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Appian Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in New Business Process Management Suite Magic Quadrant Report

Posted on: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:00:00 EST

Symbols: IT

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Feb 23, 2009 (Hugin via COMTEX) --
IT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- VIENNA, VA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/23/09 -- Appian, an innovative
global provider of business process management (BPM) technology,
today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the
"Leaders" quadrant in the 2009 "Magic Quadrant for Business Process
Management Suites" (Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Business
Process Management Suites, 2009" by J. Hill, et al. February 18,
2009).

"Appian is very pleased to be positioned in this way by Gartner,"
said Matthew Calkins, Appian President and CEO. "Economic conditions
are driving a focus on process across all industries. Appian's
comprehensive technology, its ease of use, and the availability of
the entire suite in on-premise and on-demand deployment models, is
making the value of process improvement available to organizations of
all sizes."

Appian Enterprise delivers fully integrated Process, Analytics,
Content and Collaboration to simplify process improvement and drive
quantifiable ROI. Appian provides organizations with the industry's
most sophisticated platform for rapidly developing and deploying
composite process applications, putting process innovation in the
hands of business users. Appian Anywhere is the industry's only
complete BPM Suite available via an on-demand model with low
subscription pricing.

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted February, 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and
is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical
representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It
depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against
criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does
not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic
Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those
vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is
intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific
guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or
implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Appian

Appian is the Business Process Management (BPM) expert. Appian leads
the market in BPM innovation, delivering comprehensive, flexible and
easy-to-use solutions tailored to the unique needs of individual
organizations. Businesses and governments worldwide use Appian to
simplify process improvement with the real-time visibility, control
and analytics needed to improve business performance. Appian allows
users across the organization to effectively collaborate and be part
of the process of achieving corporate goals. Appian empowers more
than 2.5 million users globally and has a strong customer base in the
government, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and
telecommunications industries. Appian is headquartered in the
Washington D.C. region, with professional services and partners
around the globe. For more information, visit www.appian.com.

For Information Contact:
Ben Farrell
Director, Corporate Communications
+1 703.442.1067
ben.farrell@appian.com

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SOURCE: Appian Corporation

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