The annual InfoWorld 100 awards honor IT projects that demonstrate the most creative use of cutting-edge technologies to further their business goals. Nominations were submitted by InfoWorld readers, technology partners, and end-user companies in late-summer. To be considered, projects must stretch beyond the typical, off-the-shelf solution, and must use multiple technologies in innovative ways to serve well-defined business goals.

“Whether ushering legacy systems into the agile era or revolutionizing how their companies leverage technology to meaningful ends, this year's winners are both inspiration and proof that striking a new path in IT can reap deep organizational rewards,” said InfoWorld Senior Editor Jason Snyder.

Founded in 1952, Compassion International exists as an advocate for children, releasing them from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enabling them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults. Compassion International’s Web to COMPASS project was launched by Compassion to streamline its sponsor engagement and service processes, enabling the organization to automate data collection, review, and approval for providing assistance to needy children in third-world countries. The project integrates Microsoft BizTalk with Ultimus' BPM suite, tapping the organization's .Net development skills to form an SOA foundation. A home-grown database is used in conjunction with a Cognos LAVA appliance to provide BAM services that help monitor the performance of Web to COMPASS. Compassion's BPM efforts have also reduced the cycle time for processing its more than 475,000 case studies a year from one month to two days.

"We are thrilled that Compassion International, a vital community organization, has won this distinguished award," said Rick Thompson, Chief Marketing Officer of Ultimus. "Ultimus is committed to helping customers drive significant operational improvement through process automation. Compassion International has demonstrated that they are a leader in implementing BPM best practices and we are honored to have helped them reach their goals."

“All of us at Compassion International are honored to receive the InfoWorld 100 award,” said Brian Houghtaling, Enterprise Architecture Director at Compassion International. “It’s fulfilling to be recognized for our IT accomplishments which are helping us to reach our goal of sponsoring one million children worldwide.”

To see the full list of 2007 InfoWorld 100 winners, visit http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/12/46FE

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About Ultimus

Ultimus is the leader in human-centric, adaptive Business Process Management (BPM). Long recognized as an industry pioneer, Ultimus has automated more processes than any other BPM vendor worldwide. The company’s award-winning technology adapts to people, systems and change; is available in 16 languages; and is deployed by more than 1,700 customers around the world. Headquartered in Cary, NC, Ultimus has offices in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia with market presence in more than 80 countries. For more information, visit www.ultimus.com.