IDS Scheer and Intalio Deliver Process Automation and Real-Time Business Process Intelligence

MIAMI--April 27, 2004--

Companies Expand Partnership to More Tightly Integrate Solutions to Embrace BPM Standards

IDS Scheer North America, the leading provider of business process excellence services and tools, today announced at the ProcessWorld 2004 conference that it has expanded its partnership with Intalio, Inc. because of the company's innovation in enterprise-class Business Process Automation. The companies have agreed to further integrate IDS Scheer's market-leading ARIS Toolset with Intalio|n3, the standards-based and platform-neutral Business Process Management System (BPMS). Tighter integration of the two solutions will enable both companies to better serve customer demand by embracing BPM standards such as BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation) and BPEL (Business Process Execution Language), as well as offering a real-time Business Process Intelligence Solution.

"As new standards in business process management are embraced, Intalio and IDS Scheer will collaborate to ensure that our respective solutions reflect the new modeling languages," said Ismael Ghalimi, founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Intalio. "We have made it much easier for ARIS Process Platform customers to connect together process models with the Intalio|n3 Designer, bind them to third-party systems and web services, and then deploy them onto the Intalio|n3 Server."

Intalio will be demonstrating robust process information exchange using the joint ARIS/Intalio|n3 interface at ProcessWorld 2004 (kiosk #5). This three-day event, April 25-28 in Miami, brings together business process experts from around the world to discuss business process innovation. The conference provides a forum for decision makers, technical strategists and business process improvement executives to learn, understand and collaborate on effective business process management.

"Our previous integration with Intalio had been guided by support for BPML (Business Process Modeling Language)," said Dr. Mathias Kirchmer, CEO, IDS Scheer North America. "Moving forward, our integration efforts will include support for BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation) and for BPEL (Business Process Execution Language)."

According to Dr. Kirchmer, this partnership will also extend into the growing area of business intelligence (BI). "We will also work with Intalio to integrate the ARIS Process Cost Analyzer and the ARIS Process Performance Manager into the Intalio|n3 Server to deliver a real-time Business Process Intelligence solution."

For more information on upcoming availability of the joint ARIS/Intalio|n3 solution, please contact Intalio at sales@intalio.com, 650-577-4700 x222 or visit http://www.intalio.com or contact IDS Scheer at www.ids-scheer.com/us.

About IDS Scheer North America

IDS Scheer is the leading provider of solutions for business process excellence. The company's ARIS-based solutions offer a complete portfolio for "Business Process Excellence," including the services, software and methods to address all phases of the business process lifecycle: design, implementation, execution and continuous improvement. From small/medium enterprises to Global 1000 organizations, IDS Scheer provides a wide array of solutions to help customers optimize, and profit from, their investments in Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Next Generation Business Process Automation solutions. As a SAP Global Services Partner, IDS Scheer enables customers to maximize their SAP investment and build winning businesses. As part of an organization of more than 2000 employees worldwide and over 250 in North America, IDS Scheer is built upon a foundation of business process excellence that began when the company was founded in 1984 by August-Wilhelm Scheer, widely recognized as a founding father of Business Process Management. For more information on IDS Scheer North America, visit http://www.ids-scheer.com/us.

About Intalio, Inc.

Intalio, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise-class Business Process Management Systems, helping Global 2,000 firms become process-managed organizations. The company extends business process models into executable and manageable processes that can be directly deployed on existing IT assets and seamlessly directed by business users. Founded in July 1999 by seasoned entrepreneurs and recognized innovators in enterprise software development, Intalio is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., with offices in the United Kingdom and in central Europe. For more information, contact Intalio at 650-577-4700, info@intalio.com, or www.intalio.com.

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