Putten, NL. – September 30, 2008 – The Cordys Process Factory™, an On Demand Business Process Management (BPM) vendor powered by Cordys, today announced MashApps09. MashApps09 is a World-wide Web application competition with attractive prize money. The contest will focus on business Mashup Applications or MashApps® for enterprises of every shape and size. MashApps® are process-centric Web applications that are available On Demand. These applications can be easily and quickly build with a new tool, called MashApps® Composer. Winning applications must be innovative, easy to use, and have commercial potential.

"Building MashApps® does not require knowledge of programming languages, data formats, or hosting environments since the Cordys Process Factory™ is positioned for end-user development,” said Jon Pyke, Chief Strategy Officer of Cordys. "This Competition is an exciting opportunity for users worldwide to demonstrate business talent, technical skills, and creativity. We truly look forward to seeing many innovative solutions in the areas of BPM, Mashups, and Web services, build with our On Demand do-it-yourself application development platform.”

MashApps09 is open to individuals, teams of individuals, and business entities. Finalists will be selected and invited to attend an awards ceremony to be held at Cordys’ Headquarters “Kasteel de Vanenburg” in Putten, The Netherlands, where they can present their applications to a select panel of judges. The financial benefits and prestige earned in the MashApps® competition is significant. All participants will benefit from the publicity, the feedback from industry experts, and education in a new technology for building valuable MashApps® for day-to-day business operations.