Press Release

Lombardi Named to START-IT Magazine's 2008 Top 125 Manufacturing Technology Providers

Company Recognized for Leadership in Manufacturing Technology for Second Consecutive Yeare

Austin, TX – April 1, 2008 –Lombardi® (www.lombardi.com), a leader in business process management (BPM) software, today announced that it has been named to START-IT’s list of the Top 125 Manufacturing Technology Providers for 2008. This is the second consecutive year Lombardi has received that designation from START-IT. The nomination is due to the overwhelming success of Lombardi Teamworks when deployed and leveraged in manufacturing organizations.

"Manufacturers of all sizes are achieving tremendous process improvement gains using BPM software,” said Jim Rudden, vice president of marketing at Lombardi. “Lombardi is proud to be the underpinning technology behind the successful BPM projects that are driving incredible value for our customers.”

This award is one of a series of recent recognitions bestowed on Lombardi. Most recently, Lombardi’s flagship BPM suite software Teamworks® was named the “Best Business Process Management” product and recipient of a 2008 Technology of the Year Award by IDG’s InfoWorld. Lombardi was also named a “Company to Watch in 2008” by Intelligent Enterprise.

Lombardi Teamworks is the leading BPM software for designing, executing, and improving business processes.  Teamworks for Office™ makes it easy for anyone to participate in business process management using the familiar Microsoft® Office System products. Teamworks for SharePoint extends structured processes into the collaborative world of SharePoint portals, forums and discussion threads. Teamworks for Organization Management provides advanced organization modeling for process relationships. Lombardi Blueprint™ is the only on-demand, collaborative process documenting tool that enables companies to map processes, identify problems and prioritize improvement opportunities.

The START-IT 125 can be found in the 2008 START-IT Factbook, the definitive reference guide relating to the manufacturing industry. For more information, visit http://www.start-itmag.com.

About START-IT Magazine
START-IT magazine helps manufacturers take full advantage of the power of partnerships by emphasizing the importance of IT partnerships and how these partners are working together to reach their goals through the use of technology. Emphasizing the power of partnerships, START-IT is read by decision makers across all manufacturing segments as a primary source of business strategies to best take advantage of today's technologies. http://www.start-itmag.com/.

About Lombardi
Lombardi is a leader in business process management (BPM) software for companies, systems integrators and government agencies.  We offer award-winning BPM technology, know-how and services to help our customers succeed with their process improvement initiatives.

Lombardi is behind some of the largest, most successful BPM implementations in the world. Our customers include Allianz Group, Aflac, Banco Espirito Santo, Barclays Global Investors, Dell, El Paso Energy, FETAC, Financial Services Authority, Ford Motor Company, Hasbro, ING Direct, Intel, Maritz Travel, National Bank of Canada, National Institute of Health, Safety-Kleen, T-Mobile, UCLH, Wells Fargo Financial, Xbridge and numerous governmental agencies. For more information, visit www.lombardi.com.

Lombardi, Teamworks are registered trademarks and Teamworks Process Optimizer, Teamworks Portal, Teamworks for Office, Teamworks for SharePoint, Teamworks for Organization Management and Lombardi Blueprint are trademarks of Lombardi Software, Inc. All other company/product names and service marks may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

For more information:
Wayne Snell
Sr. Director of Marketing
+1.512.382.8200 ext. 377
Wayne.Snell@lombardi.com