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Fujitsu and Zynium Partner to Integrate Microsoft® Visio® Process Maps with Fujitsu® Interstage® Business Process Manager™

Zynium’s solution will enable customers to reuse Microsoft Visio process diagrams within Fujitsu’s Interstage Business Process Manager 

October 11, 2005 - Sunnyvale, CA and Vienna, VA
Fujitsu Software Corporation and Zynium today announced that they have entered into a partnership where Zynium will provide a solution for utilizing existing intellectual capital for business process management. Zynium, the market leader in middleware for workflow, will enable its Microsoft Visio process maps exporter to be compatible with Fujitsu’s Interstage Business Process Manager 7.1, the newest version of Fujitsu’s award-winning business process management software.

The compatibility of Zynium’s Byzio Exporter™ with Interstage Business Process Manager allows direct conversion of existing libraries of static Visio diagrams into executable business process applications. It allows companies to access, modify and unlock static Sarbanes-Oxley, Six Sigma and other compliance process diagrams created with Visio and use them within Interstage Business Process Manager.

“Constantly changing conditions lead to exceptions in any standardized procedure. Businesses must frequently react to unforeseen events, respond to regulatory mandates or policy modifications and take action to support evolving business rules. Here at Fujitsu, we see the need to drive productivity improvement,” said Robert Sepanloo, senior vice president of Interstage at Fujitsu Software Corporation. “The partnership with Zynium allows our customers to make use of Visio process management diagrams they already have designed. By importing these diagrams into Interstage Business Process Manager, organizations can instantly utilize them within their process management framework.”

Organizations can now reap the benefits from the discovery and construction phases they have already undertaken for process management. Byzio Exporter enables an iterative approach to process change by transforming business process maps from Visio into Fujitsu's Interstage Business Process Manager for improved performance and timely testing.

According to a study released by Gartner in July 2005, “organizations that had the most success rolling out their first BPM initiative spent more than 40 percent of the total project time on discovery and construction of their initial process model. Furthermore, BPM is most effectively deployed and managed over time in iterations, rather than in the traditional "waterfall" manner that is familiar to most IT-led initiatives.”1

“Zynium is excited about this partnership with Fujitsu. Businesses understand that change is iterative. The Byzio Exporter is designed for the business analyst who wants to use existing Visio diagrams for SOX, HIPAA or Six Sigma workflow and compliance. Through iterative tuning of the systems supporting the organization, IT can truly drive optimal process performance at all times and for all changes,” said Dutch Dwight, chief operating officer of Zynium.

The Zynium Byzio Exporter bridges Microsoft Visio with Fujitsu Interstage Business Process Manager. The Microsoft Visio COM add-in, Zynium Byzio Exporter is available to everyone operating Visio. Using the add-in, production Visio files can be exported into dynamic process models within Fujitsu’s Interstage Business Process Manager.

By significantly reducing the amount of time required for re-charting and re-keying business process data, the combined solution will allow business analysts to concentrate on gathering and refining additional metadata required to perform end-to-end process management and analysis.

About Fujitsu Software Corporation
Fujitsu Software Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is part of the Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) family. The wholly owned subsidiary delivers one of the world’s broadest lines of application infrastructure software products, including the Interstage® Suite and NetCOBOL®. Fujitsu Software Corporation leverages Fujitsu’s international scope and expertise in developing and providing information technology solutions, including more than 4,000 software developers worldwide. To learn more about the Interstage Suite, visit www.fujitsu.com/interstage.

About Zynium Corporation
Zynium designs Microsoft® Visio® process map data extraction tools and transforms the data into the XPDL standard for use within the business process optimization solutions. Zynium is a leading provider of Middleware for Workflow software applications for enterprise content and business process management solutions. The Zynium Byzio Exporter™ provides for one way interoperability between Microsoft® Visio® and the chosen content and business process management solution. Don’t Rekey! Retool! With the Zynium Byzio Exporter™! For more information, please visit www.zynium.com.

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1Gartner, “Business Process Management's Success Hinges on Business-Led Initiatives,” Michael James Melenovsky, July 2005

Copyright 2005 Fujitsu Software Corporation. Fujitsu, the Fujitsu Symbol Mark, and Interstage are registered trademarks of Fujitsu Limited. All Interstage products and components are trademarks of Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Software Corporation. All other registered trademarks, trade names, or service marks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Fujitsu Software Corporation
Lisa Schiltz
408-746-6247
lisas@us.fujitsu.com

Zynium Corporation
Timothy H. ‘Dutch’ Dwight
617-413-0649
dutch.dwight@zynium.com
http://www.zynium.com


 
   

 

 
 

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