Cary, N.C. — August 29, 2006 — Ultimus, the #1 provider of Business Process Management (BPM) and workflow software and solutions, with more than 1,600 customers worldwide, today announced that KMWorld magazine has named the Ultimus BPM Suite as a "Trend-Setting Product of 2006.” Since 2003, Ultimus’ award winning technology is being recognized for its leading BPM solutions that are highly scalable, improve efficiencies and provide ease-of-use with its many worldwide customers.

KMWorld editors assembled its list of trend-setting products following discussions with colleagues, analysts and users – from C-level executives to entry-level knowledge workers. The complete list is featured in the publication's September 2006 issue.

"Assembling the list of Trend-Setting Products of 2006 is a year-long collaborative effort with editorial colleagues and analysts and, especially, users," says Hugh McKellar, KMWorld editor in chief. Roughly 1,500 products from some 300 vendors were considered, and the ones listed here demonstrate exquisite execution designed for, and with input from, the most important constituency of them all--their customers."

The Ultimus BPM Suite is an independent BPM platform that automates any process incorporating people, applications and organizations. Businesses across a wide range of industries and geographies rely on the suite to manage enterprise-wide processes more efficiently. Last year, Ultimus revolutionized the BPM industry with the release of the Ultimus BPM Suite 7.1 powered by its patented Adaptive Discovery™ technology. This is the first and only patented technology that allows automated processes to be deployed without requiring complete process maps and definitions.

With Adaptive Discovery, process experts define the flow, rules, and recipients of work dynamically. The process adapts to these decisions and follows them automatically for future matching cases. In this way, processes are defined and enhanced the same way they evolve in business—in response to real world business decisions and requirements. Equally important, once the flows and rules are captured, they can easily be changed by process owners, either to optimize the process or adapt to new business conditions.

“It is a great credit and testament to Ultimus’ innovative technology to be recognized once again by KMWorld as a company that is making an impact on the way organizations streamline and use information,” said Rashid Khan, CEO and co-founder of Ultimus. “We are thrilled to be recognized for the third time by industry experts for our latest product innovations and ongoing commitment to deliver the best business process and human-centric solutions on the market.”

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About Ultimus
Ultimus is the worldwide leader in human-centric Business Process Management (BPM) software, providing the industry's most complete and scalable platform for modeling, automating, managing and optimizing business processes. Powered by Adaptive Discovery™, the Ultimus BPM Suite is the only BPM suite that enables automated business processes to be deployed without completely defined process maps. Its Microsoft-based platform is quick to deploy and easy to administer, and its integration capabilities provide seamless information transfer between applications and outside organizations. Long recognized as a BPM pioneer, Ultimus has automated more processes than any BPM vendor, resulting in reduced cycle times, lower costs, improved productivity and higher customer satisfaction for its clients. Ultimus’ award-winning BPM Suite is available in 20 languages and is deployed by more than 1,600 customers across every industry, including 100 of the world’s largest enterprises. Headquartered in Cary, NC, Ultimus has offices in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia and supports a network of 80 worldwide partners.