Software AG + IDS Scheer: Forging a new vision for business process excellence.
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Karl-Heinz Streibich – Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Strategic Marketing, Human Resources, Internal Audit, Legal Affairs, Corporate Communications
Arnd Zinnhardt – Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Finance and Controlling, Taxes, Global Purchasing, Investor Relations, Mergers and Acquisitions, Global IT, Support, and Administration
David Broadbent – Chief Operating Officer, EMEA (excl. D-A-CH)
Dr. Wolfram Jost – CTO R&D and Product Marketing
Financial data
| Stock exchange listing | Frankfurt TecDAX, Symbol SOW |
| 2008 year-end shares | 28,638,842 |
| Market capitalization | More than 1.0 bn Euros |
| 2008 total revenue | 720.6 million Euros (IFRS) |
| 2008 cash and cash equivalents | 133.4 million Euros (IFRS) |
| Number of Employees | Approx. 6,000 worldwide |
| Number of Customers | More than 10,000 in around 70 countries |
The company
Software AG is the global leader in Business Process Excellence. The company was founded in 1969 in Germany. Software AG's 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 euro (IFRS, unaudited) 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.
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Award-winning product line
Placed in the Leader‘s Quadrant
Gartner, Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for Business Process Analysis Tools, 2010 (IDS Scheer)
Gartner, Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for SOA Governance Technology Sets, 2009
Gartner, Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites, 2009
Gartner, Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture (EA) Tools, 2009 (IDS Scheer)
Gartner, Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for B2B Gateway Providers, 2008
Gartner, Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Back-End Application Integration Projects, 2008
Gartner, Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for SOA Composite Application Projects, 2008
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