08/21/2007

Lombardi®, a specialist in business process management (BPM) software, and Avalon Consulting, LLC, a provider of the delivery and management of Enterprise Content Solutions today announced that they have signed a partnership to jointly market and sell the strategic advisory and consulting services from Avalon combined with Lombardi’s Teamworks® and Blueprint BPM products.

ebizQ received the following details:

Avalon Consulting recently introduced its Business Process Management practice to increase the value provided to its clients across Next Generation Web, e-Learning and Enterprise Search implementations. BPM services offer organizations a streamlined process of monitoring, analyzing, and proactively responding to data gathered from their business activities to determine where and how these solutions can best enhance business efficiency and ensure maximum return on IT investment.

“Business Process Management is rapidly becoming the crucial backbone of an optimal enterprise content management strategy,” said Chuck Williams, BPM practice manager, Avalon Consulting. “By partnering with Lombardi we will be able to dramatically enhance our ability to identify and deliver effective business process improvement for our customers using the Blueprint and Teamworks® BPM products.”

As part of the agreement, Avalon Consulting has joined Lombardi’s Certified Partner program. The program assists Lombardi partners in developing their BPM skills and revenue opportunities.

“Avalon has an excellent reputation of delivering high-value customer solutions quickly,” said Alan Godfrey, executive vice president of business development and marketing at Lombardi. “The combination of Lombardi’s products with Avalon Consulting’s expertise will maximize the value their clients derive from their overall BPM strategy and help them to be more process driven.”