| RESTON, VA--(Marketwire - January 26, 2010) | | | | Forum online collaboration community. |
| - Appian, the global innovator in enterprise and | | | | "Appian's on-demand BPM platform is ideal for |
| on-demand business process management (BPM) | | | | supporting our mission to help healthcare organizations |
| technology, today announced that Appian Anywhere | | | | leverage technology, while reducing cost and risk," said |
| leads the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) BPM market | | | | Ingolv Urnes, founder and principal at psHealth. "It |
| both in features/functionality and in enterprise -- and | | | | enables us to develop world-class solutions very |
| SMB-level adoption. As demand continued to rise | | | | quickly for our customers and offers us a new and |
| through 2009 for the cost reduction and agility benefits | | | | attractive subscription-based revenue stream." |
| of the Appian BPM Suite, more and more companies | | | | State-of-the-Art Technology |
| opted for the Appian Anywhere low-cost, low-risk | | | | Appian is the only vendor that provides an identical and |
| "BPM in the Cloud" subscription delivery model. | | | | complete BPM Suite in either a SaaS or on-premise |
| According to the September 2009 "SaaS BPM: | | | | deployment, with easy one-click portability between |
| Silencing the Skeptics" report from Ovum/Datamonitor, | | | | environments. A customer may choose to start their |
| "The ongoing recession has helped the cause of both | | | | BPM journey with a SaaS-based pilot or "quick win" |
| SaaS and BPM. The SaaS model has endeared itself | | | | deployment. As BPM matures inside the organization, |
| to customers that are wary of upfront capital | | | | the customer can easily convert its SaaS-based |
| investments, while BPM has helped businesses adapt | | | | platform to an internal IT managed offering. Additionally, |
| quickly to the massive changes in the external | | | | customers wishing to reduce IT expenses have the |
| environment... Datamonitor believes that this is the right | | | | option to convert any existing on-premise Appian |
| time for BPM to take its SaaS strategy mainstream." | | | | installation to Appian Anywhere. |
| Most Widely Used Platform | | | | Appian Anywhere sets the industry standard for BPM |
| Appian Anywhere has more users and more | | | | speed and simplicity through many unique features and |
| generated revenue than any other complete | | | | functions, including: |
| on-demand BPM platform. Appian Anywhere | | | | � |
| customers include large enterprises such as Manulife | | | | -- Complete Suite - everything you need to model, |
| Financial, Clayton Holdings and Chicago Mercantile | | | | compose and execute BPM solutions in the Cloud -- |
| Exchange, as well as mid-sized businesses such as | | | | High Security - SAS-70 Type II audited; granular user |
| Breckinridge Capital Advisors, Surrenda-link, Wray and | | | | and group privileges administration -- High Reliability - |
| Nephew and more. Appian's free 30-day full-featured | | | | 99.5% SLA -- Simplified Contracting - No on-premise |
| trials attract new organizations and users to BPM in | | | | license required, online click-wrap agreement, |
| the Cloud every week from around the globe. | | | | provisioned in minutes -- Price Transparency - $35 per |
| Appian also continues to attract new partners who | | | | user per month -- Easy Maintenance - All upgrades |
| see strong revenue opportunities by building and | | | | are managed and implemented by Appian and |
| delivering vertical and specialized solutions on Appian | | | | automatic to the customer -- Single-Vendor |
| Anywhere. Examples include psHealth (UK healthcare | | | | Relationship - Appian contracts, configures and |
| provider), NRG (oil & gas) and Oakbrook Solutions | | | | manages the Amazon Cloud for customers |
| (WealthWorx, a wealth management solution). These | | | | "Appian is leading the SaaS BPM market based on our |
| and other partners view the reach and low marketing | | | | hallmarks of simplicity and speed-to-value," said Matt |
| and support overhead offered by the SaaS platform | | | | Calkins, President and CEO of Appian. "Appian |
| as a distinct advantage in capturing market share. | | | | Anywhere stands in stark contrast to competitive |
| These partner-developed applications, as well as | | | | offerings which are custom, complicated, costly and |
| hundreds of Appian and customer-developed | | | | incomplete. The proof is evident in the success and |
| applications, templates and shared components are | | | | satisfaction of our growing SaaS customer base. |
| available to all Appian customers via the Appian | | | | |