Be Informed Trains 250th Consultant and is Looking for More Expertise in the Market

APELDOORN, The Netherlands, April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Software vendor Be Informed continues to grow. Especially in financial services and public sector the Be Informed business process platform is being used extensively. Because of the product's unique approach, customers achieve significantly better results in terms of time to change and cost savings. Analyst firm Forrester even calls these results orders of magnitude better than with traditional business process management tools.

A different, strictly rules-based, technology approach needs to be accompanied by a specific implementation method as well, based on modeling principles such as Demo, Cogniam, Pronto and TOC. Because of the enormous growth of Be Informed, there is an urgent need for more consultants and architects with these specific skills. Be Informed has trained 250 consultants already.

Be Informed (http://www.beinformed.com)

Rik Hoogenberg, CEO of Be Informed says: "A healthy growth in the market should come with a solid knowledge foundation of the Be Informed business process platform. This is why we work with partners almost everywhere, in order to man the many projects. We have an enormous appreciation for the initiatives of our partners to invest in Be Informed and associated principles. These investments also show that our partners see the benefits of Be Informed for their customers."

Atos Origin (http://www.atosorigin.com)

Atos Origin has a broad portfolio of investments in the area of Business Process Management (BPM) and rules-based approaches, for instance through her own Master Class and the lively 'Business Rules Community' of over 250 professionals in the Netherlands.

Peter Bas Oosthoek, competence manager at Atos Origin states: "Enterprises are ready for a next step in optimizing their business processes. Solutions that combine BPM and a rules-based approach offer possibilities to make major improvements in both sustainable cost reduction and adaptability of their processes, particularly in public sector and financial services. For this Be Informed offers an innovative solution and approach."

BearingPoint (http://www.bearingpoint.com)

BearingPoint Caribbean is the leading provider of management consulting and IT services in the Dutch Caribbean for over 25 years, and we are primarily active in the public sector.

Peter Grootens, senior vice president at BearingPoint Caribbean says: "As a result of the restructuring of the Netherlands Antilles, many complex governmental IT systems need to be converted or replaced by new systems. We chose to develop the new advanced IT systems for our clients with Be Informed technology because of its faster deployment, dramatically improved productivity and the cost efficiency of this technology. Thanks to this technology and our intensive partnership with Be Informed we have been able to reach our goals successfully to great contentment of our clients."

Caesar Groep (http://www.caesar.nl)

Hans van der Kooij, CEO of Caesar Group, says: "Be Informed's outstanding software helps us achieve our goals: superior customer satisfaction and business performance improvement for our customers. Our expertise in the areas of TOC (Goldratt's theory of constraints), GUI (graphical user interfaces) and SOA (service oriented architecture) strengthen this proposition. The collaboration with Be Informed is very pleasant. As medium-sized organizations, we speak each other's language and we both understand that transparency and customer value are essential."

Capgemini (http://www.capgemini.com/bpm)

Roger Wannee, cluster manager BPM & Architecture at Capgemini says: "Capgemini implements BPM within various organizations. Our end-to-end BPM approach treats processes as assets that directly contribute to our client's enterprise value and performance. We combine deep domain knowledge with process improvement expertise, change skills and specialized IT capabilities on leading BPM technology to improve our client's business impact."

"Capgemini partners with both global and local partners, providing state of the art BPM Solutions. In The Netherlands Be Informed is one of the most prominent partners, with almost 40 Capgemini professionals trained in Be Informed."

O&i (http://www.oi.nl)

O&i helps, driven by the business, organizations to respond better and quicker to changing circumstances. Adequate IT support is indispensable.

Coos van der Togt, partner at O&i says: "One of the best solutions in the market, to combine business process Management and Business Rule Management is the Dutch product Be Informed. We are very pleased to have trained our architects and consultants in the specific skills of the Be Informed business process platform."

Ordina (http://www.ordina.nl)

Onno Franken, managing partner at Ordina, clearly sees that it is possible to create more compact, efficient and fast-moving organizations, based on the new generation 'model and business rule-driven software suites'. Be Informed is an important strategic partner for Ordina, with an extensive track record including Kadaster, IND, VROM, VWS and others. With 40 experienced consultants and over 5 years of experience with these solutions and with methodologies such as CogNIAM, DEMO, CBML/InfoSpectives and Ampersand, Ordina leads the way. Ordina will accelerate the expansion of its expertise center with dozens of experienced experts in order to do projects with innovative software suites like Be Informed.

Sogeti (http://www.sogeti.com)

Sogeti specialises in the design, realisation, implementation and administration of ICT solutions. Diederik Vieleers, managing director Demand and Architecture Services, states that the importance of processes is growing. Moreover, the demand for business analysts has increased dramatically in recent years: "Through Sogeti's modelling approach, Pronto, Sogeti and Be Informed have found each other. Both companies embrace craftsmanship and are result-driven. With its passionate devotion to ICT expertise, embodied by over 200 business analysts alone, Sogeti makes a significant contribution to the results of its clients. Sogeti strives for tight and long-term relationships with its clients."

About Be Informed (http://www.beinformed.com)

Be Informed in an internationally operating, independent software vendor. The Be Informed business process platform supports administrative processes, that are becoming increasingly knowledge-intensive. Because of the unique approach of the software, organizations using Be Informed software often report cost savings of tens of percents, dramatically improved productivity because of a much higher straight-through processing rate and a time to change reduced from months to days.