BPM Leader Pegasystems' PegaWORLD 2007 to Showcase Leading Companies Using BPM to Increase Revenue, Customer Retention and Productivity

Business Wire, Oct 17, 2007

Speakers include more than 25 top Banking, Insurance, Healthcare, Government, and Card Industry executives

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Pegasystems (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leader in Business Process Management (BPM), will bring together more than 500 business leaders and BPM experts to network, exchange ideas and share real-world experiences at PegaWORLD 2007, October 28-31, in Orlando, FL. Conference participants will learn how some of the world's largest companies have understood and successfully addressed the need to Build for Change[R] in order to secure dominant positions in their markets.

Executives from companies like MasterCard, NASCO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, HSBC, AIG, Citibank and JPMorgan Chase will join industry analysts from Gartner, Forrester and other firms to detail how SmartBPM[R] is being used to:

* increase new business

* improve customer retention

* enhance productivity

* deal with risk, fraud and compliance issues

Managing business change and providing the agility needed to compete and create sustainable value in the sophisticated, dynamic global markets of today will be common themes across every case study, presentation and analysis at PegaWORLD 2007.

In addition to thought-provoking keynote presentations, case studies, in-depth and interactive technical sessions, this year's event features a number of pre-conference workshops, including ""BPMS, BI, and SOA: What is it all about?" presented by Dr. Setrag Khoshafian, industry thought leader and author of "Service Oriented Enterprises."

"Across every industry, organizations are faced with a range of unparalleled competitive pressures and a pace of change that is nothing short of breathtaking. Pegasystems is proud of the value we bring to our customers to help them meet these challenges - helping them Build for Change[R] with our SmartBPM offerings, the deep industry knowledge of our people, and through the annual PegaWORLD conference," said Alan Trefler, founder and CEO of Pegasystems. "Our customers, in fact, include many of the world's largest and most important organizations, and literally hundreds of them will be at PegaWORLD 2007, learning, sharing experiences and gaining a competitive advantage."

Conference Details

PegaWORLD 2007 will be held October 28-31, 2007 at the Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando[R], Orlando, FL. For more information and to register, please visit http://www.pegaworld2007.com

About Pegasystems

Pegasystems (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leader in Business Process Management, provides software to drive revenue growth, productivity and agility for the world's most sophisticated organizations. Customers use our award-winning SmartBPM[R] suite to improve customer service, reach new markets and boost operational effectiveness.

Our patented SmartBPM technology makes enterprise applications easy to build and change by directly capturing business objectives and eliminating manual programming. SmartBPM unifies business rules and processes into composite applications that leverage existing systems -- empowering businesspeople and IT staff to Build for Change[R], deliver value quickly and outperform their competitors.

Pegasystems' suite is complemented by best-practice frameworks designed for leaders in financial services, insurance, healthcare, government, life sciences, communications, manufacturing and other industries.

Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, Pegasystems has offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Visit us at www.pega.com.

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