Lanner Group Strategic BPM Partner Confiance Experiencing Strong Revenues Growth as 2010 Year Ends

Strategic partnership announced two years ago provides BPM clients with cutting-edge simulator technology

2010-12-17

HOUSTON, TX, December 17, 2010 (Press-News.org) Lanner Group, specialists in process simulation and optimization technologies welcomes news that strategic partner, The Confiance Group, a global business transformation solutions firm, has announced buoyant year-end figures showing significantly increased revenues of more than 100 percent in 2010.

Confiance, which provides business process management (BPM) and workflow solutions, formed its strategic partnership with Lanner Group in June 2008. The relationship provides Confiance's customers with full access to Lanner Group simulation technology and expertise.

This arrangement supplements services provided by Confiance for customers on assignments using ARIS Business Simulator, powered by Lanner Group's Java-powered L-SIM simulation tool for BPM.

Lanner Group's simulation technology enables businesses to visualize and understand the consequences and implications of different business decisions. As a result, users can be confident that they are embarking upon the right course of action for their organization, before making a financial commitment to change.

A Confiance Group news release reports that led by the firm's holistic approach to process driven transformation, Confiance significantly increased revenues by 114 percent and continued its accumulation of Fortune 100, 500 and government clients in the past year.

"We have seen significant growth over the past year as organizations look to reap the benefits of proven business transformation solutions," said Dave Wolcott, Senior Vice President and Global Managing Director, Confiance. "This success stems from our strategic investments and our key partnerships with companies like Lanner Group, which has allowed us to expand our reach across many different markets."

Comments David Jones, CEO, Lanner Group, "The business transformation industry continues to see increased demand for BPM solutions incorporating simulation. Firms are looking for improved efficiencies, competitive differentiation and increased customer satisfaction. BPM providers that offer process simulation and analysis are able to leverage increased benefit for their clients."

He continues, "Our strategic partners have experienced great success in enhancing business performance for a wide range of customers. By leveraging Lanner Group's simulation expertise into the mix, extended BPM offerings give our partners even greater competitive advantage."
He concludes, "Both Lanner Group and Confiance enjoy strong working relationships with leading software vendors such as Software AG and Oracle, which provides an added layer of expertise and knowledge-base, to the benefit of customers."

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Lanner Group, Inc. is the Houston, TX based Americas subsidiary of Lanner Group Ltd, a UK company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions to model, analyze and optimize processes through simulation software enabling business managers to make comprehensive decisions in a risk-free environment. Its client roster includes over 3000 customers including end users HP, 3M, Boeing, Ford, GM, Nissan, and Rolls Royce. In 2010 Lanner Group, Inc. was certified a Top 20% Performer by Open Ratings Inc., a Dun & Bradstreet company based on Past Performance Evaluation responses of its reference customers. http://www.lanner.com

About The Confiance Group
The Confiance Group is a global provider of business transformation solutions for commercial and government organizations. The company provides a comprehensive approach to Business Process Management, Enterprise Architecture and Service Oriented Architecture through a combination of consulting, education and technology that allows organizations to be more efficient, agile and improve service to customers and citizens. The Confiance Group is recognized by its Global 500 and government agency customers as a trusted partner that helps implement change in order to achieve business results. The Confiance Group's customers include Alcoa, Bank of America, Bose, GE Commercial Finance, Kraft, State of New York, U.S. Army, Vodafone and Wyeth. For more information visit: http://www.confiancegroup.com.

Lanner Group PR contact:
Alexandra Brooks
(626) 676-9667
brookspr@lanner.com

Lanner Group is dedicated to delivering innovative solutions to model, analyze and optimize processes through simulation software. Lanner Group's Americas subsiduary is based in Houston, TX. For further information, please contact our communications representative Alexandra Brooks at brookspr[,]lanner.com

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