Proforma ProVision Knowledge Exchange Achieves “Powered by SAP NetWeaver®” Status

Direct Integration with SAP® Solutions Answers Demand for Tighter Alignment of Business and IT

SOUTHFIELD, MICH. –July 25, 2007– Proforma Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise modeling solutions, today announced that its industry-leading ProVision Knowledge Exchange 5.1.2 web-based server application has achieved “Powered by SAP NetWeaver®” qualification, allowing direct integration with the Java application server and Portal Business Package functionality of the SAP NetWeaver platform.

“Proforma is proud to build a stronger relationship with SAP and deliver greater value to our customers,” said Ron Pellegrino, president of Proforma. “Through this certified integration, Proforma customers around the world can maximize their investment by running ProVision Knowledge Exchange on the same platform as their SAP® solutions and using it to manage their critical business processes.”

Proforma has developed a superior enterprise modeling solution, ProVision, that goes beyond traditional business process modeling and analysis to embrace a comprehensive business architecture. The ProVision modeling suite empowers organizations to bridge the gap between business and IT and enables enterprise agility.

“By integrating ProVision Knowledge Exchange with SAP NetWeaver, organizations can document business processes conceptually and plan the usage of application processes and enterprise services delivered by SAP’s rich suite of business applications,” said Jerry Huchzermeier, Proforma’s chief technical officer. “As a result, they will achieve tighter alignment of their business and IT assets and shorten the time to realize competitive business changes in operational systems.”

Enterprise modeling is an important step in the implementation of SAP application-based systems, because processes must be well understood and rationalized across the organization before they can be executed successfully. The ProVision modeling suite allows enterprise process models to be developed using the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) and then imported into SAP NetWeaver using standard BPEL (Business Process Execution Language). This enables users to dramatically reduce the amount of time and interaction required to transform business processes into executable functions.

Furthermore, enterprise process modeling and analysis is an important component of successful service-oriented architecture (SOA) strategies. The ProVision modeling suite enables business models to drive executable business processes powered by a portfolio of services. This allows organizations to enhance enterprise process modeling, simulation and optimization; better understand business process and IT architectures; and more rapidly realize business innovation.

Proforma plans to develop additional points of integration with the SAP solution-based ecosystem over time to further enable SOA and allow customers to more aggressively align and manage their enterprise business and IT assets.