QPR ProcessGuide recognized in Gartner's 2010 Magic Quadrant for Business Process Analysis Tools


QPR PROCESSGUIDE RECOGNIZED IN GARTNER'S 2010 MAGIC QUADRANT FOR BUSINESS
PROCESS ANALYSIS TOOLS 
                                                   
Helsinki, Finland, 24 February 2010. In the 22 February, 2010 published 2010    
Magic Quadrant for Business Process Analysis Tools report the world's leading   
information technology research and advisory company Gartner Inc. lists QPR     
Software among the most prominent vendors in the world with its                 
QPR ProcessGuide business process analysis software.      
                          
Gartner recognizes that QPR tools are well suited to Business Process Modeling  
and Analysis as they support corporate performance management, risk and         
compliance and by integrating easily to MS Office and MS SharePoint they allow  
process discovery of existing assets. The reporting features make it easy to    
develop re-usable reports that can be dynamically linked to physical processes. 
By fully supporting 26 languages and translation of process models QPR          
ProcessGuide allows easy internalization of all process assets.  
               
“We are honoured to be recognized by Gartner as a specialist in Business
Process Modeling and Analysis, in the company of many of the largest software
vendors in the world. It confirms our software stands out in the competition
and that our continuous effort to innovate together with our customers is
bearing fruit, says Mr. Tony Virtanen, Vice President, Products & Technology at
QPR Software Plc. 
  
Gartner envisions that market for Business Process Analysis (BPA) software will 
grow 10 percent in the following 3−4 years. Gartner further expects the number  
of BPA users to grow even faster, and BPA software adoption to reach the mass   
user.                                                                           

“We have always believed that organizations need to widely engage their         
employees in Business Process development in order to capitalize on the         
knowledge within the organization and gain a sustainable competitive edge. Our  
tools are specifically designed with the needs of both the business users and
ICT experts in mind. Consequently our customers already typically deploy our
BPA 
tools not only to the process improvement experts but also to hundreds of other 
users, continues Tony Virtanen.       
                                          
QPR ProcessGuide is available as a system solution with centralized storage and 
management of process content as well as a standalone desktop version; QPR      
ProcessGuide Xpress.                          

QPR ProcessGuide is part of the QPR 8 software suite, an easy-to-use,           
ready-to-run software that combines process modeling and analysis (QPR          
ProcessGuide), performance management and measurement (QPR ScoreCard), and      
business intelligence (QPR FactView) into one complete solution for process     
management, quality management, risk management and compliance. The latest      
version of the QPR management suite, QPR 8.1, was launched in October 2009 under
the theme “Processes for masses”. QPR product family is fully compatible with  
Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system.                                         

About the Magic Quadrant for Business Process Analysis Tools                    

The 2010 Magic Quadrant for Business Process Analysis Tools can be acquired from
Gartner's home page at: www.gartner.com .                                       

About QPR Software Plc                                                          

QPR Software Plc is an international, highly regarded partner for enterprises   
and public sector in process development and business performance improvement.  
QPR's mission is to help people and organizations to take control of their      
business processes and achieve their goals. QPR software has been implemented in
more than 1,500 organizations across the globe and is provided in 26 languages.
QPR was founded in 1991, has its headquarters in Helsinki, Finland  and
co-operates with an extensive network of talented partners in over 50 countries
worldwide. QPR Software's share is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.(ticker:
QPR1V). 

QPR - Quality. Processes. Results.                                              

For more information, please contact:                                           
Tony Virtanen, Vice President, Products & Technology                            
Tel. +358 (0) 40 7724 022
                                                                             
tony.virtanen(at)qpr.com