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Lombardi Software and Corticon Align to Seamlessly Provide Rich Business Rules Within the TeamWorks BPM Platform
First partnership resulting from TeamWorks Everywhere™ initiative makes processes and rules easier to manage, speeding the deployment of enterprise-wide BPM solutions.
Austin, TX and San Mateo, CA, December 15, 2003— Lombardi Software, the provider of the award-winning business process management (BPM) software, TeamWorks®, and Corticon™ Technologies, a leading provider of decision management enterprise software, today announced an alliance that makes powerful business rule management capabilities available as part of the TeamWorks 4 BPM platform. Now, customers seeking to actively manage enterprise-wide, end-to-end processes can easily combine Corticon's business rules engine with the Continuous Process Improvement™ (CPI) capabilities in TeamWorks.
"Lombardi's 'TeamWorks Everywhere' strategy provides a BPM platform that fits into any environment, is open to external applications and tools, and includes out-of-the box integration with leading technology providers that deliver great value to process improvement initiatives," said Phil Gilbert, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Lombardi Software. "Corticon's Decision Management Platform combines the benefits of a sophisticated Web services-based rules engine with an ease of use that has become a key driver in the development of TeamWorks."
Now, enterprises seeking high-end business rule modeling and execution capabilities can avoid integration difficulties by purchasing TeamWorks and the Corticon Decision Management Platform. The combination will simplify the design of complex decision-making process steps that might otherwise require elaborate coding that is difficult to design and maintain. Business users will be able to leverage familiar, spreadsheet-like access to business rules, while more quickly delivering integrated solutions to technical users that offer more flexibility and control than previously available.
"Large enterprises are realizing tremendous benefits with Lombardi Software's BPM platform, such as improved operational efficiency, increased productivity, enhanced customer satisfaction and cost savings," said Eric Kintzer, vice president of business development of Corticon Technologies. "Lombardi's combination of award-winning technology, successful customer deployments and an easy-to-use environment designed for the business user make them an ideal partner for Corticon Technologies' commitment to provide a best-of-breed rules engine for BPM."
The Decision Management Platform is available from Corticon as an option to TeamWorks, combining Corticon's powerful business rules engine with the BPM software's existing process design, deployment and continuous improvement capabilities. The result enables enterprise customers to easily capture, design and optimize business rules and incorporate them into highly flexible, scalable BPM solutions that can be developed and deployed within the TeamWorks Authoring Environment™.
"In order to achieve maximum benefit from BPM deployments, it's important for business users to understand the operational impact of both complex business and process rules," said Tom Dwyer, Vice President and Managing Director, Enterprise and Internet Infrastructure, Aberdeen Group. "Providing seamless access to business rules and enabling companies to more easily define and deploy processes through a user-friendly interface offers the flexibility and manageability businesses need to realize maximum benefit from BPM deployments."
The TeamWorks Everywhere program demonstrates Lombardi's industry-leading commitment to open standards, interfaces and messaging capabilities; all which allow for easier, faster, more successful deployments within any enterprise architecture and among all software partners. TeamWorks Everywhere ensures that Lombardi Software will continue to develop and provide the most comprehensive, open, easy-to-use BPM platform available by facilitating partnerships with industry-leading technology vendors offering solutions that play a critical role in successful BPM deployments.
TeamWorks is now available with support for the Corticon Decision Management Platform. For more information visit www.lombardisoftware.com or e-mail info@lombardisoftware.com.
About Corticon Technologies, Inc.
Corticon™ Technologies provides Decision Management Software, the next generation business rules system for the automation and management of decision-intensive business processes. Corticon Decision Management Software ensures the consistent, efficient and reliable execution of a company's strategies and policies. This results in a solution that dramatically increases a company's productivity and is agile enough to evolve with the dynamic needs of today's business. Headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., with an engineering center in Culver City, Calif., Corticon is a venture-backed, privately held company. Visit www.corticon.com for additional company information.
About Lombardi Software
Based in Austin, Texas, Lombardi Software is the developer of TeamWorks®, an award-winning business process management (BPM) software. By providing ongoing visibility into operational processes, and by increasing the velocity with which they can respond to mission-critical events, Lombardi helps businesses such as Pulte Mortgage, Sprint, Wells Fargo, Dell, Hasbro and Shell create new efficiencies and improve profitability, further increasing their value through Continuous Process Improvement™. Key processes benefiting from Lombardi's BPM solutions include: mortgage loan processing, customer order management, supplier management, purchase order management, inventory management, product distribution, customer service, financial/treasury management and regulatory management. For more information please visit www.lombardisoftware.com.
Lombardi Software and TeamWorks are registered trademarks and TeamWorks Everywhere, Continuous Process Improvement and TeamWorks Authoring Environment are trademarks of Lombardi Software, Inc.
