IDS Scheer Previews Best-in-Class IT Execution Through Joint Solution with BMC Software

Business Wire, Feb 14, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla. -- IDS Scheer today previewed the customer benefits of the new integrated offering of ARIS Business Architect and the BMC Atrium CMDB product, which enables the design and building of IT Services based on business processes.

The combined bi-directional solution, which will be available from IDS Scheer early in the second quarter of 2008, dramatically increases the agility and business value of a customer's IT infrastructure. By linking Business Process Excellence from ARIS with IT Service Management from BMC Software, customers will be able to document cause-and-effect relationships between the business process and IT components to provide the business with valuable knowledge on the impact to a business process based on changes or events occurring to the underlying IT infrastructure.

"Our strong pipeline indicates that many organizations realize the power of our collaboration and the tight integration of ARIS Platform with the BMC Atrium CMDB," said Dr. Wolfram Jost, Member of the Executive Board with responsibility for Product Strategy and Development of IDS Scheer. "This dynamic partnership with BMC Software will help customers harness their IT to be the key component for business transformation and improve operational efficiency through alignment of IT with business goals. This approach will help companies achieve great improvements in business performance by automatically integrating business processes with IT services as the foundation of a solid enterprise architecture."

Jim Grant, senior vice president and general manager of BMC's Enterprise Service Management business unit, said: "Partnering with IDS Scheer on this joint solution enables BMC customers to maximize their investment in Business Service Management (BSM) solutions and improve IT responsiveness by documenting the relationships between business processes and the underlying IT components. With BSM, CIOs are better able to align IT with the business goals in mind to drive revenue, control costs, and mitigate risk.

The BMC Discovery for Business Processes product, developed by BMC in partnership with IDS Scheer, enables IT departments to automatically discover business process models from ARIS Business Architect and dynamically map them with information on IT services and infrastructure stored in the BMC Atrium CMDB solution. By automating business process discovery into the Configuration Management Database (CMDB), the IT department can determine which business process is affected when IT events occur and then prioritize events according to their impact on the business. This not only improves business efficiency by aligning business and IT processes, but dramatically reduces the overhead by automating the alignment process.

EDS Business Solutions, a partner of both BMC and IDS Scheer, has created a Center of Expertise to support the joint integration project and to help organizations understand the business benefits and inherent value of automated business process discovery tools. "EDS has standardized on the ARIS tools and methodology for its Business Service Management, Enterprise Architecture, Outsourcing and Managed Services practice areas," said Andreas Jordan, Head of the Center for Expertise, EDS Business Solutions GmbH, Germany. "Customers such as Karstadt Quelle-Competence Center Retail and other major industry customers see tremendous value in an integrated offering that combines business process models into CMDB, which will ultimately drive greater business performance through improved IT and business alignment."

Two reports from Independent Research Firm Forrester recognize the achievements of BMC Software and IDS Scheer. In its December 7, 2007 "The BSM Bet Is Paying Off For BMC Software SWOT Analysis: BMC Software, Q4 2007" authored by Thomas Mendel, Ph.D., Forrester Research notes: "BMC is the market leader for BSM today. With BSM now a mainstream proposition, BMC is able to reap the benefits of early thought leadership and ongoing commitment to BSM, winning strategic accounts in the process." In addition, the April 2007 "Forrester Wave: Enterprise Architecture Tools: Q2 2007" authored by Henry Peyret notes: "IDS Scheer has effectively leveraged its existing reputation and global presence to capture a significant portion of the EA market and establish powerful partnerships."

Mr. Peyret will be a presenter at an ARIS ProcessWorld session: Enterprise Tools and Trends on Friday, February 15 at 10:45 a.m., and will also participate in a panel discussion hosted by BMC and IDS Scheer, Implementing an Enterprise Development Methodology, on that same day at 1:45pm, featuring three IDS Scheer customers who have deployed the ARIS Enterprise Architecture solution (click on link to session details -- https://www.processworld.com/session.php?id=303.

About IDS Scheer

IDS Scheer is the market leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software, solutions and services for corporations and public organizations worldwide. With its unrivaled ARIS Platform for Process Excellence, the company offers an integrated, comprehensive solution portfolio for the strategy, design, implementation and controlling of business processes. Utilizing the ARIS Value Engineering (AVE) approach, IDS Scheer consultants bridge the gap between corporate strategy, business processes, IT solutions and process controlling. As a Global SAP Services Partner, strategic SAP development partner and SAP Vertical Solution Reseller, IDS Scheer offers small/medium enterprises to Global 1000 companies a process-oriented approach to optimize Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Approximately 3,000 employees in over 70 countries serve the company's 7,000 customers. In 2007, IDS Scheer's revenues reached 394 million Euro / 576 million USD (preliminary figures). Established in 1984 by Prof. August-Wilhelm Scheer, IDS Scheer is listed in the TecDAX on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Germany).