Software AG appoints Dr. Hans Kraus as Group Executive Board member for the Consulting & Services Business in the DACH region

Darmstadt, Germany, 1/11/2011

Software AG today announced the appointment of Dr. Hans Kraus as Group Executive Board Member, with responsibility for the new Consulting & Services Department in the DACH region (Germany, Austria & Switzerland). The new department combines the consulting business of the former IDS Scheer AG and the product services of Software AG.

Dr. Kraus joined IDS Scheer AG in 1996 and has since held numerous management positions in consulting and sales. As a result, he brings extensive experience in consulting, sales, finance and the implementation of industry-specific solutions to his new position.

Most recently, Dr. Kraus was responsible for the consulting unit "Industry-focused solutions" in the DACH region. In this capacity he was responsible for BPM and SAP projects with a specific industry application.

The appointment of Dr. Kraus as Executive Vice President of Software AG took effect on January 1st, 2011.

The consulting and services outside the DACH region is headed by Group Executive Board member Ivo Totev.

About Software AG
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 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. The company is headquartered in Germany and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW).

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