IBM RATIONAL HONORS RAVENFLOW AS FINALIST FOR THE INNOVATION WITH JAZZ AWARD

Orlando, FL—June 7, 2010—Ravenflow, the leader in visual requirements and business process definition software, has been selected as a finalist of this year's IBM Rational Awards for Innovation with Jazz. These awards honor IBM Rational Business Partners that have demonstrated a deep technology and industry expertise with IBM Rational software and are delivering exceptional solutions that solve real business problems.

The Innovation with Jazz award recognizes the Ready for Rational Business Partner for excellence in implementing an effective and innovative solution enabled by IBM Rational Software's Jazz technology. Chosen from several hundred eligible business partners, Ravenflow will be honored at the IBM Rational Innovate 2010 Conference.

"Ravenflow's integration with Rational products has creative innovative capabilities and value for our joint customers," said Michael Loria, vice president, business development, IBM Rational Software. "Ravenflow has built an excellent relationship with IBM over the past six years. We congratulate them on being selected as a finalist of this year's Rational Awards for Innovation with Jazz."

Ravenflow has provided an innovative solution for eliciting and validating business requirements, and has integrated it with several IBM Rational products including IBM Rational RequisitePro, IBM Rational Telelogic DOORS, and IBM Rational Requirements Composer.

"We are very pleased that IBM Rational has selected RAVEN as finalist for the Innovation with Jazz award for 2010," said Susan Boers, president and CEO of Ravenflow. "From a vendor perspective, we applaud IBM's business partner team for being so progressive and open as we developed our integrations. This teamwork allowed us to go to market much faster. RAVEN is now the first and only product to win or be a finalist for the IBM Rational awards three years in a row. These industry honors are driven by the tremendous ROI our clients report achieving in improving their requirements processes."

Ravenflow is sponsoring the IBM Innovate 2010 Conference in Orlando from June 7 to June 9, 2010. It will be demonstrating RAVEN at booth #316 in the Ready for Rational Software Pavilion during the show exhibition.

Based upon patented language processing technology, RAVEN allows business people to describe their needs in plain English, then automatically identifies missing requirements while generating visual process and use case diagrams that all stakeholders can understand. With its distinctive business orientation and process-based approach to requirements definition, RAVEN is uniquely suited for use on both enterprise process improvement and application development projects.

For more information about RAVEN, please visit www.ravenflow.com or call 877-557-2836.

About Ravenflow
Ravenflow is the leading provider of visual process and requirements definition software that allows companies to gain better insight, clarity, and quality in their process improvement and application development projects. Leveraging a patented natural language technology called RAVEN, Ravenflow transforms the way people analyze and visualize their business processes, application requirements, and system engineering needs. Ravenflow received the 2009 Jolt Productivity Award and the 2009 IBM Rational ISV Partner of the Year Award.


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