Modus21, LLC Named "Cool Vendor" in Business Process Management by Leading Analyst Firm

Charleston, SC, - April 21, 2008 - Modus21, a leading BPM & SOA consulting and professional services firm, announced today that it has been named a "Cool Vendor" in the recent Gartner report titled "Cool Vendors in Business Process Management, 2008" by Michele Cantara, Janelle B. Hill, and Marc Kerremans published on April 3, 2008.

Modus21 helps its customers ensure BPM project success by using a process centric approach for organizational transformation. This approach includes an agile, iterative process improvement methodology that is designed for BPM Project efforts. A process centric approach also allows for the utilization of existing tools and resources that most organizations already use.

Leveraging a Business Process Management Software package is only one step in the evolution toward a process centric approach. The Modus21 methodology includes process analysis, enterprise architecture designs, integration plans, and organizational change management training.

"Using BPM to transform your organization from 'technology centric' to 'process centric' is important to stay competitive, profitable, and compliant, but technology by itself is not enough," said Peter Woodhull, President of Modus21. "Successful execution of any BPM project ultimately comes down to a number of factors, including process discovery, BPMS implementation and integration, organizational change, and a continuous improvement infrastructure."

"To be recognized as a Cool Vendor is extremely exciting for Modus21," added Dan Neason, Vice President, and Co-founder. "We have been working hard in this market, and to be recognized as innovative, impactful, and intriguing is rewarding."

While BPM is well suited for virtually any type of business, Modus21's expertise and experience has been extremely useful to organizations in the insurance, financial, legal services, manufacturing, and government markets.

**About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process **Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.

Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

**About Modus21 **Modus21 is a technology consulting firm specializing in transforming an organization's Information Technology infrastructure from being 'Technology Centric' to being 'Process Centric' by implementing proven Business Process Management (BPM) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) principles and tools. Modus21 concentrates on implementing technical capabilities that provide a means to continuously improve business processes. Organizations must be able to manage and measure processes in order to plan and execute improvement efforts. The Modus21 process methodology has been developed while working with some of the largest and most complex organizations in the world, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to the United States Government.

Because of this extensive experience, Modus21 is able to deliver a wide range of capabilities and solutions to maximize the return on existing infrastructure. Modus21 was founded by a group of professionals that have worked together since 2000 on a variety of Business Process Management and Systems Interoperability engagements. While most firms focus solely on process improvements or technology upgrades, Modus21 believes that working closely with clients to achieve successful implementation of BPM strategies and principles helps make clients more efficient and effective. For more information, visit www.modus21.com.