Successful First French BWise Customer Summit: Sharing GRC Best Practices from different Industries

Paris, France, June 22, 2009 – BWise, the global leader in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) management software, today announced a successful first customer summit for its French speaking customers. France Télécom hosted the event in it’s headquarters in Paris last week. Customers from all parts of France attended the summit to share experiences with one another and learn about upcoming BWise product innovations.

Product and operational excellence
At the summit, France Télécom and FMP shared how they use the BWise GRC platform for their compliance management. Afterwards, customers discussed key trends and developments in GRC in a forum that enabled the exchange of experiences from organizations in numerous sectors. BWise’s CEO, Robert Pijselman, outlined the strategy of the company. BWise wants to enable its clients to significantly improve business performance, manage risks and ensure compliance. BWise’s mission is predicated on the principles of product and operational excellence, unparalleled implementation and consulting strength and clear ROI within four quarters.

Growing French Customer Base
Robert Pijselman, CEO of BWise: ”BWise is very proud to see its customer base in the French speaking countries growing rapidly and is pleased to hear direct, valuable feedback from its customers. It is our goal to build a global GRC platform that can be localized and adjusted to specific needs in various countries and sectors.”

Announcement: Continuous Control Monitoring Release
During the event, the BWise product roadmap with new product innovations, was presented, including sneak previews of upcoming innovations. BWise revealed plans to enable companies to significantly increase operational effectiveness and reduce risk with innovations such as Continuous Control Monitoring, which will be released in September 2009. Customers responded enthusiastically to the request for pilot projects of the solution

For more information about BWise, please visit www.bwise.com.

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About BWise: BWise is the global leader in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) management software, with a strong heritage in business process management. Established in 1994, BWise delivers proven solutions to help organizations become ‘in control’ by increasing corporate accountability; strengthening financial, strategic and operational efficiencies; and maximizing performance and ROI.

With more than 300,000 users in more than 80 countries worldwide in virtually all markets, BWise has developed a strong and sustainable presence in the GRC industry. Utilizing templates and a best-practice implementation approach, BWise enables stakeholders to measure and manage risks and to comply with rules and legislation throughout their organization. Our customers are managing multiple risk-related and compliance initiatives such as Sarbanes-Oxley, Bill 198, Solvency II, Basel II, MiFID, PCI, GLBA, and others. BWise has offices in the Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom, and Germany.

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