Appian and BPM Basics Host Webinar on Leveraging BPM and Business Activity Monitoring to Create Organizational Agility

Business Wire, May 17, 2007

Industry Leaders Examine Combined BPM and BAM to Empower End-Users

VIENNA, Va. -- Appian Corporation, the leading supplier of Business Process Management Suites (BPMS), and BPM Basics, will present a live one-hour webinar titled "BPM 304: Business Process Management (BPM) & Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)" on May 24, at 2:00 p.m. ET.

During this webinar, BPM Expert John Lojek will define BAM and discuss real-time business monitoring, differentiating BAM from other business analytics offerings. He is joined by Malcolm Ross, Director of Sales Engineering at Appian, to discuss the ways users can leverage BPM and BAM to better empower end-users.

Today's businesses continue to face increasing demands on efficiently and effectively managing business processes to become more agile. Appian Enterprise provides a comprehensive BPM Suite that delivers fully integrated process, knowledge and analytics capabilities to drive quantifiable ROI and expedite the delivery of next-generation, process-driven solutions. Appian Enterprise enables customers to automate and execute business processes, which allows users to integrate operational and customer-related data systems from existing internal enterprise systems.

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About Appian

Appian is a leading provider of business process management (BPM) technology that helps organizations design, manage, and optimize their business processes. Appian Enterprise has revolutionized process design with a modeling environment that is simple enough for business users yet powerful enough for IT. Appian is the first BPM vendor to combine collaboration and content management with process to create best practice business processes. Appian's patent-pending Active Optimization Technology, which analyzes the in-flight process data stream, not just stored data, helps companies stay ahead of the competition. For more information, visit www.appian.com

About BPM Basics

BPM Basics is the industry's first comprehensive online resource center designed to help IT and business users understand the evolution, application, and benefits of BPM software. For more information, visit www.bpmbasics.com or email info@bpmbasics.com.