Appian builds software that banks, insurers, government agencies and other heavily regulated organizations use to automate complex work, such as onboarding clients, settling claims and reviewing grant applications. In 2001, it built Army Knowledge Online, a web portal for US Army personnel that was then considered the world's largest intranet. Customers' developers build apps by connecting visual building blocks instead of writing much code, while a data fabric links records across their existing systems without migrating them and AI agents read documents and handle routine steps. Customers pay subscription fees, mostly for software that Appian runs in its own cloud. Appian was founded in 1999 and is based in McLean, Virginia.
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Virginia Business names Appian Chief People Officer Susan Charnaux a 2026 Women in Leadership Awards recipient. Sep 30, 2026, 10:00 ET Honorees have demonstrated remarkable leadership while making an impact in Virginia MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) today announced that Virginia Business has selected Susan Charnaux, Chief People Officer at Appian, as a 2026 Women in Leadership Awards recipient. The Women in Leadership Awards celebrate top women executives for their professional accomplishments, civic engagement, mentorship, and advancement. The honorees have consistently demonstrated remarkable leadership and integrity while making an impact in their communities and Virginia. Selected by the Virginia Business leadership team, the full list of winners is published in the October issue of Virginia Business and online at VirginiaBusiness.com. "The 2026 Women in Leadership honorees are exemplary executives who are making significant contributions to their organizations and communities as trailblazing mentors who are encouraging future generations of professional women to pursue their own paths and ambitions," said Richard Foster, associate publisher and editor of Virginia Business. "We at Virginia Business are pleased to recognize these transformational leaders." "I am honored to be recognized alongside women whose leadership is strengthening the Commonwealth of Virginia," said Charnaux. "At Appian, we believe top talent is essential to our business growth, and our Virginia headquarters has been the right place for us to find that talent. We are committed to investing in our people at every stage of their careers and creating an environment where they solve hard problems, do impactful work, and take ownership of their growth from day one." Charnaux brings more than 20 years of experience in professional services to her role as Appian's Chief People Officer. A member of the executive leadership team, she oversees talent acquisition, learning and development, and human resources, connecting Appian's culture and talent strategy to business growth. Her leadership has focused on strengthening early-career hiring, onboarding, employee development, and preparing Appian's workforce to succeed in an AI-enabled workplace. In recognition of the Women in Leadership honorees, Virginia Business will host an awards banquet on October 6 at the Science Museum of Virginia's Dewey Gottwald Center in Richmond. For more information about the event, visit virginiabusiness.com/event/womeninleadership. About Appian Appian provides AI automation for the most important business processes at the world's largest organizations. On the Appian Platform, customers build AI-powered processes that accelerate work, reduce cost, and manage risk. Our platform is known for its unique power, reliability, and scale. We've been automating processes for more than 25 years and have proven expertise in enterprise operations. For more information, visit appian.com. [Nasdaq: APPN] About Virginia Business Virginia Business is the only publication in Virginia dedicated to covering economic activity in every sector and region of the commonwealth. The magazine has established a reputation as a must-read for those who want to stay abreast of commercial events in Virginia and attracts a diverse group of readers, including business leaders who hold managerial and financial positions and fill a host of C-suite positions. Virginia Business hosts several annual events to recognize excellence and provide leadership opportunities and facilitates thoughtful discussion with market leaders through its webinar series. Its Digital Marketing Solutions helps customers with social media, search engine marketing and optimization, retargeting, email marketing and more. Virginia Business is part of BridgeTower Media, the authoritative voice for insights and marketing solutions across 40+ brands in five key sectors across the United States. For more