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IGRAFX® ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT ENHANCEMENTS TO SUPPORT ENTERPRISE CLASS BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS IN IGRAFX 2006

New features improve Lean modeling, simulate SOA message data, and expand an organization's ability to achieve process excellence, compliance and IT governance

Tualatin , OR . - January 11, 2006 - iGrafx®, a leading provider of Business Process Analysis solutions, announced the availability of the 2006 version of its popular iGrafx family of solutions for process excellence. iGrafx 2006 enhances the iGrafx modeling and simulation capabilities to better support corporate process excellence initiatives. iGrafx 2006 also added significant improvements through a tighter integration with iGrafx Enterprise Central, its strategic enterprise modeling and repository solution introduced on October 24 th , 2005 . A live online seminar unveiling iGrafx 2006 will be hosted on Thursday, January 12 th at 11 a.m. PST . For registration information, please visit http://www.igrafx.com/events/webSeminars.html .

iGrafx 2006 provides teams a user-friendly, collaborative environment to easily model, analyze and improve critical business processes. With iGrafx, users can better understand and improve processes in Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) where messages communicate information across process and organizational boundaries. Customers striving to be Lean can analyze multi-level Value Stream maps and base diagrams on Excel data. By leveraging the integration to iGrafx Enterprise Central, iGrafx 2006 also allows users the ability to understand the impact of change on other departments and support compliance and governance initiatives by defining and aligning critical enterprise elements of the strategy model, IT architecture, control model and risk catalog.

"Over the years, increased compliance and governance requirements have forced our customers to require a solution that can address process improvement across their entire organization," said Ken Carraher, president, iGrafx. "As a result, iGrafx has evolved our Business Process Analysis tools to provide a combined solution that can model and analyze complex processes and provide a broader view across the organization." iGrafx 2006 delivers all users greater visibility and understanding of which processes are tied to organizational strategies, which constitute risk, the ability to define and demonstrate their road map to improvement, and to visualize the impact of change.

New features in iGrafx 2006

The combination of these new features allows organizations to become more agile in understanding and managing the improvement of critical business processes.

•  Improved Lean Support : iGrafx 2006 offers great new features for Lean users including the ability to model distance; edit, analyze, and distribute Value Stream data in Excel format; build project plans with kaizen information from VSM maps; and build multi-level Value Stream Maps.

•  Enhanced Simulation Capabilities: iGrafx 2006 allows users to support SOA environments by modeling messages between processes or pools, simulating the data sent and received from services, partners or processes, and executing a "Fault" if a message is not received. Additional simulation enhancements include simulating "pull" processes, enabling improved pause point and monitor indicators, and the ability to use string and array attributes in simulation scenarios.

•  Enable Improved Enterprise Modeling and Management: iGrafx 2006 combined with iGrafx Enterprise Central now offers a comprehensive solution to support process excellence across all levels of the organization. With iGrafx 2006, users can define risks and key performance indicators associated with the strategy, goals, and requirements of the organizations as outlined by their enterprise architecture. When combined with Enterprise Central, users can also link process steps with defined strategies, identify which process steps activate defined business rules, and deliver a comprehensive view of the business by modeling all elements of the business. Enterprise Central also delivers extensive reporting capabilities from risk and measurement scorecards, comprehensive matrix reporting and impact and gap analysis.

Availability

iGrafx 2006 is immediately available in English and German . For pricing or additional information, please contact your local sales representative, visit www.igrafx.com , or phone 503.404.6050.

About iGrafx

iGrafx provides a comprehensive family of business process analysis tools that help organizations model, improve and manage processes and technologies that support, simplify, and automate their operations. Whether aligning business objectives with IT systems, complying with mandatory regulations, deploying Business Process Management, or undertaking initiatives such as Six Sigma and Lean, iGrafx provides the ability to leverage results, improvements and controls across these efforts, resulting in increased return on investment of technology assets. Through targeted deployment of its components, iGrafx helps organizations deliver process excellence in a controlled, centralized and collaborative manner. iGrafx is a division of Corel Corporation.

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