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Currently Metastorm is the only vendor that independent analysts rank as a leader across the three synergistic disciplines of Enterprise Architecture, Business Process Analysis and Business Process Management. This web page includes an archive of various reports about Metastorm products and third-party opinions on our market leadership. Please note that some of these reports require registration with either Metastorm or the analyst firm prior to viewing.

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Case Study: Lufthansa Transforms Frequent Flier Service with Business Process Management (May 14, 2007)
“In 2004, Lufthansa was facing a less-than-optimal process for handling correspondence related to Miles & More, the largest frequent flier program in Europe. With the help of its systems integrator, arvato, and technology from Metastorm, Lufthansa truly transformed how this portion of its business operated — and significantly improved customer service in the process. Using business process management (BPM) best practices such as incremental, iterative change and carefully built user interfaces, Lufthansa's success represents an example for BPM practitioners to study: The company shortened process lag time from five days to less than 24 hours and can now holistically monitor quality and other process metrics.”
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Metastorm Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites, 2007 (December 14, 2007)
Metastorm is recognized as a Leader on the Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Business Process Management (BPM) Suites, 2007." Metastorm’s unique platform of best-of-breed enterprise architecture, business process analysis and BPM technology that can be implemented as stand-alone solutions or as integrated components was key to achieving this leadership position. "Products from leaders have proved to be the most effective solutions for business problems. They excel at enabling collaboration among business users and IT professionals..." the report said. Other differentiators that bolstered Metastorm above other BPM vendors include its strong history in providing BPM software and its recent strategic acquisitions.
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Metastorm Positioned in Visionary Quadrant for Application Infrastructure & Composite Application Projects (June 7, 2007)
Metastorm is recognized as a Visionary on the Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Composite-Application Projects, 2Q07” report. Metastorm’s strong integration-centric process support through Metastorm Integration Manager and its ability to tie Java, .NET and web services based components into complex business process flows and expose the resulting application to business users through a single user interface differentiates Metastorm from other BPM Suite providers in this category. With the Metastorm BPM® Suite, organizations get the value of a full-scale BPM Suite plus the ability to leverage the software to accelerate composite application development.
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Metastorm ProVision® Positioned as Challenger in Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture (June 17, 2008)
Metastorm ProVision delivers end-to-end enterprise architecture capabilities-- enabling you to understand, realize, innovate and monitor all aspects of your business processes and systems to continually improve performance. “Enterprise architects must bring together information on a variety of subjects, including applications, data (structured and unstructured), technology of various kinds, interfaces, business processes, and organization structures, and they must relate this content to the business strategy and to various environmental trends,” according to Gartner.
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Snapshot on Increasing IT Value (July 25, 2008)
Metastorm’s Snapshot on Increasing IT Value features a research report from Gartner and a whitepaper from Metastorm. The Gartner report examines the changing shape of IT and how IT must transform to meet new, more strategic challenges. The Metastorm whitepaper expands on this theme, outlining how IT executives can increase their visibility, improve responsiveness, and become more strategic to their organizations. CIOs need to move beyond simply aligning IT projects and focus on providing platforms and tools that support the comprehensive collaboration and integration of IT and Business functions to increase value, improve agility, and enhance performance.
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Snapshot on Green IT (Q2 2008)
Metastorm’s Snapshot on Green IT features a research report from Gartner and a whitepaper from Metastorm. The Gartner Research note highlights the pressures organizations are facing with regard to implementing more environmentally-friendly IT practices and the likely regulatory enforcement ahead. The Metastorm whitepaper highlights how EA and BPM technologies can help companies implement greener business practices while at the same time delivering substantial cost savings – double the green!
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Snapshot on Business Architecture (September 26, 2007)
Metastorm’s Snapshot on Business Architecture features a research report from Gartner and a whitepaper from Metastorm. The Gartner report offers an analogy that compares business assets to "bricks" that can be used together to construct effective business processes. The Metastorm whitepaper expands on this theme, outlining how the bricks in an organization can be modeled into a complete picture of the business architecture and further explains how a formal approach to enterprise modeling can help organizations better understand business assets - including strategic, operational and physical assets, how they fit together, and how to leverage them for optimal business value.
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Legal Disclaimer: The reports above are industry analyst research reports which were published in print and/or online as of the dates listed and that reflected industry analyst views as of such dates. The information contained therein should not be considered current and may not be accurate. These reports are all copyright to the respective analyst firms, and Metastorm assumes no obligation for maintaining these reports and is not responsible for misstated information.