information, visit VirginiaBusiness.com. 2026 Women in Leadership Awards Shaza Andersen*, Trustar Bank Nupur Sidhu Bal*, Bowen Ten Long Nupar Melissa Ball, Ball Office Products Terry Banez, Greater Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce Kanama Bivins, Norfolk Airport Authority Sage Bolte*, Inova Health Foundation Katy Brown, Barter Theatre Diane Cafritz, CarMax Chris Chandler, AdvantaStaff Susan Charnaux, Appian Ellen Cole, SI - Special Investigations Limited Company Robin Cooke, TowneBank Jenni Lee Crocker, Alliant Insurance Kim Davis*, Friends of Southwest Virginia Kimmy Duong, Kimmy Duong Foundation Rebecca Fallen, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Stephanie T. Ford, Warren Whitney Susan Frank, UDig Natalie Grubbs, Atlantic Union Bank Stephanie Heinatz, Consociate Media Kellea W. Hogan, Framatome Marsha K. Hudgins, Hudgins Contracting Angela Inge, Capital Square Laura K. Ipsen*, Ellucian Amanda Jarratt, City of Virginia Beach Jane Kamensky, Monticello/The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Tracy Keller, Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast Ha Koehler, On Point Communications Stephanie Landrum, Alexandria Economic Development Partnership Jennifer S. Lehman*, Hantzmon Weibel Wendy Lewis, KPMG Angie Loew, Breeden Construction Candice McAuliffe, Sentara Health Katherine McGrady, CNA Dr. Thuy-Anh Melvin*, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group | Kaiser Permanente Jennifer Montague, Columbia Gas of Virginia Tammy Neale*, Virginia Housing Nicole Newsome*, Qantm Creative Dolly Oberoi*, C2 Technologies Shannon O. Pierce*, Virginia Natural Gas Susan Pilato*, PC&A Business Environments Joy Polefrone, Alliance for Building Better Medicine Linda Rabbitt*, Rand Construction Kelsey Robertson, TECHnista Maria Tedesco*, Atlantic Union Bank Olivia Trivisani Bowker, Amivero Stela Turelli, Busch Vacuum Solutions/Busch LLC Cathy Underwood*, Branch Julia Vaughn, Zeiders Enterprises Amber Vegas, AmeriTribe Jennifer Wakefield*, Greater Richmond Partnership Karen A. Wilson, Bank of America *Denotes multiyear winner SOURCE Appian
2026 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies report ranks appian #1 for the Deterministic Workflow Automation Use Case and Platform Consolidation Use Case. Appian | Published 21 Sept 2026 COMPANY NEWS: This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request from Appian appian.com/boat-report Appian also named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT) report Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) today announced it has ranked #1 for the Deterministic Workflow Automation Use Case and Platform Consolidation Use Case in the 2026 Gartner Critical Capabilities(TM) for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT) report. In addition, Appian is once again a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant(TM) for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT) report based on its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. The BOAT market is seeing immense traction driven by evolving automation needs as organisations shift from task automation to agentic automation and address the growing proliferation of AI agents across the enterprise. According to Gartner, "By 2030, 70% of enterprises will pivot to a consolidated automation platform that orchestrates business processes, AI agents, bots, APIs and human actions, up from 10% today." Gartner evaluated 20 vendors across five common use cases for BOAT. Of the vendors recognised as a Leader, Appian was the only vendor among the highest three for all five use cases, and the highest scoring vendor for the Platform Operations and Governance Critical Capability. We believe Appian enables organisations to orchestrate complex operations with AI, systems, and people. The Appian Platform unifies critical BOAT capabilities, including process orchestration, data, AI agents, robotic process automation (RPA), rules, intelligent document processing (IDP) and AI-assisted low-code application development. Large enterprises and governments use Appian to automate their most important business processes. "We're automating manual work, orchestrating processes, and reducing complex operational cycles from weeks down to minutes on the Appian Platform. Appian gen AI provides an opportunity for us to continue delivering against our strategic plans. The more innovation that we do, the better tools that we can give to our policy owners, the faster they can deliver to their patients." - Sheila Evans, Chief Product and Solutions Officer, MagMutual Appian's key platform capabilities evaluated in the reports include: Data fabric provides enterprise-wide context for AI agents with row-and