“Through ongoing product innovation and a focus on customer success Metastorm has established itself as a market leader and we are fortunate to have a strong network of partners such as iOctane to deliver the Metastorm suite of products and services around the world,” stated Robin Martin, executive vice president of international operations for Metastorm.

“We are delighted to be able to sign this agreement with the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs.  It will allow government agencies to access the Metastorm process modeling, business architecture and process execution technology tools,” said Chris Symes, head of client engagement for iOctane.

Metastorm has a strong history of helping national and local governments increase efficiencies and improve citizen service through the use of business process management (BPM) software.  For example, the City of Norfolk, Virginia recently highlighted the results of its use of Metastorm BPM in an interview with CivSource. Additionally, in a customer video testimonial, the City of Richmond, Virginia discusses how they were able to successfully deploy Metastorm BPM solutions to structure and automate their business processes.  Metastorm BPM provides tools for users to design, develop, monitor, and change processes as their organization evolves.  

Government organizations worldwide have applied Metastorm BPM to business challenges such as compliance, operational efficiency, permit processing, citizen service, case management, grants management, logistics, defense, and disaster response. Many government organizations have turned to Metastorm BPM because it provides access to a wealth of information within organizations and has the ability to bridge silos across different agencies. These are just a few examples of how government agencies are leveraging Metastorm Enterprise software to develop optimal business processes.   Read more government success stories on BPM here.

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Operating on the Microsoft Windows Azure ™ platform, Metastorm M3 provides users with complete benefits of a private or public cloud, including scalability, performance, security, and elasticity.  Metastorm M3 is designed to be modeling for the masses, offering 11 different modeling types—goal, organization, capability, system, process/workflow, activity, rule, project, requirement, location and deliverable— from the Metastorm Enterprise software suite.  Additionally, Metastorm M3 provides 23 modeling objects and viewpoints, going beyond a traditional process model, to give users more comprehensive and holistic business improvements. 

Metastorm M3 empowers businesses by offering a cloud-based environment through which an unlimited number of users can easily improve their organizations using enterprise modeling and collaboration.  Business and IT users are given a rich, social environment in the Cloud where they are able to utilize social networking tools such as chat, whiteboard, model annotation, sharing, recording, and playback to design and implement business practices.  A distinguishing feature of Metastorm M3 is that it offers secure, cloud-based collaborative enterprise modeling for anyone, anywhere.  Metastorm M3 is an excellent tool for mass deployment because it offers built-in modeling guides and real-time help, requiring no prior knowledge of or training in enterprise modeling and no IT setup.  Additionally, its location in the Cloud allows users to gain unlimited access, opening a broader, global collaboration for businesses to achieve the most optimal results.

Metastorm M3 is designed to be used alone or with the Metastorm Enterprise software suite.  Any input, information and data captured in the Cloud is compatible with Metastorm’s enterprise architecture, business process analysis, business process management and integration products to ensure ongoing, shared visibility and the ability to incorporate user input enterprise-wide process improvements.

“Metastorm M3 is designed to go above and beyond any other tool available today to give our customers a distinct edge over their competition,” said Greg Carter, executive vice president of development and CTO of Metastorm.  “Leveraging our years of best practice experience in modeling, architecture strategy and process improvement, we have compiled a rich set of modeling and collaboration tools to empower users on a global scale to participate in business architecture and process definition activities that were once limited to a specific department or skill level.”

What to know more about Metastorm M3?  Check out the social media version of the press release here, complete with screenshots and other related materials.

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Metastorm Smart Business Workspace uses widgets and mashups to deliver a role-based user experience across the entire Metastorm Enterprise software platform as well as other applications.  This single, role-driven interface is designed to meet the needs all types of roles within an organization.  Metastorm Smart Business Workspace transforms the power of Metastorm’s enterprise software by adding a layer of highly personalized user experience, resulting in rapid information access and a more productive, agile work environment regardless of the user’s organizational role. Using Metastorm Smart Business Workspace allows individuals to develop their own personal space, catering to their unique needs.  The software takes into account the user’s job description, skill set, knowledge base, key responsibilities and personal preferences to go beyond traditional interfaces to support the preferences of the user in a single, actionable environment.   

Metastorm Smart Business Workspace provides libraries of widgets related to Metastorm’s enterprise software for enterprise and business architecture, business process analysis, business process management and integration, giving users the ability to easily mash up and integrate data and applications.  The Metastorm Widget Designer enables non-technical users to quickly and easily design and create rich, entirely new and unique widgets and applications that include built-in transaction support, governance and advanced external integration capabilities. 

Metastorm Smart Business Workspace is designed to increase and promote social collaboration within the workplace, taking advantage of popular social networking capabilities to deliver meaningful business results.

