SYSTAR JOINS BPMI.ORG SUPPORTING INDUSTRY-WIDE BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT STANDARDIZATION EFFORTSAligns with Industry Thought Leaders in Development Of Business Process-To-Business Process InteroperabilityST. CLOUD, France, and FAIRFAX, Va. - May 03, 2001 - Systar® (Bloomberg: SYSR NM), the leading provider of business process performance management (BPPM) solutions, today announced that it has joined the Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI.org). An association of more than 90 top companies focused on business process automation, BPMI.org is establishing open standards for the management of business processes that span multiple applications and business partners. ``In complex external-value chains -- where electronic transactions involve several business partners and sophisticated IT environments -- companies can gain or lose valuable customers and revenue in minutes,'' said John Hemperley, Systar vice president of marketing. ``A company's success depends on being able to manage the performance of business processes. BPMI.org is developing standards to provide business process-to-business process interoperability among companies. We support their efforts in this area and plan to contribute the expertise we've acquired through hundreds of BPPM implementations to this initiative.'' Systar's OmniVision® and BusinessBridge® software deliver comprehensive BPPM solutions that automatically measure and monitor whether business commitments and customers expectations are being met. OmniVision manages the performance of servers and applications that support business processes. BusinessBridge manages the performance of business processes. Both solutions offer an innovative top-down approach to measuring and managing business process performance across the extended enterprise. ``The Business Process Modeling Language will empower business analysts to design highly dynamic business process that will can be optimized in real- time. Such capabilities will require advanced Business Process Performance Management (BPPM) solutions such as those offered by Systar,'' said Ismael Ghalimi, CEO of Intalio and initiator of BPMI.org. ``We are thrilled to welcome this leading BPPM vendor as a new BPMI.org member and look forward to benefit from their extensive experience with business process optimization.'' About BPMI.org BPMI.org (the Business Process Management Initiative) is a non-profit corporation that empowers companies of all sizes, across all industries, to develop and operate business processes that span multiple applications and business partners, behind the firewall and over the Internet. The Initiative's mission is to promote and develop the use of Business Process Management (BPM) through the establishment of standards for process design, deployment, execution, maintenance, and optimization. BPMI.org develops open specifications, assists IT vendors in marketing their implementations, and supports businesses in their use of business process management technologies. BPMI.org has been initiated by Intalio, Inc. and created in August 2000 by a group of sixteen enterprise software vendors and consulting firms. Membership is open to all companies, non-profit organizations, and individuals. About Systar, Inc. Systar is the leading provider of business process performance management software solutions for B2B environments. Its OmniVision and BusinessBridge solutions provide key business performance metrics to ensure compliance with customer commitments and business expectations. Systar's powerful business metrics capabilities enable companies to achieve operational excellence in complex and changing business environments. Systar, with headquarters in Fairfax, Va., and St. Cloud, France, is publicly traded with shares listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (Bloomberg: SYSR NM). It has offices throughout North America and Europe. For additional information, visit the company at http://www.systar.com or phone 1-703-449-6880. Systar, BusinessBridge and OmniVision are registered trademarks of Systar. All other names, product names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |