Metastorm Solutions Continue to Align Content and Process

Leading BPM Provider Works with Partners to Deliver Technology Process Pods for Documentum, Hummingbird, Interwoven, Meridio

BALTIMORE, MD – June 20, 2006 – Metastorm, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software for modeling, automating, integrating, and improving both human and system-based processes, today announced the availability of packaged solutions for connecting Metastorm BPM™ with leading Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions from Documentum, Hummingbird, Interwoven, and Meridio.

The solutions are part of Metastorm’s Process Pod™ offerings, which include both vertical and horizontal business Process Pods as well as more technical process-related offerings that assist companies with integrating their BPM initiatives into existing IT infrastructure. Its new content management Process Pods are packaged connectors that allow organizations to quickly integrate the Metastorm BPM software suite with applications that are critical to business process success.

The content management Process Pods are particularly popular among Metastorm’s customer base because of the critical importance of content in managing processes, making effective business decisions, and supporting internal and external audits. Given the criticality of both content and process, there is often debate over which system is more important – ECM or BPM. In many cases, both applications are equally important and both are made more valuable when they are working in a synchronized fashion. As stated by Toby Bell, research director for Gartner Inc., in his December 2005 report titled Consider 3 Issues When Implementing an ECM Strategy, “In the long run, content can support processes most effectively when companies marry the main content technology, ECM, with the main technology that orchestrates people, processes and content: BPM.”

With the packaged Metastorm BPM pods for Documentum, Hummingbird, Interwoven, and Meridio, customers can quickly and easily align content and process to maximize their investment in both systems and gain greater visibility and control over key information and critical business processes. Highlights of the content management Process Pods, which are offered in conjunction with key partners, include:

• Documentum Connector for Metastorm BPM. Metastorm developed the Documentum pod in-house in response to customer demand. It is currently being deployed in several federal government implementations, including a high-ranking defense installation.
• Hummingbird Connector for Metastorm BPM. The Hummingbird pod was developed by Metastorm partner, Techtonics – an enterprise information management systems specialist. The solution is actively used by several customers in the government and business services industries, including the South Africa Office of the President. An OnDemand Webcast describing the solution is available on Metastorm’s website.
• Interwoven Connector for Metastorm BPM. Metastorm and Interwoven have been working together for several years and announced joint support for the Interwoven pod in April of this year. Current customers include Cooper Tires, Foley & Lardner, and the U.S. Department of Justice.
• Meridio Connector for Metastorm BPM. Metastorm and Meridio have also been working together for several years and have a large number of successful deployments that combine Metastorm BPM with Meridio’s records management application. The Meridio pod for Metastorm BPM is extremely popular with government organizations in the UK, including Highland Council and Weymouth and Portland Council.