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To: bob zagorin who wrote (509)	4/11/2000 1:16:00 PM
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J.D. Edwards, Proforma Sign Licensing Agreement to Add Business Process Modeling to ActivEra Solutions Enterprise Computing Solutions Leader is First to Offer Integrated Business Process Modeling DENVER and SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- J.D. Edwards & Company (Nasdaq: JDEC), a leading supplier of e-Business software solutions that deliver speed and agility, and Proforma Corporation, a leading provider of Business Process Modeling solutions, today announced they have entered into a software and services agreement aimed at providing J.D. Edwards' customers faster application implementation times and lower project costs - two important aspects for customers seeking to achieve a richer bottom line in the competitive New Economy. Financial terms were not disclosed. Under the agreement, J.D. Edwards will license a special version of ProVision Workbench(TM), Proforma's industry-leading Business Process Modeling software. The process models of ProVision will allow J.D. Edwards' customers to visually tie together processes and organizations, and link the detailed tasks in those processes directly to their enterprise software applications. The companies also will provide ongoing development support and services for customers. J.D. Edwards will market ProVision Workbench under the name ActivEra(TM) Solution Modeler, part of the company's ActivEra Solution Accelerator Suite, which is a key component of J.D. Edwards' Active Foundation set. J.D. Edwards ActivEra Solutions, which comprises Active Foundation, provides organizations with a standards-based, interoperable and highly customizable infrastructure to support their business initiatives. The leading-edge capabilities, ranging from procurement and back-end infrastructure to web-based sales force automation and customer relationship management, are linked seamlessly to empower an enterprise to leverage information assets in the most agile e-Business environment available today. The Solution Modeler will be available to all J.D. Edwards' customers as a standard module to help them visualize, understand and easily change their business processes-both before and after implementation-reducing the cost and time involved. Proforma is working with J.D. Edwards to develop system interfaces and will build additional software components. Additionally, J.D. Edwards is releasing a set of more than 500 business process models that can be used as templates that will link directly to OneWorld(TM). "J.D. Edwards' agreement with Proforma is important to helping our customers quickly understand our integrated ActivEra Solutions framework and how it meets their business need for creating value in the New Economy," said Gina Ashby, a vice president with J.D. Edwards. "In short, we are empowering our customers to rapidly change their software using business experts -- not software engineers. With Proforma's ProVision Workbench tool, we are able to take this a step further by having customers establish their business processes first, and then configure software to fit their changing needs." "The Proforma/J.D. Edwards partnership provides J.D. Edwards' customers the ability to visualize how their business processes work and how they can be implemented quickly," said Ron Pellegrino, president of Proforma. "This solution will provide the tools that enable J.D. Edwards' customers to continually adjust to their constantly changing business environment. Proforma is excited about assisting J.D. Edwards in implementing its vision." About Proforma Proforma Corporation provides software and services that help companies visualize and understand their business processes, resulting in improved performance in today's e-Business and traditional business environments. Founded in 1994 by business process improvement experts and technology specialists, Proforma offers a unique combination of first-hand experience, consulting, training and tools that deliver insight into an organization's processes. This information is useful as a launching point for the design and implementation of business systems, or is valuable simply as a means of charting internal processes and organizational structure. Proforma counts many of the Fortune 500 companies as its customers, including General Motors, American Express and MCI/WorldCom. For more information, go to www.proformacorp.com . About J.D. Edwards J.D. Edwards provides Idea to Action(TM) software for managing the virtual enterprise and supply chain. The Company's integrated applications deliver agile e-Business solutions that give customers control over their front office, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics/distribution, human resources and finance processes for the consumer products, industrial and services industries. J.D. Edwards enables Idea to Action with ActivEra(TM), a collection of tools and technologies that extend J.D. Edwards' OneWorld(TM) and WorldSoftware(TM) enterprise business software and its active supply chain planning solutions. ActivEra allows customers to change their software quickly and easily during and after implementation. The Company's solutions operate in multiple computing environments, including Windows NT(R), UNIX(R) and OS/400(R), and are Java(TM) and HTML enabled. Founded in 1977, J.D. Edwards is headquartered in Denver and posted fiscal 1999 revenues of $944.2 million. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Company at 1-800-727-5333, or via the Internet at www.jdedwards.com . SOURCE Proforma Corporation CO: Proforma Corporation; J.D. Edwards & Company ST: Michigan, Colorado IN: CPR MLM SU: LIC PDT 04/11/2000 08:02 EDT prnewswire.com