SAARBRUCKEN, Germany & BERWYN, Pa.--IDS Scheer, the leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), today announced the release of new and enhanced products as part of Version 7.1 within the ARIS Business Performance Edition. The new offering was designed to deliver executive command & control through improved governance of risk and performance assurance which leads to operational excellence. To support the new release, IDS Scheer launched a new ARIS Blog and Web site that includes expansive BPM information resources related to the new ARIS products including multimedia demos of the new features. IDS Scheer is leveraging these “Web 2.0” tools to tout the ability of the new ARIS Business Performance Edition products to continuously boost overall business performance.

The ARIS Business Performance Edition leverages new features to help companies regularly examine business indicators; combine KPI’s with operational processes to allow companies to take proactive, preventative measures to avoid potential negative impact; execute immediate remedial action for exception handling; and focus on high-impact process improvements. The new release includes the following new products: ARIS Business Architect, ARIS Six Sigma, ARIS Business Publisher, ARIS IT Architect, ARIS Business Architect for SAP, ARIS Business Rules Designer, ARIS SOA Architect and ARIS Business Simulator. The BPMN modeling language and OASIS SOA reference model also supplement the method scope within the new version.

IDS Scheer has also designed a new Web site to support users of the new ARIS Business Performance Edition. Visitors to www.aris.com/performance will be given insight into the innovation behind the new products via interactive demos of the new functions. In addition, visitors can register for a series of free ARIS Webcasts at www.aris.com/webcasts. Each week, these Webcasts will address interesting BPM topics and offer advice on optimizing the new products. The new ARIS BPM blog (www.arisblog.com) offers valuable insight and thought leadership on the key issues shaping the BPM market — it features industry perspective from IDS Scheer BPM experts as well as valuable real-life know how from customers implementing these new products. It also includes trend information from leading IT research firms and other opinion leaders within BPM. The blog discusses topics such as Process Management, Process Intelligence, Enterprise Architecture Management, SAP implementation, SOA and GRC — these subjects are focal points for process managers and IT departments within their organizations. The Web site also adds dynamic content such as interviews and video.

From a technology perspective, the new version is built on a Java development platform for Web-based products. To ease the transition to the new version for ARIS users who are still using the Windows-based products, IDS Scheer has created an ARIS Exchange Program to exchange these older versions for the new ARIS products at special pricing (www.aris.com/exchange).

Dr. Wolfram Jost, Member of the Executive Board with responsibility for Product Strategy and Development of IDS Scheer, is confident in the quality of the innovation behind the new products: “The current release of ARIS Business Performance Edition marks an important milestone for our customers in their use of our ARIS products to improve their business results. In these challenging economic times, it is vital that managers make future-proof decisions in order to ensure reliable growth, maximum cost efficiency and a high degree of profitability.”

Available in late May, the English language versions of the new ARIS Business Performance Edition products will be on display at next week’s SAPPHIRE 2008 in the main exhibit hall at IDS Scheer booth #1064.

In addition, the new products will be the focal point of ARIS ProcessWorld 2008 Europe Conference (June 16-18, 2008 at the Maritim Hotel, Berlin), especially ARIS UserDay on June 16. ARIS UserDay includes presentations by experts from IDS Scheer and its customers, and offers hands-on workshops that will drill down into the new features of ARIS Business Performance Edition. The ARIS BPM blog will cover the entire conference and provide breaking news and reports from the show floor.

About IDS Scheer

IDS Scheer is the market leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software, solutions and services for corporations and public organizations worldwide. With its unrivaled ARIS Platform for Process Excellence, the company offers an integrated, comprehensive solution portfolio for the strategy, design, implementation and controlling of business processes. Utilizing the ARIS Value Engineering (AVE) approach, IDS Scheer consultants bridge the gap between corporate strategy, business processes, IT solutions and process controlling. As a Global SAP Services Partner, strategic SAP development partner and SAP Vertical Solution Reseller, IDS Scheer offers small/medium enterprises to Global 1000 companies a process-oriented approach to optimize Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Approximately 3,000 employees in over 70 countries serve the company’s 7,000 customers. In 2007, IDS Scheer’s revenues reached 394 million Euro (preliminary figures). Established in 1984 by Prof. August-Wilhelm Scheer, IDS Scheer is listed in the TecDAX on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Germany).

For more information, please visit http://www.ids-scheer.com/us.