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Press release date: November 14, 2007
Leading Manufacturer Realizes Success from Business Process Optimization
BALTIMORE, MD - November 14, 2007 - Metastorm, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Analysis (BPA), and Enterprise Architecture (EA) software for aligning strategy with execution, today announced that the editorial staff of InfoWorld has named Metastorm customer Seagate one of this year's InfoWorld 100 winners in recognition of its success optimizing business processes using the Metastorm ProVision® enterprise modeling software. Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disc drives, providing products for a wide-range of enterprise, desktop, mobile computing, and consumer electronics applications. Using Metastorm's software in support of its Six Sigma and Lean initiatives, Seagate was able to analyze business processes, make adjustments, and improve the quality of its products while also improving efficiency.
The InfoWorld 100 awards recognize IT projects that use technology in smart, innovative, creative ways to meet business and technical objectives.
"Whether ushering legacy systems into the agile era or revolutionizing how their companies leverage technology to meaningful ends, this year's winners are both inspiration and proof that striking a new path in IT can reap deep organizational rewards," said InfoWorld Senior Editor Jason Snyder.
Seagate launched its formal Quality Process Mapping and Modeling Initiative to model projects and processes across its sub-organizations to objectively prioritize value and identify new opportunities for performance improvement. To better support this initiative, Seagate used Metastorm ProVision
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