Savvion Recognized as a Leader in Human-Centric Business Process Management for Java Platforms

Business Wire, August 2, 2007

Report by Independent Analyst Firm States Savvion "Has One of the Longest Continuous Track Records of Providing Powerful, Scalable Solutions"

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Savvion([R]), Inc., a leading business process management (BPM) company, today announced that it has been named a leader in the July 2007 Forrester Wave report titled "Human-Centric BPM for Java Platforms, Q3 2007." Savvion was among a select group of companies invited to participate in this report, which rates BPM vendors based on their current product offering, strategy, and overall market presence. According to Forrester, leaders are defined as companies who have been working at human-centric BPM for a long time and have the strongest plans for the future of process.

Forrester evaluated 12 BPM vendors across 150 criteria. In this report, Savvion was named a leader, with Forrester stating that "the company has one of the longest continuous track records of providing powerful, scalable solutions to customers, and its extremely long-tenured technology team keeps innovating and expanding its vision of what process management means within companies."

The Forrester Wave Vendor Summary on Savvion states: "Savvion has excellent technology vision based on long experience in the market and the thought leadership of its founder and CTO, Dr. Mohammed Ketabchi, and the company is continually working to upgrade the product's capabilities."

"I am pleased that Forrester has recognized Savvion as a leader and an innovator with a long standing track record of results in BPM," said Dr. Mohammed Ketabchi, founder and CTO of Savvion. "The BPM market is very strong and we are pleased to once again be named a leader based on our history of product and technology advancements. I am proud to be the founder of a company with a stellar history as a leader in BPM and the reason that so many organizations are working smarter, faster, and more efficiently than ever before."

In addition, the report asserts the following strengths:

* "Savvion's customer references are consistently impressed with the product's architecture and ability to scale. Moreover, one customer reference reported an application delivered by Savvion professional services with zero bugs in the first version - quite possibly a first in the entire history of information technology."

* "Savvion has proven that not only can its product handle large-scale implementations in globalized organizations, it can do it with finesse. Savvion's customer references always endorse both Savvion's product and its professional services."

* "The international 'flair' of Savvion's product and its solid all-around product features make it a good choice for enterprises with international operations."

"The Forrester Wave supports what we hear from our customers every day - that our BPM products are highly scalable and reliable, backed up by world class professional services and support," said Shawn Price, president and CEO of Savvion. "As pointed out in the report, Savvion has more than 300 customers, many of them blue chip companies, who rely on our BPM product to keep their businesses running efficiently and profitably. We take great pride in our professional services and are committed to our customer's success."

About Savvion

Savvion is a 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. 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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