BPM Awards & Affiliations Business Process Management Awards

Awards

KM World 2008 Reality Award Finalist The KM Reality award goes to an organization that has applied knowledge management practices and technologies in a unique and special way. Concur, an on-demand employee spend management provider, was named a finalist for their implementation of Appian's business process management software.

BPM Tech Show 2008 "Best-in-Show" Award The BPM Tech Show has emerged as the leading event focused exclusively on minimizing risk and accelerated decision-making around BPM software selection. At the February 2008 event in Nashville, Tennessee, attendees selected Appian from 15 competitors for delivering the most compelling overall vendor offering, naming Appian "Best-in-Show" over competitors including Ascentn, BEA Systems, BizAgi, Bluespring Software, Cordys, Graham Technology, HandySoft, Integrify, Itensil, Fujitsu, Lombardi, Pallas Athena, Pegasystems and TIBCO.

KM World's Trend-Setting Products of 2007 KM World recognized Appian Compliance Manager as a "Trend-Setting Product of 2007." More than 650 individual products were considered for this list, which acknowledges companies for their willingness to learn and serve their customers in innovative ways.

Intelligent Enterprise's Eighth Annual Editors' Choice Awards Intelligent Enterprise's Eighth Annual Editors' Choice Awards named Appian Corporation to its 2006 Companies to Watch list for effectively integrating content management and analytics with BPM and easing interaction with Microsoft Outlook.

KM World's 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management 2005 & 2006 KM World recognized Appian Corporation in its elite "100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management" list in both 2005 and 2006. The list identifies companies that are leading the knowledge economy by implementing and advancing KM in innovative ways.

Washington Business Journal's Best Places to Work in the Greater DC Area, 2005 and 2007 Washington Business Journal recognized Appian Corporation in its inaugural ranking of the "Best Places to Work in the Greater Washington DC Area". The award recognizes the company's achievements in creating a positive work environment that attracts and retains employees through a combination of employee satisfaction, working conditions and company culture.

Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America Inc. 500 ranked Appian #66 on its 2004 list of the 500 fastest growing companies in North America. Inc. 500 ranks privately held companies according to averaged year-over-year sales growth over the past four years and has been a prescient indicator of the companies and industries that are driving the economy forward.

Washington Business Journal's 2004 List of Fastest Growing Companies Washington Business Journal recognized Appian as the fastest growing software company, and the third fastest growing company overall, in the greater Washington DC region in 2004. Companies on this elite list are ranked according to three-year percentage revenue growth from 2001-2003; had to have revenues of at least $2 million in 2001; and must have headquarters in Maryland, Virginia or the District of Columbia.

Deloitte and Touche 2003 Rising Star Winner The "Virginia Technology Fast 50/Rising Star" is an annual awards program, ranking technology companies located in Virginia by revenue growth. Appian was selected one of three winners of the Rising Star Award. Rising Stars must meet the same criteria as Fast 50 nominees except they must be in business less than 5 years.

FCW Magazine 2003 Names Appian One of the "Ten Hot Companies to Watch" Appian was named to Federal Computer Week's annual list of "Ten Hot Companies to Watch" in the federal information technology community. The list, which appeared in the September 15, 2003 issue, recognizes up and coming companies that are addressing federal agencies' concerns about security, data integration, resource management, knowledge management, and hardware optimization.

Matt Calkins, Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year program recognizes the "vision, leadership, and achievement" of individuals who possess the ability to spot opportunity in every situation, push ahead despite setbacks and inspire the team to new success, and constantly seek new challenges and opportunities.

United States Army, Winner CIO Magazine 2003 Top 50 Web Business Army Knowledge Online, the United States Army's internal portal received the "CIO Web Business 50/50" Award for online business excellence in the Intranet/Extranet category. Every year, CIO magazine recognizes 50 Internet and 50 Intranet/Extranet sites that go beyond customary Web commerce practices to deliver outstanding business value.

Appian Corporation, Finalist, Virginia Technology Council Hot Ticket Awards, Management Team 2003 & Hottest Bootstrap 2004, Greater DC Area The NVTC Hot Ticket Awards celebrates the efforts of companies and individuals in our tech community who have exhibited that "special something" that makes them "Hot Tickets" - great vision, the ability to implement and deliver, innovative management approach, or star-quality charisma.

DisasterHelp.gov, Winner, E-Gov 2003 Explorer Award E-Gov honored 50 government agencies will be honored for their innovations in E-Government during the E-Gov 2003 Conference and Exposition. E-Gov acknowledges three levels of award recipients: Pioneers, Explorers, and Trailblazers. The fifth annual E-Gov Awards, sponsored by Accenture, recognize solutions for improving electronic government delivery and exemplary achievements in E-Government and higher education service delivery.

Affiliations

Business Process Management Initiative BPMI.org (the Business Process Management Initiative) is a non-profit corporation that aims to empower companies of all sizes, across all industries, to develop and operate business processes that span multiple applications and business partners, behind the firewall and over the Internet. In June of 2005, the BPMI.org merged their BPM activities with OMG to provide combined thought leadership and industry standards to this growing industry. Working with standards organizations including OMG, WfMC, and OASIS, BPMI.org focuses on developing standards to support the entire life-cycle of BPM -- from process design to deployment, execution, maintenance, and optimization. [ visit www.bpmi.org ]

Object Management Group™ (OMG) OMG is an open membership, non-profit consortium that produces and maintains computer industry specifications for interoperable enterprise applications. Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is OMG's multi-platform flagship specification based on the modeling specifications Meta-Object Facility (MOF), Unified Modeling Language (UML), XMI, and Common Warehouse Metamodel (CWM). OMG's middleware platform, CORBA, includes the Interface Definition Language (IDL) and the IIOP protocol. [ visit www.omg.org ]

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) OASIS is an international, non-profit consortium that driving the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards. OASIS produces more web services standards than any other organization along with standards for security, e-business, the public sector, and numerous application-specific markets. Founded in 1993, OASIS has more than 4,000 participants representing over 600 organizations and individual members in 100 countries. [ visit www.oasis-open.org ]

Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC) The Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC), founded in August 1993, is a non-profit, international organization of analysts, research groups, universities, workflow vendors, and users. WfMC's mission is to promote and develop the use of workflow through the establishment of standards for software terminology, interoperability, and connectivity between workflow products. The primary standards body for the workflow software market, WfMC promotes the use of workflow by establishing industry standards for software terminology, interoperability, and connectivity between workflow products. [ visit www.wfmc.org ]

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