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/C O R R E C T I O N -- QPR Software Oyj/
HELSINKI, Finland, August 28 /PRNewswire/ -- In the news release, "PR Software Strengthens its Integrated Business Process and Performance Management Offering" issued on 27 Aug 2007 12:46 GMT, by QPR Software Plc (HEX:QPR1V) over PR Newswire, the headline was incorrectly transmitted by PR Newswire. Complete, corrected release follows: HELSINKI, Finland, August 28 /PRNewswire/ -- QPR Software Strengthens its Integrated Business Process and Performance Management Offering HELSINKI, Finland. August 27, 2007. QPR Software Plc today released the latest version of its Performance and Process Management software QPR ScoreCard 7.6 and QPR ProcessGuide 7.6 respectively. The company's unique offering helps companies optimize resource allocation by aligning operational processes with strategy and facilitating continuous performance improvement. The new releases provide process modelers with support for BPMN and BPEL standards, improved usability, and treat them with a clearer, more complete view of their organization's performance. The new versions feature an improved Graphical User Interface and the ability to create modeling notation templates, which allow users to design process models easier and more effectively. Dashboards and strategy maps can now be enriched graphically with historic performance information, making them more explanatory without having to drill down, while improved benchmarking and the addition of scatter plot graphs provide users with more powerful analysis functionality. In total, these new releases feature over 220 new improvements and make QPR 7.6 for Microsoft Windows Vista(TM) compatible. QPR ProcessGuide 7.6 is also certified for Microsoft Windows Vista(TM). "Allowing our customers to design detailed processes in the standard BPMN-notation and enabling the automatic execution of those processes via BPEL standard are important steps on our development roadmap towards supporting the full Business Process Management lifecycle," Tony Virtanen, Vice President, Products, Research & Care for QPR Software commented. "We see Performance Management as an essential part of managing business processes and with QPR 7.6 version we provide organizations with a stronger solution for managing both, and for making sure they are, and remain in sync." "QPR provides effective tools not only for strategy management but also for the design, execution, measurement and control of the core business processes that manage resources," according to Colin Snow, Vice President and Research Director at Ventana Research. "The integration of business process management technology with performance management technology is a must for companies that desire performance alignment," he continued. About QPR Software Plc QPR Software Plc has specialized in building performance and process management systems since 1991. Our mission is to help people, communities and businesses achieve their goals. With QPR solutions you can execute better performing processes, get results fast and find out how QPR is easy to work with. QPR software has been implemented in more than 1000 organizations across the globe and is provided in more than 20 languages. QPR cooperates with an extensive network of talented partners in over 50 countries worldwide. QPR has its headquarters in Helsinki, Finland, subsidiaries in South Africa and the USA and is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. QPR - Quality. Processes. Results. http://www.qpr.com For more information, please contact: QPR Software Plc Sami Relander Marketing Director Tel: +358-290-001-150 sami.relander@qpr.com






