BPM Software: New Transatlantic Alliance for Digital Sovereignty and Open Source

Munich / Scottsdale, AZ, April 1 2025 - The Munich-based software company CIB, which specializes in process automation, will be cooperating with Summit58 , a U.S. consulting firm for workflow and process management based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The aim of the collaboration is to launch and distribute CIB seven, an open source fork of the business process management platform Camunda 7, to the American market. The new offering will strengthen the digital sovereignty of companies in North and Central America.

With this transatlantic alliance, CIB is responding to the growing demand in America for a stable, long-term alternative to the discontinued Camunda 7 open source platform, especially from customers and users who aren't able to spend the time or money to migrate to the Camunda 8 closed source solution. As an experienced local partner, Summit58 will install, implement and adapt CIB seven for North and Central American companies.

Open Source versus Closed Source: A Win for Customers

As an open source alternative, CIB seven offers full transparency, greater flexibility and the greatest possible independence from the supplier - values that are becoming increasingly important in these times of increasingly forced commitments to proprietary systems. With CIB seven, customers can seamlessly continue to use their existing processes from Camunda 7, meaning migration is not required, instead of switching to the Camunda 8 closed source solution, which is expensive, architecturally complex and time-consuming to administer and manage. In addition, CIB seven protects enterprise customers' investments through the long-term support that CIB and Summit58 jointly guarantee.

CIB founder Ulrich Brandner is pleased about the market entry in America and summarizes the advantages for enterprise customers as follows: "Through CIB seven, together with our new partner Ryan Johnston and his team from Summit58, we are now strengthening the digital sovereignty of customers on the other side of the Atlantic. Whether in the cloud or on premise, whether companies, authorities or associations - organizations of all kinds retain full control over their data and processes with our solution."

A strong partner for market entry in the USA

Summit58 was the partner of choice for Ulrich Brandner and CIB to enter the American market. Founder Ryan Johnston and his team have extensive and long-standing experience in the field of open source BPM platforms and process automation and are familiar with the specific obstacles companies in North and Central America experience in their automation projects. Ryan Johnston points out that he has spoken with many companies in the U.S., Canada and throughout the Western Hemisphere regarding their process automation needs, and many are looking for alternatives to proprietary solutions like Camunda 8. "With our partner CIB and their CIB seven software, we now offer a robust and powerful alternative for both existing Camunda 7 users and companies who want to use a truly opensource, flexible solution for their new process automation projects."

For more information, please visit www.cibseven.org.

CIB software GmbH
Elektrastr. 6a
D-81925 Munich
Phone: +49 89 143 60 -117
E-Mail: presse@cib.de
Web: cibseven.org

Summit58 LLC
Tel: +1 720-381-4497
E-Mail: info@summit58.co
Web: summit58.com

About CIB

The CIB Group, headquartered in Munich, is a technology and software development company. Since 1989, CIB has specialized in digitalization, process automation and AI and today offers over 200 software modules and solutions for the automation of intelligent business processes. Its customers include well-known banks, insurance companies and public administrations that rely on CIB's proven solutions.

About Summit58

Based in Arizona, Summit58 helps its customers deliver their workflow management and process automation projects quickly and cost effectively with leading open source software solutions. Summit58 offers support & managed services for both CIB seven and existing Camunda 7 implementations, including services that can help customers move to CIB seven quickly and easily.

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