field-level access controls. Unified automation consolidates workflows, AI agents, robotic process automation, and document processing in one platform. Agent orchestration and governance coordinate work across Appian and third-party AI agents with control, observability, and human escalation paths. Powerful platform that combines AI, data, and process automation on a single platform, connecting AI to high-impact work and helping organisations reduce technical debt that hinders automation and AI implementations. As a recognised enterprise software vendor in process, data, and AI with more than 25 years of customer success, we believe the Appian Platform provides enterprise-grade resilience and scale. "AI must operate with reliability when running high-stakes operational processes," said Sanat Joshi, Executive Vice President of Product at Appian. "By embedding AI agents directly within structured, deterministic process models, we believe Appian gives AI the exact goals, precise context, and guardrails to execute complex work safely. This recognition as a Leader from Gartner validates our vision for serious enterprise AI, built on process." To learn more about Appian's position as Leader in orchestration and automation, download a complimentary copy of the Gartner report at appian.com/boat-report. Gartner, Inc. 2026 Magic Quadrant(TM) for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT). Saikat Ray, Art Villa, Tushar Srivastava, Sachin Joshi, Adam Briggs, Mike Warren. 15 September 2026. Gartner, Inc. 2026 Critical Capabilities for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT). Saikat Ray, Art Villa, Tushar Srivastava, Sachin Joshi, Adam Briggs, Mike Warren. 15 September 2026. Gartner and Magic Quadrant are trademarks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any company, vendor, product or service depicted in its publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's business and technology insights organisation and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this publication, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
2026 Gartner(R) Critical Capabilities(TM) for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies report ranks appian #1 for the Deterministic Workflow Automation Use Case and Platform Consolidation Use Case. Sep 18, 2026, 13:58 ET Appian also named a Leader in the Gartner(R) Magic Quadrant(TM) for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT) report MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) today announced it has ranked #1 for the Deterministic Workflow Automation Use Case and Platform Consolidation Use Case in the 2026 Gartner Critical Capabilities(TM) for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT) report. In addition, Appian is once again a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant(TM) for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT) report based on its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. The BOAT market is seeing immense traction driven by evolving automation needs as organizations shift from task automation to agentic automation and address the growing proliferation of AI agents across the enterprise. According to Gartner, "By 2030, 70% of enterprises will pivot to a consolidated automation platform that orchestrates business processes, AI agents, bots, APIs and human actions, up from 10% today." Gartner evaluated 20 vendors across five common use cases for BOAT. Of the vendors recognized as Leaders, Appian was the only vendor among the top three for all five use cases, and the highest scoring vendor for the Platform Operations and Governance Critical Capability. We believe Appian enables organizations to orchestrate complex operations with AI, systems, and people. The Appian Platform unifies critical BOAT capabilities, including process orchestration, data, AI agents, robotic process automation (RPA), rules, intelligent document processing (IDP) and AI-assisted low-code application development. Large enterprises and governments use Appian to automate their most important business processes. "We're automating manual work, orchestrating processes, and reducing complex operational cycles from weeks down to minutes on the Appian Platform. Appian gen AI provides an opportunity for us to continue delivering against our strategic plans. The more innovation that we do, the better tools that we can give to our policy owners, the faster they can deliver to their patients." - Sheila Evans, Chief Product and Solutions Officer, MagMutual As a recognized enterprise software vendor in process, data, and AI with more than 25 years of customer success, we believe the Appian Platform provides enterprise-grade resilience and scale. "AI must operate