Software AG Named to 2010 SD Times 100 List for SOA and Middleware

Software AG today announced its inclusion in the 2010 SD Times 100 listing, which highlights the software industry’s leaders, innovators and influencers. Software AG was a winner in the SOA and Middleware category which points to the company’s strength in this sector and illustrates the industry’s focus on leading-edge technologies that deliver value, particularly during times when organizations are faced with the pressure to increase efficiency and to innovate faster.

“Software AG is pleased to be cited in the SD Times 100 list recognizing the most dynamic companies in the software industry,” said Karl-Heinz Streibich, CEO, Software AG. “We are particularly proud to be noted in the SOA and Middleware category. While SOA can be a complicated subject, the results of a properly implemented SOA are flexible, loosely coupled services that can be discovered, reused, and combined to support any number of business processes across the enterprise. It offers greater agility, better responsiveness to customer and market demands, and significant efficiency improvement.”

Leading companies around the world – including over two-thirds of the Global 2000 – use Software AG technology to build SOA-enabled infrastructures with a proven integration platform, full lifecycle governance, real-time visibility and mainframe and B2B integration capabilities.

Compiled by the editors of BZ Media's SD Times since 2003, the SD Times 100 is the newspaper's annual listing of the top leaders and innovators in the software development industry. SD Times is the twice-monthly newspaper of record for the software development industry, and is published in print and digital editions. SD Times reaches more than 60,000 subscribers in 131 countries.

“We included Software AG in the SD Times 100 listing based on their innovative offerings in the SOA and middleware space,” said Alan Zeichick, Editorial Director of BZ Media's SD Times. "When choosing the 2010 SD Times 100, we carefully considered each organization's products and services, reputation with software development managers, and the new ideas and thought leadership that it brings to the industry. Thanks to companies like Software AG, the art and science of software development continues to advance at a rapid pace."

About IDS Scheer

IDS Scheer is part of the Software AG Group and a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software, solutions and services for corporations and public organizations worldwide. With the ARIS Platform for Process Excellence, the company offers an integrated, comprehensive solution portfolio for the strategy, design, implementation and controlling of business processes, allowing companies to continuously improve their overall business performance. Utilizing the ARIS Value Engineering (AVE) approach, IDS Scheer consultants bridge the gap between corporate strategy, business processes, IT solutions and process controlling. For IDS Scheer press information, please visit www.ids-scheer.com/us/press.

About Software AG

With more than 1,000 U.S.-enterprise customers and 800 employees, Software AG's U.S. operation contributes one third of the company's total revenue and is Software AG's largest market presence and R&D location. Software AG has operated nationwide in the U.S. since 1973 through a fully-owned subsidiary, Software AG USA Inc., which is headquartered in Reston, Virginia – also an R&D hub for the company’s core data management and integration technologies. R&D labs for the development of Software AG’s webMethods product suite – offering SOA integration and BPM solutions – include facilities in San José/Silicon Valley, Seattle and Denver. For more information, visit www.softwareag.com/us.

Software AG is the global leader in Business Process Excellence. Our 40 years of innovation include the invention of the first high-performance transactional database, Adabas; the first business process analysis platform, ARIS; and the first B2B server and SOA-based integration platform, webMethods. We are unique in offering the world’s only end-to-end – and easiest to use – business process management (BPM) solutions, with the lowest Total-Cost-of-Ownership. Our industry-leading brands, ARIS, webMethods, Adabas, Natural and IDS Scheer Consulting, represent a unique portfolio for: process strategy, design, integration and control; SOA-based integration and data management; process-driven SAP implementation; and strategic process consulting and services.

Software AG had revenues of € 847 million in 2009 and has more than 6,000 employees serving 10,000 enterprise and public institution customers across 70 countries. Our comprehensive software and services solutions allow companies to continuously achieve their business results faster. The company is headquartered in Germany and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW).

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