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.

Included below 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.

IDC

Ease of Use and Integration Requirements Lead Buyers to Metastorm BPMS (March, 2008)
This IDC study is one of a series of IDC Customer Needs and Strategies studies that examine how customers are using various business process management (BPM) software products. According to IDC, Metastorm has amassed the largest portfolio of business process management-related software of any vendor, encompassing a comprehensive BPM suite along with high-end architectural and planning tools. This report includes a current view of Metastorm's BPM suite – including the advanced modeling and simulation capabilities that Metastorm ProVision provides in the context of the process improvement lifecycle. The report also includes highlights from IDC interviews with several Metastorm customers including Blue Rhino, Great Clips, and Wyeth.
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Forrester Research

Metastorm Secures Leadership Position and Boasts Strongest Market Presence in the Forrester Wave: Human Centric BPM for Microsoft Platforms (December 19, 2007)
Metastorm is positioned as a leading vendor in Forrester’s Q4 2007 Wave for Human Centric BPM for Microsoft Platforms. The report says, "A long heritage and strong track record in BPM has given way to multiple acquisitions for this vendor. First CommerceQuest brought integration capabilities, and now Proforma is bringing Metastorm complete enterprise architecture (EA) and business process analysis (BPA) modeling to front-end its automation tools. We saw the product only weeks after this acquisition and the company was already able to easily import Proforma models into the execution environment. Look for further integration to allow Metastorm to be one of the first to take advantage of the many synergies between EA modeling and BPM - scenarios like immediately understanding the business impact of a downed server combined with the ability to reroute work to other servers."
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Proforma (now Metastorm) Secures Spot as an EA Leader in Forrester Wave (April 25, 2007)
Forrester Research has positioned Proforma as a leading vendor in its Q2 2007 Wave for Enterprise Architecture tools. “Proforma provides a functionally rich enterprise architecture (EA) tool and a significant number of templates and models. Proforma's import/export capabilities are a particular standout,” the report says. “Proforma's offering is very strong and it does not have any significant weaknesses as an EA tool.”
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Metastorm ProVision is a Leading Business Process Modeling Tool in Forrester’s Wave (September 29, 2006)
Forrester Research has positioned Proforma (now a part of Metastorm Inc.) as a leading vendor in its Q3 2006 Wave for Business Process Modeling tools. “Proforma offers a functionally rich, leading business process modeling suite for enterprise deployments. Coupled with strong template, model, and graphical functionality, ProVision is a blessing for business users wanting an easy to use but truly comprehensive package that can lead companies to true SOA governance,” the report says.
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What Process Experts Need to Know About SOA (April 9, 2008)
Gone are the days when an organization’s strategy, analysis and execution functions resided in distinct silos. In this report, Forrester examines how EA, SOA and BPM are converging to create business technology platforms and bring together business and IT. It also provides suggestions for how process professionals can emphasize business transformation through process optimization.

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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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Gartner

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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Proforma (Now Metastorm ProVisionBPA) Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Business Process Analysis (June 8, 2007)
Proforma Corporation (now a part of Metastorm Inc.) is positioned in the leaders quadrant in Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Business Process Analysis (BPA) Tools, 2H07-1H08. The report positions BPA vendors based on product functions and features, quality and quantity of alliance partnerships and distribution channels, overall financial healthiness, and long-term viability. BPA tools continue to grow in importance as business managers and process architects seek to better understand, streamline and automate their business process, and communicate their needs to IT professionals.
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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)
Gartner, Inc. positioned Metastorm in the Challenger’s Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture tools, June 2008. “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,” the report said. “The EA tool market consists of vendors that offer software products to store, structure, analyze and present information related to enterprise architecture. The information stored in an EA tool must encompass business architecture, information architecture, technology architecture and solution architecture.”
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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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Snapshot on Aligning Strategy, Analysis & Execution (August 7, 2007)
Any organization looking for success knows that you have to set strategic objectives, put processes in place to achieve them, and continually review to realize the results. However, most still struggle to align these tasks – and as a result, are vulnerable with open gaps throughout their organization.
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Butler Group

Metastorm BPM v7 Technology Audit (November 2007)
Butler evaluated the Metastorm BPM Suite in November 2007 and determined that “Metastorm BPM is a complete enterprise-scale Business Process Management (BPM) suite that supports large, complex processes – both within and across organizations.”
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