with reliability when running high-stakes operational processes," said Sanat Joshi, Executive Vice President of Product at Appian. "By embedding AI agents directly within structured, deterministic process models, Appian gives AI the exact goals, precise context, and guardrails to execute complex work safely. This recognition as a Leader from Gartner validates our vision for serious enterprise AI, built on process." To learn more about Appian's position as Leader in orchestration and automation, download a complimentary copy of the Gartner report at appian.com/boat-report. Gartner, Inc. 2026 Magic Quadrant(TM) for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT). Saikat Ray, Art Villa, Tushar Srivastava, Sachin Joshi, Adam Briggs, Mike Warren. 15 September 2026. Gartner, Inc. 2026 Critical Capabilities for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT). Saikat Ray, Art Villa, Tushar Srivastava, Sachin Joshi, Adam Briggs, Mike Warren. 15 September 2026. Gartner(R) and Magic Quadrant are trademarks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any company, vendor, product or service depicted in its publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's business and technology insights organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this publication, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding future product capabilities, strategic plans, and industry growth, are forward-looking. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Appian undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements. About Appian Appian provides AI automation for the most important business processes at the world's largest organizations. On the Appian Platform, customers build AI-powered processes that accelerate work, reduce cost, and manage risk. Our platform is known for its unique power, reliability, and scale. We've been automating processes for more than 25 years and understand enterprise operations like no one else. For more information, visit appian.com. [Nasdaq: APPN] SOURCE Appian
Tria Federal joins Appian Public Sector Partner program to power federal missions. Partnership with Appian will help agencies deliver mission outcomes at scale, on time and under pressure. September 08, 2026 08:47 ET | Source: Tria Federal ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Tria Federal (Tria) announced today that it has become an Appian Public Sector Partner, adding the Appian Platform to the technology stack Tria uses to help agencies modernize the systems that power their critical missions. Through this partnership, Tria gains access to Appian's resources, including the Appian Platform, the Appian AppMarket, and their subject matter experts. "Appian's capabilities give us another way to accelerate innovation and strengthen the systems that advance federal health and public safety missions, ensuring that Americans - including Veterans, servicemembers and civilian beneficiaries - receive the services and support they need to feel healthy and secure," said Murali Mallina, Tria's Chief Technology Officer. "This partnership strengthens our ability to bring best-in-class systems to solve the right problems and build systems that hold up under real operational pressure." Appian leads in AI automation for critical processes with a unified platform to orchestrate AI agents, systems, and people. The company works with all 15 US federal cabinet-level agencies and all six US military branches. "We're proud to welcome Tria Federal as a Public Sector Partner," said Alex Hart, Area Vice President of US Public Sector Partner Sales at Appian. "Tria's deep experience navigating the operational realities of federal health and public safety missions makes them a natural fit for our partner ecosystem, and we look forward to working together to help agencies modernize the systems their missions depend on." About Tria Federal Tria Federal builds, modernizes, and operates mission-critical federal health platforms and programs. As a health solutions company, we make federal health systems work - at scale, on time, and under pressure. We operate at the center of the healthcare trilemma, minimizing cost, improving quality, and expanding access to care in environments where failure is not an option. For two decades, federal agencies have relied on Tria to keep America's health systems reliable, accountable, and secure. Visit www.triafed.com to learn more. About Appian Appian provides AI process automation for mission-critical work. We automate complex processes in large enterprises and governments. Our platform is known for its unique reliability and scale. We've been automating processes for more than 25 years and understand enterprise operations like no one else.
