August 10, 2004 - (HostReview.com) - IBM today announced new software that can help companies establish a more detailed roadmap of their business operations. With a better view of how business processes such as customer service, claims processing or supply chain management are being executed across disparate, far-flung networks, companies can detect slowdowns, look for efficiencies and respond faster to customer demand and changing market conditions.

"Enabling our clients to manage their end-to-end business processes and drive transformation and best practices is crucial to helping them become on demand businesses," said Marie Wieck, General Manager, Business Integration and Industry Solutions. "WebSphere Business Integration Modeler reflects the key requirements we have seen from our customers, partners and IBM internally."

The new software, WebSphere Business Integration Modeler Version 5, uses the latest industry standards and IBM's leading integration software and development tools to help companies and other organizations model the flow of myriad business processes across their I.T. systems.

"Our goal is to optimize collaboration efforts across our wide range of members, and we looked to IBM WebSphere Business Integration Modeler to help facilitate this endeavor," said Brian Cook, Vice President of Information Technology, Star Alliance. "Modeling technology is helping us to create standards for reducing complexity, achieving harmonization and creating value for our member carriers."

IT analyst firm Gartner anticipates that 70 percent of enterprises will have conducted business process efforts by the end of 2005, helping them improve capabilities to cut costs and boost competitive advantage. Gartner also expects anticipated and active business changes to drive the need for more business modeling, ultimately helping organizations to keep current in a dynamic business world.

WebSphere Business Integration Modeler version 5 will be general available on August 12, with multiple language versions available September 30. Pricing starts at $1,250 and includes one year of maintenance support.