SmartDraw.com Launches Business Graphics Resource Center

Designed to Educate and Establish Best Practices in Business Graphics; Business Process Management (BPM) First Category Featured

San Diego, CA. — February 21, 2007 - SmartDraw.com, creator of SmartDraw®, the world's most popular business graphics software, today formally launched its Resource Center for Best Practices in Business Graphics. SmartDraw enables anyone to create more compelling and effective communication through the power of professional-quality business graphics such as flowcharts, organizational charts, Gantt charts, mind maps, timelines, floor plans, sales territory maps, and more in minutes - no experience or training required.

Available on its website www.smartdraw.com, the resource center features white papers, webinars, bulletins and best practice templates designed to educate people on all types of business graphics. SmartDraw has taken steps to establish relationships with recognized thought leaders in key areas such as business process management (BPM). Terry Schurter, one of the BPM field's top thought leaders, has provided guidance to SmartDraw and wrote the introduction to the white paper entitled "Gain Competitive Advantage by Describing Business Processes." Terry serves as the chief information officer for the BPM Group, the world's largest Business Process Management community. Terry is acknowledged as a leading authority on the subjects of Business Process Management, Customer Expectation Management, and Service-Oriented Architecture.

"Many people hear 'Business Process Management' and their eyes glaze over due to overt complexity spawned by the 'industry.' So what is BPM and why should I care?" says Schurter. "BPM is a powerful new business approach that helps us understand 'where we are' in order to uncover 'where we need to be.' The simple ability to graphically model these 'current' and 'future' state business processes is a BPM technique that can be used by anyone. SmartDraw's business graphics software and Resource Center does an excellent job of demystifying this core value of BPM and making it accessible to everyone."

"One of SmartDraw's key objectives is to become the authoritative source for any type of business graphic," stated SmartDraw.com chief executive officer and founder Paul Stannard. "Our new resource center is the place where anyone can go to learn about best practices, and we are pleased that global thought leaders such as Terry Schurter have helped make our resource center the preeminent source for business graphics knowledge." Stannard continued, "Another key benefit to our customers is that best practice templates found on the resource center can be downloaded and used for free in SmartDraw version 2007."

SmartDraw offers a variety of licensing options and programs, including a Freedom License that allows an organization or department to install and use SmartDraw on any computer. A free trial is available at: www.smartdraw.com and includes both online and telephone technical support.

About the Business Process Management Group
BPMG (www.bpmg.org) is the largest BPM community in the world with over 20,000 registered members from 124 countries represented in its membership. The organization provides a wealth of resources to the BPM community including BPM training, seminars, conferences and consulting across the globe.

About SmartDraw.com
Founded in 1994, SmartDraw.com is the creator of SmartDraw, the world's most popular business graphics software. SmartDraw allows anyone to create professional-quality business graphics in minutes—no experience or training required. The Company is the leader in the business graphics market, a market made up of ordinary computer users who want to create attractive and effective business graphics, but who lack the time and expertise to learn software designed for graphics professionals. In addition to SmartDraw 2007 intended for general business use, there are also SmartDraw Healthcare and SmartDraw Legal editions with graphics and applications unique to their respective fields. In mid-2006, SmartDraw.com surpassed the ten millionth download of SmartDraw.

Headquartered in San Diego, CA, SmartDraw.com is privately-held and counts more than half the Fortune 500 among its customers. To download a free trial of SmartDraw 2007, please visit: www.smartdraw.com.

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