each transaction and provides the Banks' management with real-time dashboards that monitor critical business events.

"We are seeing strong demand for BPM in the Financial Services sector across multiple process areas," said Rod Favaron, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lombardi. "Lombardi is proud to be working with the National Bank of Canada and other customers to help them automate, manage and continuously improve their critical business processes."

Lombardi Teamworks (www.lombardisoftware.com/bpm-software-products.php) is the leading BPM software for designing, executing, and improving business processes. Lombardi for Office[TM] (www.lombardisoftware.com/bpm-microsoft-office.php) makes it easy for anyone to participate in business process management using the familiar Microsoft([R]) Office System products. Lombardi Blueprint[TM] (www.lombardisoftware.com/bpm-blueprint-product.php) is the only on-demand process improvement tool that enables companies to map processes, identify problems and prioritize improvement opportunities.

About Lombardi

Lombardi is a leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software for Global 2000 companies as recognized by Forrester Research, in Human-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q1 2006 research report. Gartner placed Lombardi in the Leaders Quadrant for its Magic Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites, 2006 report. Lombardi offers award-winning BPM technology, know-how and services to help its customers become Process-Driven. Lombardi Blueprint is the only on-demand process improvement tool that enables companies to map processes, identify problems and prioritize improvement opportunities. 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 organisations can manage their business process activity and decision-making. Lombardi for Office[TM] makes it easy for anyone to participate in BPM using the familiar Microsoft[R] Office System products. The company is a Gold-Certified Microsoft partner, with an "Information Worker Productivity Solutions" Competency.

Lombardi is behind some of the largest, most successful BPM implementations in the world. Our customers include Allianz Life, Aflac, Dell, Hasbro, ING Direct, Maritz Travel, Reuters, ING Renault F1 Team, Sprint, T-Mobile, The UK Insolvency Service, Universal Music Group and the U.S. Government. For more information, visit www.lombardi.com.

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