BroadVision Process to Be Implemented as the Foundation for Agile Self-Service by COLT HR

BroadVision Process to Be Implemented as the Foundation for Agile Self-Service by COLT HR Solution Reduces Development Time from Years to Months and Will Scale to Manage HR Outsource Provider's Anticipated Growth REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BroadVision, Inc. (NASDAQ:BVSN) a global provider of self-service web applications, today announced that COLT HR, a full-service HR business process outsourcing company, is revamping its flagship online employee benefits solution by implementing BroadVision(R) Process(TM) across the company's internal and external facing infrastructure. COLT HR, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, provides highly customized benefits plan administration for organizations in the 200 to 5000 employee range, including Google, 24-Hour Fitness, JDS Uniphase and bebe stores. The company grew 20 percent last year and was looking for a way to extend its high-touch online service model and to help clients reduce the cost and complexity of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. COLT is currently using an online benefits administration system that requires manual coding to add or adapt processes and to bring new clients online. With BroadVision Process, COLT will be able to replace manual coding with rapid configuration. "As our company continues to expand, we can't have our IT staff touching raw data every day," says Oren Michels, President, COLT HR. "BroadVision Process gives us a cost effective way to scale our high-touch model." "Flexibility is another benefit we get with BroadVision Process," says Michels. "Health plans change. It used to be medical, dental and vision. Now we're seeing consumer-directed plans, health savings accounts, and worksite marketing programs. The ability to make changes without hard coding is a big win for us." BroadVision Process enables organizations to design and deploy web self-service applications in days, not months, dramatically reducing the time and expense of custom coding. The key to this rapid development environment is the Process Workbench, a graphical tool that enables business analysts to create a process model and test process flow using a built in simulator. Developers use the same tool to enrich the process definition with adapters to external systems and to add specifications for turning design elements into functional self-service web pages. Use of BroadVision Process eliminates the confusion and rework time that often result when developers translate business requirements into code. BroadVision Process also includes integrated administrative tools for process tracking -- a deciding factor in COLT's evaluation process. "With BroadVision Process I have an audit trail and I can be sure that the data flowed through the system following a pre-defined process," says Michels. "That's a huge benefit in terms of meeting the process documentation and auditing requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance." BroadVision Process enables organizations to design and deploy processes into existing J2EE environments. COLT is taking advantage of this capability to make modular enhancements to their current system. "COLT has a high-touch self-service model that is attractive to mid-market companies that want to grow without losing their unique culture," says Alex Kormushoff, EVP and General Manager, Worldwide Field Operations, BroadVision. "BroadVision Process gives them an agile, sustainable web infrastructure that allows them to grow their business without growing headcount." About BroadVision BroadVision is a global provider of personalized self-service web applications. Our integrated suite of process, commerce, portal, and content solutions helps customers rapidly increase revenues and reduce costs. Over 1,000 organizations -- including Circuit City, Vodafone, Cardinal Health, Hewlett-Packard, Toyota, Japan Airlines and the U.S. Air Force -- serving nearly 60 million registered users, rely on BroadVision's open solutions to power and personalize their mission-critical web initiatives. For more information about BroadVision, Inc., call 650.542.5100 or visit www.broadvision.com. About COLT COLT is a leading national benefits administrator, currently serving 200 fully-insured and self-insured groups, which pay more than $200 million in annual premiums. COLT administers 348 different benefit plans, interfacing with 80 carriers across the United States. COLT partners with employers, brokers, self-insured groups, third party administrators and carriers to develop and implement customized solutions to administration challenges. For more information, visit: www.colthr.com. NOTE: BroadVision and BroadVision Process are trademarks or registered trademarks of BroadVision, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Source: BroadVision, Inc. CONTACT: David Friedman of Text 100 Public Relations, +1-415-593-8400, or davidf@text100.com; or Bill Delaney, Director of Corporate Communications for BroadVision, +1-650-542-3809, or bill.delaney@broadvision.com Web site: http://www.colthr.com/ Web site: http://www.broadvision.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment