Seagate’s Use of Metastorm Software Wins InfoWorld 100 Award

Leading Manufacturer Realizes Success from Business Process Optimization

BALTIMORE, MD – November 14, 2007 – Metastorm, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Analysis (BPA), and Enterprise Architecture (EA) software for aligning strategy with execution, today announced that the editorial staff of InfoWorld has named Metastorm customer Seagate one of this year’s InfoWorld 100 winners in recognition of its success optimizing business processes using the Metastorm ProVision® enterprise modeling software. Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disc drives, providing products for a wide-range of enterprise, desktop, mobile computing, and consumer electronics applications. Using Metastorm’s software in support of its Six Sigma and Lean initiatives, Seagate was able to analyze business processes, make adjustments, and improve the quality of its products while also improving efficiency.

The InfoWorld 100 awards recognize IT projects that use technology in smart, innovative, creative ways to meet business and technical objectives.

“Whether ushering legacy systems into the agile era or revolutionizing how their companies leverage technology to meaningful ends, this year's winners are both inspiration and proof that striking a new path in IT can reap deep organizational rewards,” said InfoWorld Senior Editor Jason Snyder.

Seagate launched its formal Quality Process Mapping and Modeling Initiative to model projects and processes across its sub-organizations to objectively prioritize value and identify new opportunities for performance improvement. To better support this initiative, Seagate used Metastorm ProVision software to implement a Six Sigma and Lean enterprise modeling platform. The project automated processes, removed redundancies, and eliminated archaic procedures – accelerating the turnaround on product reliability reporting by tenfold and reducing defect rates on disk drive failure analysis submissions by 66 percent.

“With its deep commitment to quality and innovation, Seagate truly deserves this recognition,” stated Eileen Garry, CMO of Metastorm. “Metastorm congratulates Seagate for its achievements and exemplary use of Metastorm ProVision, and we commend the business excellence team members for their ongoing strategic efforts to enhance quality and process effectiveness.”