"METASTORM PROVISION CONNECT FOR SAP" LAUNCHED.

Metastorm, Baltimore, Md, a provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Analysis (BPA), and Enterprise Architecture (EA) software for aligning strategy with execution, has announced the release of a new software product called Metastorm ProVision Connect for SAP. The solution provides a comprehensive interface between the Metastorm ProVision enterprise architecture and business process analysis suite and SAP Solution Manager. The new offering is designed to accelerate the design and deployment of solutions running on SAP and help customers gain a broader picture on how their SAP processes are interlinked to other assets in the organization.

"As a technology consulting organization and leading systems integrator, we are routinely faced with complex solution requirements that rely on SAP applications," stated Jens Steuer, Solution Practice Principal at Hewlett-Packard GmbH. "Now with the economy in a downturn and companies tightening IT budgets and scrutinizing every project, our ability to accelerate the deployment of SAP solutions, minimize rework, and maximize business results is more critical than ever before. We expect Metastorm ProVision Connect for SAP to be a valuable tool in enabling us to better meet customer needs at a lower cost, faster pace and with lower risk."

Metastorm ProVision is recognized by industry analysts as a leading technology for enterprise and business architecture due to the breadth and depth of its functionality for modeling and analyzing strategies and goals, human capital, IT systems, information, business processes and other critical enterprise assets, and understanding the associated costs, revenues and interrelationships of these assets. This, combined with the software's ease of use for business analysts and business architects and its central collaboration repository for large-scale deployments, has resulted in Metastorm ProVision being put in place as the enterprise architecture and modeling standard at some of world's largest retailers, financial services institutions, pharmaceutical firms, and government agencies, among others.

The new Metastorm ProVision Connect for SAP offering allows users to link Metastorm's software with SAP's Solution Manager for two-way exchange of models and associated information. With Metastorm ProVision Connect for SAP, customers of both Metastorm and SAP can realize even greater value from these technologies through extended visibility, faster process design, enhanced governance, and faster, more effective SAP solution deployments.

Key features enabling these benefits include the ability to:

* Model SAP solutions in a business-friendly modeling tool and, if desired, within the broader context of the business strategy, business architecture (including end-to-end processes) and technology architecture.

* Understand the ...