MEGA International and Lombardi Partnership Promotes BPM Interoperability

Business Process Modeling and Business Process Management Suite Leaders Integrate Technologies to Accelerate BPM Adoption

AUSTIN, Texas & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lombardi^® (www.lombardisoftware.com), the leader in Business Process Management (BPM) suite software for Global 2000 companies, and MEGA International (www.mega.com), the global leader in enterprise architecture solutions, today announced that they have entered into a joint sales and marketing agreement to promote and enhance the interoperability between the two companies’ award-winning products, MEGA Suite and TeamWorks^®.

“MEGA has strong business process analysis expertise and a well-established customer base”

“The key value of this partnership for joint MEGA and Lombardi customers is process interoperability,” said Lucio de Risi, president and CEO at MEGA International. “Customers can leverage their investment in MEGA's process models by importing them directly into TeamWorks so that they can execute, manage, and optimize them.”

Both MEGA and Lombardi are members of the Object Management Group (www.omg.org), the worldwide standards organization. The two companies have helped to co-author the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), as well as the Business Process Definition Metamodel (BPDM) specification, currently working its way through the OMG’s standards process. These standards are critical to delivering useful process interoperability, because they insure that information isn't locked into proprietary, non-portable formats.

“MEGA has strong business process analysis expertise and a well-established customer base,” said Rod Favaron, President and CEO at Lombardi. “Like Lombardi, they are dedicated to helping provide a foundation for helping their customers transform their businesses to be more process driven.”

Lombardi TeamWorks (www.lombardisoftware.com/bpm-software-products.php) is the leading BPM software for designing, executing, and improving business processes. Lombardi for Office™ (www.lombardisoftware.com/bpm-microsoft-office.php), makes it easy for anyone to participate in business process management using the familiar Microsoft^® Office System products. Lombardi Blueprint™ (www.lombardisoftware.com/bpm-blueprint-product.php) is the only on-demand process improvement tool that enables companies to map processes, identify problems and prioritize improvement opportunities.

MEGA's enterprise architecture (EA) solutions help reduce risks, manage change, and increase efficiency by identifying best practices, assessing the potential impacts of 'what if' scenarios, and speeding up projects through reuse of vital corporate information. MEGA provides an enterprise repository in which managers can view, maintain, and optimize the business processes and enterprise architecture.

About MEGA

MEGA International (www.mega.com) is a global leader in enterprise architecture, offering solutions to improve company performance and insure regulatory compliance. The company provides executives with the ability to understand, discover, align, and control information at the enterprise level through its prominent modeling software, proven methods, and expert consulting in business process analysis, operational risk management, and IT alignment.

Founded in 1991, with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia, MEGA International has more than 45,000 software licenses worldwide and delivers more than 20,000 consulting engagement days per year. Clients include Cardinal Health, DIRECTV, GeoEye, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Michelin, Morgan Stanley, National Defense Canada, Nissan, US Departments of Agriculture and Transportation, US Transportation Securities Administration, and Wyeth.

About Lombardi

Lombardi is a leader in business process management (BPM) software for Global 2000 companies as recognized by both Gartner and Forrester Research, in the Magic Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites, 2006, and Human-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q1 2006 research reports respectively. Lombardi offers award-winning BPM technology, know-how and services to help its customers become Process-Driven. Lombardi Blueprint is the only on-demand process improvement tool that enables companies to map processes, identify problems and prioritize improvement opportunities. Lombardi’s TeamWorks® is built on open standards and provides ongoing visibility and control of business processes, increasing the speed and flexibility with which organizations can manage their business process activity and decision-making. Lombardi for Office™ makes it easy for anyone to participate in BPM using the familiar Microsoft® Office System products. The company is a Gold-Certified Microsoft partner, with an “Information Worker Productivity Solutions” Competency.

Lombardi is behind some of the largest, most successful BPM implementations in the world. Our customers include Allianz Life, Aflac, Dell, Hasbro, ING Direct, Maritz Travel, Reuters, Renault F1 Team, Sprint, T-Mobile, The UK Insolvency Service, Universal Music Group and the U.S. Government. For more information, visit www.lombardisoftware.com.

Lombardi, TeamWorks are registered trademarks and TeamWorks Process Optimizer, TeamWorks Portal, TeamWorks Rule Service, Lombardi for Office 2003 and Lombardi Blueprint are trademarks of Lombardi Software, Inc. All other company/product names and service marks may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.