Ultimus and Elegrity Partner to Create Process-Centric Enterprises

Partnership Driving Operational Savings and Increasing Technology
ROI for Legal Industry Organizations such as National Law Firm Gordon
& Rees LLP
CARY, N.C. & SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
Ultimus, Inc., developer of one of the most widely-deployed
business process management software suites in the world, and
Elegrity, Inc., maker of Law Business Management System (LBMS)(R),
have an established partnership designed to create innovative
business-focused technology solutions. The Ultimus Adaptive BPM Suite
solution coupled with Elegrity's LBMS(R) provides predictability and
control for client's business processes, ultimately driving
operational savings.

"Our partnership with Ultimus provides our clients with efficient
automation, ubiquitous access to meaningful information, and a stable,
reliable system that offers business continuity," said Tony Carcamo,
VP of Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Elegrity. "All of
these things combine to help our clients become true Process-Centric
Enterprises."

Gordon & Rees, a national law firm headquartered in San Francisco,
is one great example of how this partnership has helped support a
business-focused organization mitigate risk, while at the same time,
drive operational savings. Founded in 1974, Gordon & Rees has become a
dynamic presence with more than 350 attorneys in sixteen offices
throughout the United States. The firm wanted to improve its business
intake and case lifecycle processes to improve efficiency, respond
faster to clients and effectively create a streamlined workflow to
handle the increasing amount and complexity of business intake due to
firm growth. The firm utilized a manual process that resulted in
duplicative data entry into multiple systems, an arduous,
time-consuming approval process, and a multitude of back-and-forth
e-mail communications for all new clients and/or matter brought into
the firm.

Elegrity worked with Gordon & Rees to determine the best plan of
action to meet their business requirements. With Ultimus BPM Adaptive
Suite as the business process management engine, Elegrity implemented
LBMS(R), providing a fully-customized and automated solution as the
firm's new business intake process.

"LBMS has allowed us to be more responsive and perform business
functions better," said Jane Omahen Risk Management, Gordon and Rees.
"We have experienced dramatic operational savings since implementing
the solution. Elegrity's LBMS(R) system streamlined our business
intake process and automated many manual and paper-intensive tasks. It
has made a significant difference in the time to take in new business
while helping to ensure consistently-applied firm policies, accuracy
in data across systems, paper reduction and completed approval
cycles."

Leveraging the sophisticated systems integration capabilities of
the Ultimus-LBMS(R) solution, the Gordon & Rees New Business Intake
application automatically defaults key information from the accounting
system, such as timekeeper rates and expense information, providing
further time-savings while simultaneously increasing accuracy of
information gathered. The system automatically enforces the proper
authorizations and approvals required before it progresses to the next
step in the process. Online copies of related documents can be
attached in the system, eliminating the need for filing and physically
storing paper documentation.

"By aligning the best practices of both BPM and the legal
industry, our partnership addresses the unique needs of a market that
has been relatively underserved to date with regards to innovative
business-focused solutions," said Kyle Moll, Director, North American
Channel Development, Ultimus. "The project with Gordon & Rees has been
so successful to date, that Elegrity is not only duplicating this
model, but extending the capabilities of the solution for other legal
clients."

About Gordon & Rees LLP

Founded in 1974 in San Francisco, Gordon & Rees has become a
dynamic presence with more than 350 attorneys in sixteen offices. Our
growth has been fueled by a reputation for success and an unfailing
commitment to excellence. Gordon & Rees has the experience and the
expertise to achieve results and meet the needs of our clients. Our
objective is to develop long-term client relationships and to exceed
expectations by employing the components of creative problem solving,
unwavering responsiveness, and use of the most modern technology.
These components, combined with effective lawyering and hard work,
bring results.

About Elegrity

Since its founding in 1998, Elegrity's mission has been to empower
global organizations to achieve their potential through the
development and delivery of elegant technology-based business
solutions. Elegrity's value-based approach to understanding customers'
true business objectives enables the delivery of solutions that boost
customers' business through enhanced collaboration, increased revenue
and cash flow, implicit compliance with regulations, and thorough
enterprise risk management and mitigation.

Elegrity's Law Business Management System (LBMS)(R), introduced in
2006, provides unparalleled Client/Matter Lifecycle Management
capabilities by combining industry-proven best practices for true risk
mitigation with the power of enterprise class technology to deliver a
proven, extensible and agile solution to the Legal Industry.

About Ultimus

Ultimus has automated more business processes than any other BPM
vendor worldwide. Ultimus Adaptive BPM Suite has enabled companies to
accelerate their performance goals at every stage of corporate growth.
The Ultimus Suite's SOA-based broad integration tools combined with a
rapid deployment model have generated outstanding results for
customers and partners alike.

Ultimus' award-winning technology seamlessly adapts to people,
systems and change. Utilized by more than 1,900 customers worldwide,
Ultimus provides solutions to organizations such as DHL, Microsoft,
Daimler, Perdue Farms, Chevron, Tulane University, Compassion
International, Sony, Pfizer, Citigroup, Charles Schwab, Noor Islamic
Bank, Frito Lay and AT&T. Ultimus is headquartered in North America,
and has additional offices in Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Middle
East and Australia. For more information, visit www.ultimus.com.

For Ultimus, Inc.:
Crossroads Public Relations
Molly Thompson, 919-821-2822
ultimus@crossroadspr.com
or
Elegrity, Inc.
Mr. Tony Carcamo, 415-821-0900
tcarcamo@elegrity.com

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