L@W Uses Metastorm for Business Process Management

Metastorm BPM Technology Supporting Business Process Outsourcing Business Model

BALTIMORE, MD – January 16, 2007 – Metastorm, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software for organizational agility, innovation, and governance, today announced its software has been successfully deployed at LAW Holdings (Pty) Ltd, (L@W), the leading provider of electronic workflow solutions to South African banks and attorneys. Metastorm BPM is being used as the foundation of a business process outsourced offering that connects leading financial institutions and law firms for mortgage registration.

“We have been extremely pleased with our implementation of Metastorm BPM and expect the product to be a major pillar of our organization well into the future,” stated Nik Steffny, Head of Operations at L@W. “Metastorm and its local partner, DVT, have given us the confidence and a comfort level on which to enhance and extend our deployment of Metastorm technologies across a variety of industries with the ability to develop powerful applications very rapidly and in a fraction of the time required by other applications.”

L@W has focused on the conveyancing industry in South Africa, where it allows various stakeholders to exchange data electronically. L@W currently works with South Africa’s largest financial institutions and over 2,000 law firms around the country – about 80% of all mortgage registrations are being processed via its secure platform – with Metastorm BPM as the process foundation. The company guarantees confidentiality and privacy through the effective use of a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) that enables digital certificates for authentication for its customers that subscribe. Metastorm is giving L@W the ability to develop highly innovative mission-critical solutions, hosted in a BPO model, with a rapid time to market.

“Innovative companies like L@W are clearly leading the way in their respective industry by streamlining operations and enhancing the customer experience,” stated Robin Martin, vice president of International Operations for Metastorm. “Our goal with customers like L@W is to provide them with a robust BPM platform that is easy to implement and use, is scalable across the enterprise, and most importantly provides them with the advanced capabilities they need to differentiate themselves from others in the industry.”

About Metastorm
With a focus on improving processes for greater innovation, agility, and governance, Metastorm leads the market in business process management (BPM) software and best practice methodologies for human and system-based processes. Going beyond the basics of modeling and automation, the Metastorm BPM® Suite supports the complete process lifecycle and is designed specifically to address complex processes that are unique to organizations. Metastorm’s 1300+ global client base in manufacturing, retail, financial services, business services, healthcare and government are achieving rapid ROI and Enterprise Process Advantage® in customer service, supply chain operations, risk management, and internal operations. For more information visit www.metastorm.com.

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