“Metastorm Smart Business Workspace will open up a whole new world of insight and productivity for business users and give organizations the mechanism they need to finally leverage social collaboration technologies in a productive way within the enterprise,” said Kevin Haugh, vice president of product marketing and management at Metastorm.   “By delivering role-based, actionable workspaces that can be personalized by each user, Metastorm Smart Business Workspace will make it easier for users to leverage critical information and powerful features of the Metastorm Enterprise software suite – from enterprise modeling to business process analysis to daily process execution and participation – and to make better, faster business decisions.”

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It is an honor to be consistently recognized as an innovative, market leader in enterprise software.  At Metastorm, we strive to design and develop products that deliver the best enterprise effectiveness and business results.   Our main priority is our customers and partners, and we are focused on delivering the most optimal software and solutions for their business practices.  We are always pleased in not only our success, but how our products have empowered the business practices of our customers.

Our deep industry knowledge has positioned Metastorm as a leader in enterprise software for both on-premise and SaaS deployments, and we are excited to continue to build and uphold our progressive reputation.  I encourage you to stay tuned to see the exciting things Metastorm will be doing in the upcoming months.

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A recent report by industry analyst firm, Gartner, positions Metastorm as one of the top business process analysis (BPA) vendors in the world. The Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Business Process Analysis Tools” report positions Metastorm ProVision for BPA as a leader in the business process analysis space, and explains several key differentiators for Metastorm.

The report states that “based on Gartner customer feedback, Metastorm has one of the highest customer satisfaction ratings in the BPA market.” It also recognizes Metastorm for its ease of use and process discovery capabilities, its pre-built connector to SAP, and its integrated market-leading EA and BPM capabilities.

Metastorm also recently released the newest version of its enterprise modeling, business architecture, and business process analysis tool – Metastorm ProVision Version 6.2. Key features of the new release include support for the latest modeling standards, improved ease of use, and extended support for enterprise collaboration, which includes sharing and reuse of models, objects and libraries, as well as enablers for Process Centers of Excellence.

Bill Aronson, founder of the Enterprise Designer Institute, has even authored a fully-illustrated, third party book entitled Metastorm ProVision Version 6.2 Made Easy, in which he shares tips and tricks about the newest release. To learn more visit Bill’s storefront.

For expert advice and instruction on Metastorm ProVision, we currently have several upcoming, hands on Metastorm ProVision training courses. These are offered in person in the United States and the United Kingdom, or via WebEx where they can be accessed from around the world.

And don’t miss our EA and our BPA boot camps. Both will be held in Baltimore, Maryland from May 20th-21st, 2010.

Still wondering what all the buzz is about? Visit our website to request a trial version of Metastorm ProVision (registration required), and see for yourself why industry analysts rank Metastorm ProVision as a leading tool for Enterprise Architecture and Business Process Modeling and Analysis.

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The Metastorm ProVision Reference Model for Supply Chain provides a quick start for organizations seeking to understand, analyze and improve their supply chains. Building upon these pre-packaged reference models allows the rapid capture of current supply chains with the Metastorm ProVision enterprise architecture and business process analysis tool, the ability to compare supply chains across different organizations and the ability to identify and design improvements that will yield a more effective and efficient supply chain – getting you closer to achieving your cost reduction, time to market, customer service and supply chain visibility goals. 

Updates to the Metastorm reference model for SCOR include:

• Support for GreenScor, including new activities to manage waste disposal and the addition of a “Green” indicator metric
• The addition of best practices related to Environmental Management.
• The addition of a new layer of ENABLE activities for Risk Management.

To accelerate your success with the SCOR 9.0 reference models for Metastorm ProVision, the Metastorm Professional Services team provides assistance with the implementation and configuration of Metastorm’s reference models and methodologies. And of course, any processes that you model in Metastorm ProVision can be executed, managed and monitored in Metastorm BPM® for ongoing visibility and improvement.  

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The Metastorm Enterprise Process Advantage Awards program is designed to recognize organizations that are successfully using Metastorm software to realize business objectives, achieve a measurable return on investment, and/or create strategic advantage.

Why Enter?

Winners receive a free pass to the 2011 Metastorm Global User Conference, and will be invited to participate in a thought leadership panel session to help other Metastorm customers learn valuable tips for achieving success.

Winners will also be recognized at the Metastorm Global User Conference and featured both on Metastorm’s website and in a press release that will be sent to technology and business publications.

As a recipient of a Metastorm Enterprise Process Advantage award your organization will gain recognition as a technology leader and a business improvement leader in its industry. You will also gain recognition for your innovative use of technology and your success within your own organization to help in further extending the value of EA, BPA, and BPM to other areas of the business.

So why wait? It’s easy to nominate your customer or your own organization today!

Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your success!

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Green BPM: The Best Kept Secret for Meeting Your Company’s Green Mandate: Learn the best practices for making your organization greener with BPM. This eBook explains 3 key benefits of “Green BPM”— reducing paper usage, lowering fuel and transport costs, and creating more efficient manufacturing and supply chain processes. It also features a case study that highlights a real life example of these benefits in action.

BPM & EA: Two Smart Investments in a Recession: Released earlier this year, this eBook explains how a relatively small investment in BPM and/or EA solutions now can help your organization realize rapid cost savings, make the right restructuring decisions and increase the productivity of the people and systems you already own. Learn how BPM and EA can help your organization do more with less.

