Technology Leaders Choose FileNet P8 for BPM Capabilities


COSTA MESA, Calif., Nov. 8 / -- FileNet Corporation (NASDAQ:FILE), the leading provider of Enterprise Content and Business Process Management solutions, continues to gain momentum as the Business Process Management framework of choice with both customers and enterprise technology partners.

Customers recently selecting FileNet P8's BPM suite include the Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission, State of Texas Office of the Attorney General, Virginia Department of Taxation, and financial services giant, Genworth, with $103 billion in assets and operations in 22 countries worldwide.

Additionally, the enterprise software industry's leading business performance, exception processing and decision management providers are partnering with FileNet to leverage its powerful BPM framework.

At FileNet's user conference, UserNet 2005, FileNet announced an extended partnership with Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management (CPM).

"FileNet P8's industry-leading BPM capabilities combined with the Cognos 8 BI platform provides a holistic view of business process data and business intelligence data, improving productivity by delivering relevant information for better, faster decision making," said Patrick O'Leary, vice president of Strategic Alliances at Cognos. "Companies can now monitor business performance and react to business events, while achieving a deeper understanding of the effectiveness of business processes. Our partnership enables existing customers to leverage both their existing investments in Cognos and FileNet."

Changing All the Rules

Additionally, advanced decisioning and business rules engine leading providers Fair Isaac (NYSE:FIC) and ILOG (Nasdaq: ILOG; Euronext: ILO; ISIN: FR0004042364), along with Corticon and Resolutions, have partnered with FileNet to integrate their offerings, leveraging FileNet's open Rules Connectivity Framework.

"Like Fair Isaac, FileNet has both corporate strength and product breadth, making them an ideal partner for us," said James Taylor, vice president of product marketing for Enterprise Decision Management Technologies at Fair Isaac. "Integrating Blaze Advisor with the FileNet P8 platform allows FileNet's customers to benefit from a truly enterprise-wide decision engine that can also leverage Fair Isaac's world-class analytics and market leadership in financial services, insurance and other industries."

"Our partnership with FileNet means customers can accelerate the return on investment of their BPM initiatives by delivering the highest levels of agility and customization for these applications," said Desmond Delandro, vice president of Strategic Business Development at ILOG. "FileNet's marketing leading BPM solution together with ILOG's business rule management system creates a powerhouse for customers seeking more control over their critical business processes and greater agility to respond to business change."

Exceptional Exception Processing

In addition to FileNet's market leading exception management and team collaboration capabilities, FileNet has recently partnered with Thunderhead, the provider of multi-channel document generation technology which incorporates unique exception handling capabilities and enables business users to manage personalized customer communications.

"The proven combination of FileNet's enterprise content and business process management solution and Thunderhead's ability to automate all aspects of the document generation process, including exceptions handling, is helping mutual customers to become more agile, responsive, customer-centric, and compliant with regulatory requirements," said Glen Manchester, CEO of Thunderhead Ltd.

About FileNet

FileNet Corporation (NASDAQ:FILE) helps organizations make better decisions by managing the content and processes that drive their business. FileNet's Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions allow customers to build and sustain competitive advantage by managing content throughout their organizations, automating and streamlining their business processes, and providing a spectrum of connectivity needed to simplify their critical and everyday decision-making.

FileNet ECM products are designed to deliver a broad set of capabilities that integrate with existing information systems to provide cost-effective solutions that solve real-world business problems.

Since the Company's founding in 1982, more than 4,000 organizations, including more than three quarters of the FORTUNE 100, have taken advantage of FileNet solutions for help in managing their mission-critical content and processes.

Headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., the Company markets its innovative ECM solutions in more than 90 countries through its own global sales, professional services and support organizations, as well as via its ValueNet® Partner network of resellers, system integrators and application developers.

Source: FileNet Corporation

CONTACT: Carol Thornton of FileNet Corporation, +1-714-327-3746, cthornton@filenet.com

Web site: http://www.filenet.com/

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