'Huge' expansion opportunity in A/NZ for Appian and its partners. 28 Aug 2026 6 mins Plans to launch new partner programme at the end of September. The Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) region has the potential to provide process automation platform Appian for a "huge" expansion opportunity. In turn, this provides the vendor's partners with the chance for their own growth. According to the vendor's senior vice president of global partnerships, Scott Van Valkenburgh, the A/NZ region presents Appian with the right environment to gain more specialty resellers and reach. Before he joined the vendor in August last year, Van Valkenburgh said Appian had limited its reach to large clients and key partners. "When Appian grew up, a lot of those partners were more of the experts at delivery versus selling," he said to ARN. "In Australia and New Zealand, the ecosystem around that's quite healthy, and there are plenty of awesome partners that know orchestration and automation, but [they] may not know Appian. "So, the first point of business would be bringing that experience and enablement for them to drive traditional reselling, and in addition to that, that alternate channel approach." Part of that includes the development of a new partner programme, which has been designed with greater flexibility than previous iterations, has no upfront commitment on revenue, and is due to launch in New Zealand at the end of September. "We get paid when they get paid," Van Valkenburgh said. "We collect in arrears, and then the financial infrastructure to do this is fantastic. "For example, if they do a subscription-based, variable-based model, or outcome-based model, we map the platform and the revenue and the value exactly to how they're going to go to market." In addition, Appian is simplifying its reseller framework to offer clearer and more predictable margin opportunities, as well as expanding incentives past new customer acquisition to include customer growth, renewals, and satisfaction. According to Van Valkenburgh, the latter is measured by quantitative adoption usage, pipeline, growth, and net promoter and customer engagement scores. Appian laid the groundwork for what the vice president is currently calling it the vendor's "Partner 2.0 Programme", including the launch of contract frameworks, infrastructure, and initial discussions, which took place in January this year. Meanwhile, the full launch is expected soon, which will also include incentives around new deals, renewals, expansion, support, and a push for the adoption of AI in the form of Appian's own products and its connectivity to external AI solutions. "As we launch and stand that up this year, you'll see, as we get into 2027, a big investment in expanding the partner ecosystem," he said. "We're going to do a lot more recruiting, we're going to look at distribution, especially around [Asia Pacific and Japan] and how can we touch a lot of the customers that could value Appian being in their environments but living with and through and driving that with partners." Rethinking Appian's approach. When Van Valkenburgh joined Appian, his first focus was to reimagine its approach to driving reach, relevance, and revenue. "I spent a lot of time across the world with our partners, clients, and our leadership, really trying to get the good, bad, and ugly about where Appian was in the partner ecosystem, and then the changes to reimagine that," he said. "I've been focusing under that reach, relevance, and revenue in three key areas. One is how... we move big partners into big partnerships in both repeatable scale and revenue. "The second was introducing something quite new to Appian, which was alternate channels, so new revenue models, new approaches to work with and through our partners. "Lastly, how do we build out to scale in the efforts for not only the partner experience and enablement, but the programmes we do?" When Van Valkenburgh came onboard, the vendor was only measuring whether deals were registered or not, which the vice president equated to driving a car without its fuel gauge. "What I wanted to do was give the company and our partners more visibility and open the door for further collaboration to help both our bulk joint customers win," he said. "So, we broke this down in an overall measurement called partner contributed revenue and included in that was partner source and partner influence measurement. "It allowed us to get a much greater, more granular visibility of the impact of partners within the ecosystem and the deals and outcomes with clients we were driving. "The other piece [was] recognising that in this modern world of alliances and channels, ecosystems matter. So, we went from only one partner being recognised to multiple partners can be recognised on deals." The vendor also moved to be more granular in the type of work it was doing. As an example, in terms of partner sourcing, it not only now looks at deal registration but also whether partners initiate deals without it being registered, including a partner on a request for proposal (RFP), and alternative channels. In addition, it also began looking at opportunity planning to target key accounts without defined opportunities. "What I think Appian was missing in the first version of this... [was] the opportunity of expanding its growth within the clients," Van Valkenburgh said. "Also, really bringing more of a centre of gravity back to the relationship with the partners, and moving from a transactional to a strategic level." While the vice president came into the role looking for change, he's looking to shake things up even more, particularly to align the company to AI. "As the AI boom came into flux, Appian was in a position to really change the way that it's moving and working," he said. "As clients have been experimenting with partners as well, doing projects based on AI, and the capacity for them to move to production has been very limited - lacking controls, AI, and process." This, he added, presented Appian with the opportunity for "a rebirth of the imagination with our partner communities" on driving AI with C-suites and selling value-based larger enterprise-based transactions with and through partners. Don't miss a thing Join the Reseller News mailing list for daily news on the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. Sasha Karen is a nationally recognised highly commended senior journalist at ARN. 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