Oil & Gas Challenges: How to Prepare for the Next Generation of Business: This eBook examines how BPM, BPA & EA can help oil and gas firms address several major risk factors—uncertain energy policy, price volatility, failed cost containment, human capital deficit and the aging oil & gas infrastructure to survive in today’s turbulent marketplace.

Visit the Metastorm Library and explore its many resources related to the disciplines of Business Process Management, Enterprise Architecture and Business Process Analysis.

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Metastorm is uniquely positioned to participate in both summits because it offers both BPM and EA software and services. The company is one of the few in the industry leading the charge in combining BPM and EA technologies to better align strategy with execution and allow its customers to better optimize the use of enterprise assets within and across business processes.

During the Gartner Summits, Metastorm will also be available in the Product Showcase area to provide live demonstrations of its BPM and EA software and to engage in discussions with conference attendees.

In addition, two of Metastorm’s customers will be on site to share their success stories. If you are not attending the event, you can get some insight into the customer success stories being presented by reviewing these two prior blog posts:

• BPM in the pharmaceutical industry
• Creating efficiency at a major branch of the U.S. Military

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According to Dave Aron, vice president and research director in Gartner’s CIO research group, “CIOs are having to focus on all the different areas of business improvement, not just efficiency. That includes risk management, effectiveness and growth.”

Aron emphasizes that strategy is not a “luxury” for prosperous times. It is, in fact, critical now for businesses to deploy innovative IT solutions that model, analyze, and improve enterprise initiatives—enabling companies to harvest functionality and agility.

Enterprise Architecture (EA) does exactly that—offering today’s corporations a value proposition that essentially pays for itself in return on investment. Those that invest in Enterprise Architecture today are not only maximizing business value in the short-term, but also ensuring their competitive advantage and prosperity in the long-term.

Metastorm ProVision® is an industry leading EA solution that allows you to comprehensively discover and model your Business Strategy, Business Architecture and Information Architecture (applications, organization, systems and more) and then systematically and comprehensively plan changes to the enterprise to optimize business performance.

Learn how a leading oil and gas company deployed Metastorm ProVision to improve control over its fuel delivery process, get greater visibility into its retail network and achieve a significant decrease in human errors.

Learn more about Metastorm ProVision.

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The article titled, “How to Use Business Process Management and Enterprise Architecture Tools to Thrive in a Recession,” first outlines four ways BPM software can allow for cost savings. BPM software can:

• Increase efficiency
• Maximize current resources
• Lower risk
• Gain greater visibility into dead weight

While an EA software tool can help organizations evaluate and make critical infrastructure decisions that can dramatically reduce fixed-cost expenditures and ensure that any reductions are the right reductions to make. EA software can:

• Identify duplicate or underutilized overhead
• Optimize your value chain
• Quickly and effectively assimilate mergers and acquisitions

Investing in these types of tools will ensure that you are well-positioned when the economy rebounds.

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In a recently published eBook entitled “BPM and EA – two smart investments in a recession,” Laura Mooney, Vice President, Corporate Communications at Metastorm, highlights how EA helps firms achieve and balance these goals: it delivers operational efficiency by identifying duplicate or underutilized overhead, it optimizes your value chain, it quickly and effectively assimilates mergers and acquisitions and it drives cost savings. Metastorm’s clients have showed real ROI by adopting EA. For example, a retail franchisor consolidated its databases from 35 to just 4, saving significant time, money and energy resources.

The panellists who took part in the discussion at the Open Group’s 22^nd Annual Enterprise Architecture Practitioner Conference highlighted some further interesting points about the need of EA during times of recession: it becomes a tool for strategic business transformation, it should demonstrate a long-term path while creating short-term value for the business, it makes a business impact by working across silos, and across HR, Finance and Operations. Finally EA should be seen as a business tool that can add value rather than an IT tool.

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According to CIO, the 2009 CIO 100 Awards honors 100 companies that are creating new business value by innovating with technology. The award entry highlighted the deployment of an electronic data capture system for the collection of drug trial data using both Metastorm BPM and Medidata Rave. It notes that the customer’s clinical data is now available almost immediately following patient visits, enabling dynamic trial execution methods and “early fail” business decisions for study projects.

The CIO 100 award applicants were asked what technologies were most important to executing their projects, and business process management and enterprise architecture technologies emerged #1 and #2 in the overall list – providing strong industry validation on the value that these applications deliver.

More information on the CIO 100 winner profile can be found at: http://www.cio.com/cio100/detail/1997.

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Over 400 end users from both business and IT responded to the survey, which was distributed to Metastorm’s global customer base.

On the morning of April 28th (EDT), we’ll post an exclusive sneak preview of the survey results on the Because Process Matters blog! Be sure to subscribe to the blog via email or check back on Tuesday to review the results before they are announced via press release to the rest of the world on Wednesday.

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