IDS Scheer rated one of `98`s `Hottest Companies`

US magazine `Start` has included IDS Scheer in its list of "The Hottest Companies in 1998" published in August.

Some of the qualities found esssential for the selection were revenue growth and number of employees, as well as the company`s ability to offer integrated solutions and take leadership in a special segment of the market.

IDS Scheer is represented in South Africa by Software Futures, a subsidiary of Computer Configurations Holdings. Its flagship product is the ARIS Toolset.

Among the 51, mostly US-based companies, figure renowned enterprises such as Compaq, Peoplesoft and SAS Institute.

The panel of Start`s editors based its selection of IDS on:

• "IDS Scheer, with strong theoretical and practical backgrounds, offers software products and consulting services built on a unique way of looking at, analysing and designing business processes.
• "The ARIS architecture. The Gartner Group has ranked IDS Scheer for the third year as the `far and away` leader in the BPR tool market. The company`s consulting services are supported by unique relationships with SAP, a 25,2% owner of IDS-Scheer.
• ARIS`s unique and holistic framework guarantees fast impovement of business processes from a first analysis to a final implementation of the solution. IDS Scheer has more than 2 800 customers in more than 30 countries."
• Start magazine is published every two weeks in the US and treats principally with uses of Microsoft Windows in the production and engineering areas.
• To view the list of "The Hottest Companies in 1998" with exhausitve information about the other chosen companies, point your browser to www.startmag.com.

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