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Ultimus Closes 2005 with Consistent Growth and Technological Innovation
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Leader in Business Process Management Enters 2006 with Focus on Adaptive Discovery™
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CARY, North Carolina — January 30, 2006 — Ultimus, the leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) and Workflow Automation software and services that enable the shortest time to value, today announced that 2005 marks another year of success, growth and prosperity. Highlights include significant revenue growth, building out worldwide capabilities, new customer wins and current customer growth, as well as continued product innovation and award recognitions by industry leaders.
Significant customer growth
In 2005, Ultimus added more than 100 new customers around the world. Companies including First National Bank of Arizona, White Hydraulics, Fennimore Craig, Platform Learning, Rexam South America, Cofetel, KBA-Giori, National Gypsum, BBSRC, West Park and many more are achieving process efficiencies and an immediate return on investment through their use of the Ultimus BPM Suite.
Ultimus technology innovation
Ultimus has proven its leadership status as a pure play BPM vendor with powerful innovative technologies such as Adaptive Discovery. In 2006, the company plans to continue to focus on Adaptive Discovery as part of its historic trend of firsts:
- First Web-based Workflow
- First Stand-alone BPM Modeling for Business Analysts
- First BPM Suite with Collaborative Design
- And now, First and Only BPM Suite with Adaptive Discovery Technology.
Ultimus has also driven product innovation throughout the year. In May, the company announced the NetWeaver Integration Kit for Enterprise BPM Deployments. The NetWeaver Integration Kit provides Ultimus customers and partners a standardized approach to integrate SAP environments with Ultimus.
“Ultimus is one of the earliest entrants into the field of BPM. A highly focused organization, Ultimus has pioneered much of the groundwork for what is now considered the basis of BPM products today,” said Terry Schurter, chief analyst, BPMG.org. “Through extensive collaboration with their customer base, Ultimus has identified core issues affecting the success of organizations adopting BPM at every level of the organization. The aggressive efforts by Ultimus in version 7.1 of their product to address these needs are nothing less than exceptional. In a nutshell, Ultimus version 7.1 truly empowers BPM team success.”
Building out worldwide Ultimus capabilities
In 2005, Ultimus expanded its professional services division to more than 140 people worldwide, enabling customers to tap a wealth of resources and best practices while ensuring that the deployment of mission-critical processes were smooth and successful.
Award recognitions
During 2005, Ultimus and its customers have won a succession of prestigious industry awards.
- Deloitte Technology Fast 500
- KMWorld’s 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management
- Software Company of the Year finalist in the NCTA 21 Technology Awards
- Finalist in the KM World Promise Award
- Finalist in the VARBusiness Awards.
In addition, its customer Grupo Financiero Uno was a Gold Winner of the 2005 Global Excellence Awards for innovation and excellence in BPM and workflow implementations from WfMC and Workflow and Reengineering International Association (WARIA). In addition, customer Platform Learning was selected for the InfoWorld 100 for its Ultimus-based BPM deployment.
“Ultimus has a legacy of 11 years of success,” said Rashid Khan, CEO and co-founder of Ultimus, Inc. “This company is built on technology excellence and determination. As we close out 2005 and 2006 begins, the executive team is confident that we will continue to make our mark on a global scale—continuing product innovation, sharing customer successes and expanding on our current leadership status.”
About Ultimus
A pioneer in human-centric Business Process Management, workflow automation and faster time to value, Ultimus is a global software company that enables enterprises worldwide to increase their profits by modeling, automating, managing and optimizing every business process. Headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, the company has business operations throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Ultimus has more than 100 partners and more than 1,500 customers, including Grupo Financiero Uno, Cable & Wireless Panama, Rexam, Carnival and McKesson Corporation.
More information about Ultimus can be obtained by visiting the Ultimus Web site at http://www.ultimus.com ,emailing info@ultimus.com , or by calling 919-678-0900.
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