Fujitsu and IDS Scheer See Growing Global Demand for Expanded Business Process Lifecycle Management Solution
Joint Offering to be Demonstrated at ProcessWorld 2006 in Miami, Florida
Sunnyvale, CA and Berwyn, PA, Feburary 13, 2006- Fujitsu Software Corporation and IDS Scheer today announced growing worldwide demand for their expanded, collaborative business process lifecycle management solution. The joint offering combines Fujitsu's Interstage® Business Process Manager with IDS Scheer's ARIS Business Architect™ for business process design and ARIS Process Performance Manager™ (ARIS PPM) for business process monitoring and analytics. The integrated Fujitsu-IDS Scheer solution will be showcased during ProcessWorld on February 14, 2006 in Miami, Florida.
Key customers and partners that benefit from the Fujitsu-IDS Scheer partnership include Fortis (Canada), General Dynamics (US), Ministerio de Administraciones Publicas (Spain), NBC Universal (US), and Software AG (Germany). The combined Fujitsu-IDS Scheer offering is the result of a joint collaboration initiated through the companies' strategic alliance, which was announced in March 2005. By providing a complete business process lifecycle management solution to enterprises, Fujitsu and IDS Scheer are enabling companies worldwide to optimize their business processes to gain competitive advantage and operational efficiency.
"In partnering with Fujitsu, we have combined our solutions to deliver high-value business process lifecycle support for our joint global customers," said Dr. Mathias Kirchmer, CEO of IDS Scheer in the Americas. "Our combined BPM tools provide these joint customers with streamlined operations to gain a competitive edge and ensure optimum ROI on their IT investments."
Through the integration of Fujitsu's industry-leading BPM solution, Interstage Business Process Manager, with IDS Scheer's ARIS Business Architect and ARIS Process Performance Manager, Fujitsu has expanded its powerful business process management suite to bring Business and IT together to design, simulate, automate, analyze, and optimize business processes. Business processes can now be designed with ARIS Business Architect and then exported to Interstage Business Process Manager for process execution purposes. With ARIS PPM, the implemented processes can be visualized and analyzed for optimal process reorganization.
"This alliance demonstrates our commitment to ongoing innovation and development as we continue to address the current and future business needs of our customers. Our combined offering provides our customers with the ability to orchestrate business processes across departments and partner organizations for enhanced collaboration, increased efficiencies, and optimal business performance," said Robert Sepanloo, senior vice president of Interstage at Fujitsu Software Corporation.
"The tightness of the integration and interoperability among different software tools represents a differentiator among business process management suite (BPMS) vendors," said Jim Sinur, Gartner Inc. "By 2009, the BPMSs will become the focal point for empowered managers, enabling proactive or reactive responses to opportunity and threat scenarios for critical operations by leveraging dynamic and explicit control over processes, rules, and human and system-based business activities."
Fujitsu to Highlight BPM Best Practices at ProcessWorld 2006
Fujitsu will highlight BPM best practices and how they are applied using Interstage Business Process Manager at ProcessWorld,
which runs February 12-15, 2006 at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami, Florida. Featured will be a case study by Fujitsu
customer, EPCOR Inc. titled, "How BPM has Ensured that an Electricity Company is Unphased by Changing Regulations." EPCOR,
one of Canada's top electricity providers, with over 300,000 accounts in both the commercial and residential sectors and a
provider of power to 38 electricity retailers, will share how the company addresses regulatory changes and the associated
reporting and accountability requirements with BPM. Fujitsu, a platinum sponsor of ProcessWorld 2006, will also host the conference's
Financial Services Networking Lunch, as well as demonstrate Interstage Business Process Manager at the Fujitsu booth.
Fujitsu's Interstage Business Process Manager
Interstage Business Process Manager is part of the Fujitsu Interstage Suite – a broad family of modular, flexible, real-time
software products that gives companies the capability to build flexible and scalable solutions. The Fujitsu Interstage Suite
is implemented in more than 8,000 companies, representing more than 175,000 installations worldwide. Interstage Business Process
Manager is a full-featured, comprehensive business process management solution designed to improve the productivity and profitability
of businesses by providing companies with the ability to create, control, change and measure processes and related activities
with flexibility and ease. In addition, process rules and logic can be modified, coordinated and controlled.
IDS Scheer's ARIS Process Platform
IDS Scheer recently announced a new version of its award-winning ARIS Platform. The breakthrough release, version 7, features
unsurpassed levels in usability with a newly redesigned graphical user interface (GUI) that offers existing users the functionality
they need while extending ARIS to a broader universe of end users that are increasingly becoming more involved in business
process management initiatives. The Web-enabled functionality is built upon ARIS Business Architect, ARIS Business Designer,
and ARIS Business Publisher that are Web-based tools designed for business process excellence and enterprise architecture.
These tools reduce the overall TCO offering organizations Web-based, intuitive and collaborative design of processes, data
and IT architectures – all with minimum administration. The end result is the creation of a central repository of business
processes that can be accessed throughout the organization and offers a standardized, consistent look and feel. The newest
version of ARIS PPM provides figure-based measurement, visualization, documentation and evaluation of the "live" processes
and procedures in an organization – all displayed in real time. Using a top-level management dashboard, ARIS PPM measures
and displays actual processes based on existing data (ERP, CRM, helpdesk and others).
About Fujitsu Software Corporation
Fujitsu Software Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is part of the Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) family. The wholly owned subsidiary delivers one of the world's broadest lines of application infrastructure software products, including the Interstage® Suite and NetCOBOL®. Fujitsu Software Corporation leverages Fujitsu's international scope and expertise in developing and providing information technology solutions, including more than 4,000 software developers worldwide. To learn more about the Interstage Suite and Fujitsu Software Corporation, visit www.fujitsu.com/interstage.
About IDS Scheer in the Americas
With the ARIS Platform, IDS Scheer is the leading provider of solutions for business process excellence. The company's ARIS-based solutions offer a complete portfolio for "Business Process Excellence," including the software, services and methods to address all phases of the business process lifecycle: strategy, design, implementation, controlling, documentation, and continuous improvement. From small/medium enterprises to Global 1000 organizations, IDS Scheer provides solutions to help customers optimize their investments in Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Architecture (EA), Corporate Performance Management (CPM), and Compliance Management. As part of an organization of more than 2,500 employees worldwide in more than 70 countries with more than 6,000 customers, IDS Scheer's 2005 revenues reached $386.4 million USD/318 million Euro. IDS Scheer was established in 1984 by August-Wilhelm Scheer, widely recognized as a founding father of Business Process Management. For more information on IDS Scheer in the Americas, visit www.ids-scheer.com/us
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.1 trillion yen (US$43.2 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. See http://www.fujitsu.com for further information.
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IDS Scheer Tel: 610-854-6844E-mail:m.klein-smith@ids-scheer.com
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