Pegasystems listed in Leaders quadrant in 'Magic Quadrant for Pure-Play BPM report

The recently released Gartner, Inc. Magic Quadrant for Pure-Play BPM" Research Note* places Pegasystems (NASDAQ: PEGA) in the upper-right 'Leaders quadrant among companies that specialize in business process management (BPM) technology, Pegasystems Inc. announced today.

CAMBRIDGE, MA (PRWEB) July 15, 2004 -- The recently released Gartner, Inc. Magic Quadrant for Pure-Play BPM" Research Note* places Pegasystems (NASDAQ: PEGA) in the upper-right 'Leaders quadrant among companies that specialize in business process management (BPM) technology, Pegasystems Inc. announced today.

The Magic Quadrant report evaluated BPM companies on their visions completeness and their ability to execute on that vision through product development and services. Companies listed in the Leaders quadrant are performing well today, have a clear view of market direction, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market. The survey considered a wide range of BPM companies, from niche players to diversified multi-national corporations. To be included in the report, companies had to demonstrate:

·A rich human-to-human process flow -- work lists and escalation;
·A business-friendly graphical process model;
·Pricing and sales separate from related technologies such as brokers and adapters;
·Good performance when working with other integration technologies -- i.e., not focused solely on its own technology;
·A sales force organised to sell directly to business users, rather than just to IT departments;
·Good business activity monitoring for controlled processes;
·Agile supports, including rules, simulation and optimization technologies;
·Active marketing of the product as a standalone offering -- that is, pure play.

The report defined completeness of a companys vision by its managements understanding of technical and marketing issues, and its ability to innovate and to grow the business. It defined ability to execute as technical expertise and technology assets and the financial and marketing resources companies commit to product development and support.

Vendors in the Leaders quadrant are most likely to have high revenue in this market, high market share and products that are of interest to a wide audience," the report says.

Pegasystems smart BPM solutions utilise the companys 20 years of expertise with many of the worlds largest financial services organisations, including eight of the top 15 card issuers, three-quarters of the nations top 12 banks, such as Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase, and all 12 U.S. Federal Reserve Banks. The company provides a comprehensive suite of both horizontal and vertical, industry-specific BPM applications, for full, front-to-back-office integration of critical business processes.

Weve worked hard to forge a vision of smart BPM that encompasses all the processes and procedures our customers need to manage across the enterprise, unified by a rules-based architecture that lets customers build for change," said Pegasystems CEO Alan Trefler. Weve turned the vision into reality by using it to shape our product development and partnership strategies so we deliver solutions that are producing value for our customers today. We feel this recognition from Gartner confirms that we have the vision to keep expanding on the technology for our customers, and the practical ability to turn our vision into reality."

The full Magic Quadrant Research Note can be found at: http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/pegasystems/121570.html

About Pegasystems
Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA) provides rules-based, smart business process management (BPM) software to large organisations, helping to deliver significant ROI and providing them with the flexibility and agility to respond to changing business needs. The company offers applications for the financial services, healthcare, insurance and government markets, as well as a cross-industry BPM application. Pegasystems is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., and has regional offices in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. For more information, visit www.pega.com.

For further information contact:

Jeremy Payne         
Pegasystems Europe      
+44 118 965 1641
jeremy.payne@pega.com

Alex Crawshaw (Press enquiries)
Pirate Communications
+44 (0)20 7760 7050
alex@piratecomms.com

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*'Magic Quadrant for Pure-Play BPM, 2Q04, Research Note, J. Sinur, 25 June 2004.

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted June 25, 2004 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartners analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.