Pegasystems Presents at BPM Conference; Speaks On ''''What''s Ahead''

    Business Editors/Technology Editors

    CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2005--Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leading provider of smart business process management (BPM) software, presented on two panels earlier in the week at the Brainstorm Group's Business Process Management conference in Chicago.
    "For efficient, agile and successful implementation of BPM we need to have a cohesive environment that allows you to model and execute your information models, your process models, your business rules and your integration to back-end systems and partners, " explained Setrag Khoshafian, Vice President of BPM Technology, Pegasystems. "Pegasystems' SmartBPM Suite(TM) is the leading product in the market that can support the entire lifecycle of end-to-end business application automation and digitization."
    The conference, featuring leaders in business and technology, was designed to address the most pressing issues facing BPM practitioners. Dr. Khoshafian was a featured participant on two panels. Chaired by Janelle Hill, Vice President & Research Practice Lead for BPM, META Group, the first panel was titled "BPM Thought Leaders - What's Ahead?" and explored the concept of the adaptive enterprise and the steps necessary to get there. The second panel, "Transforming to a Process-Driven Enterprise," moderated by Tom Dwyer, Analyst Editorial Director, Yankee Group, BPMInstitute.org, included discussion of better synergy between business requirements and information technology solutions, along with faster response to change.
    Pegasystems knows that in business, the only true certainty is the velocity of change, which forces an ever-increasing execution gap between objectives and operations. Pegasystems' easy-to-build, easy-to-change SmartBPM Suite(TM) combines a highly graphical and rapid solution development environment, execution and management dashboard, all in one.

    About Pegasystems

    Pegasystems Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGA) provides software to automate complex, changing business processes. Our Business Process Management (BPM) solutions provide organizations with the agility critical to managing growth, productivity and compliance. Our solution unifies pure-play BPM software with a sophisticated Business Rules Engine to drive business effectiveness. This patented technology enables organizations to "build for change" and overcome the execution gap that occurs as evolving business objectives outpace the ability of business systems to respond.
    Pegasystems' BPM suite offers standards-based technology built in a rapid-solution development environment. Our BPM solution combines the capability to solve a full range of business process challenges with the opportunity to leverage existing technology investments. By enabling business process responsiveness, Pegasystems makes it easier for people and systems to work together.
    Pegasystems' award-winning BPM suite is complemented with best-practice solution frameworks based on more than 20 years of experience helping Fortune 500 and other leading corporations in the financial services, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing and government markets.
    Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, Pegasystems has regional offices in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. For more information, visit www.pega.com.

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CONTACT: Pegasystems Inc. Beth Lewis, 617-374-9600, ext. 6077 Director, Public and Investor Relations beth.lewis@pega.com

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