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Pegasystems Scoops Yphise AWARD for Agile Business Application Platform

^{Published on 2009-01-07 08:04:41, Last Modified on 2009-11-02 16:17:13 - Market Wire}
 

PARIS--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Yphise, an independent research company, has named Pegasystems Inc.(NASDAQ: PEGA), the leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software, as the recipient of the "Yphise AWARD", which certifies that Pegasystems SmartBPM^® Suite is the best-ranked solution in comparison with its competitors for ABAP (Agile Business Application Platforms). Yphise states that this award demonstrates that the solution has the strengths required by large corporations and represents a sound investment.

Laetitia Bardoul, senior consultant, Yphise confirms, "We assessed the SmartBPM Suite in four key areas: Implementing agile business applications (ABAs) quickly; facilitating the changes in ABAs; keeping aligned on customer needs; and finally, ensuring the efficiency in operations of ABAs. Pegasystems stands out in every area."

Agile business application platforms provide business analyst and business process managers with a flexible and agile platform for design and build, plus they significantly reduce the need for technical skills in order to implement well-focused business-oriented applications. Yphise research additionally shows that ABA platforms are seen as a key investment that enables companies to behave in a highly responsive manner to demanding agility and compliance issues, which in turn deliver vastly improved productivity and are viewed as a key support for business activity.

Laurent Chailley, country sales manager for France, Pegasystems, says, "This accreditation from Yphise reinforces that the Pegasystems SmartBPM Suite has truly matured into a business agility platform, far beyond just BPM, and much more than simply middleware. Our solutions are all about empowering the business user to be able to align their business to change and be more agile, especially in today's challenging market conditions."

Bardoul concludes, "Pegasystems' SmartBPM Suite strongly relies on a rule management system as a foundation. This is an original positioning in the marketplace. Pegasystems' SmartBPM Suite has the strengths required by large companies and represents a sound investment for agile business applications."

Yphise conducts ongoing research programmes to help IT executives make sound strategic, operational and investment decisions. This comparative assessment identifies and certifies the software products that allow large companies to increase the value of their information systems while optimizing the costs and managing the risks. This programme is ISO 9001:2000 – certified in order to guarantee independence and accurate focus on key issues for large companies.

To see the report in full, please click on this link [ http://www.pega.com/content/summary.asp?ci=337 ]

For more on [ Pegasystems ] please visit [ www.pega.com ].

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About Pegasystems:

Pegasystems (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leader in Business Process Management, provides software to drive revenue growth, productivity and agility for the world's most sophisticated organizations. Customers use our award-winning SmartBPM® suite to improve customer service, reach new markets and boost operational effectiveness.

Our patented SmartBPM technology makes enterprise applications easy to build and change by directly capturing business objectives and eliminating manual programming. SmartBPM unifies business rules and processes into composite applications that leverage existing systems -- empowering businesspeople and IT staff to Build for Change®, deliver value quickly and outperform their competitors.

Pegasystems' suite is complemented by best-practice frameworks designed for leaders in financial services, insurance, healthcare, government, life sciences, communications, manufacturing and other industries.

Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, Pegasystems has offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Visit us at [ www.pega.com ].