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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information Technology |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Founder | Dr. August-Wilhelm Scheer |
| Headquarters | Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Rudolf Keul, Josef Bommersbach |
| Parent | Scheer Group GmbH |
| Website | https://www.scheer-group.com/ |
IDS Scheer was a software company that developed, marketed, and supported Business Process Management (BPM) software. It has been regarded as the founder of the BPM industry.[1][2][3][full citation needed] The company was established in 1984 by August-Wilhelm Scheer who also served as supervisory board chairman and Chief Technology Advisor, as a spin-off from the Institute for Information Systems.[4][full citation needed][5][full citation needed][6][full citation needed] The company was centered around selling products and services based on Dr. Scheer's early Y-Model, developed in the 1980s .[4][full citation needed][5][full citation needed] In 2009 it was acquired by Software AG.[7]
IDS Scheer had a dominant BPM market-share in Europe and was considered well-positioned in the US market based on its partnerships with Microsoft, SAP, HP, Oracle, IBM and TIBCO as well as consistent financial success and numerous favorable reports from Gartner, Forrester, and AMR Research. However, the company is less well known in the US market, warranting some in the US to call IDS Scheer a “better kept secret.” [1][full citation needed][3][full citation needed][5][full citation needed][8][9][full citation needed][10][11]
Its product held the unique distinction of being embedded in the products of SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft.[5][full citation needed][9][full citation needed][10][11] End-user markets for IDS Scheer included consumer packaged goods, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, papers, metals, retail and textile industries.
- ^ a b ITWire. “IDS Scheer Launches in Australia.” July 5, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
- ^ BPMMaturity.com
- ^ a b About IDS Scheer
- ^ a b IDS Scheer’s History Website. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
- ^ a b c d By Bob Violino, CIO Zone. “BPM: 3 Vendors To Watch Archived 2009-03-10 at the Wayback Machine.” Retrieved May 9, 2009.
- ^ By Prasad Ramasubramanian, CIOL. “IDS SCHEER looks to augment BPM in India.” December 15, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
- ^ German Software giant acquires solid MDM foundations, 20th October 2010
- ^ By Courtney Bjorlin, SearchSAP. “More SAP customers adopting BPM tools despite the recession. April 22, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
- ^ a b By Joshua Greenbaum, IT Management. ”A Little Known Company Charts the BPM-SOA Future.” March 5, 2007.
- ^ a b By Joshua Greenbaum, ZD Net. “IDS Scheer: Jazzing up BPM.” February 18, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
- ^ a b Company Release. “IDS Scheer Named a Market Leader in Business Process Modeling Tools by Independent Research Firm.” October 11, 2006. Retrieved May 9, 2009.