"BPMN 2.0 will accelerate the adoption of business process management tools and methodologies, which will in turn drive even more value from continuous process optimization techniques used within enterprises," said Karla Norsworthy, vice president of standards at IBM, in OMG's statement.  "IBM is providing initial support for BPMN 2.0 in WebSphere Business Modeler 7.0."

Lacking from the list of supporters on OMG's statement was Microsoft, which .  An OMG representative said she could not say whether or not the company supported BPMN 2.0.  Microsoft could not be reached for comment on Friday afternoon.