Software AG to support the Next Generation of Agile Business Leaders

• The company’s University Relations Program to focus on business and management students
• The company’s ARIS process optimization software is now available at no cost for universities
• Undergraduates to have access to the latest agile business and process excellence technology

Darmstadt, Germany, 3/2/2012

Software AG today announced that it is to introduce the next generation of business leaders, currently studying at University level, to the latest business process optimization technology and techniques. The company is making its ARIS business process design and optimization software available at no cost to universities throughout Germany, the first phase of a global roll-out. The ARIS University Program is targeted at business and management students and will prepare them for the increasing role played by business processes optimization in today’s globalized economy.

Information technology (IT) indisputably lies at the heart of today’s new business models. However, the business agility required to successfully compete in rapidly changing, global markets requires full synchronization of business and IT strategies. Software AG’s University Relations Program acknowledges this, providing the business agility technology needed by today’s graduates in designing business processes, monitoring the operational business in real-time and rapidly reacting to changing business conditions.

“Software AG has successfully trained over 10,000 IT students in the latest business process technologies in recent years”, said Jürgen Powik, Director University Relations. “We are now extending the program to business management students opening new possibilities for cooperation between students now, and new opportunities for their future employers after graduation. We are bridging the communication gap between business and IT students at university level ensuring that students can make an immediate business impact after graduation.”

Software AG will present the new ARIS University Program at CeBIT 2012. Furthermore a showcase for the construction industry will be presented, developed in cooperation with the Darmstadt University of Technology. It will demonstrate how companies can use construction-logistics events to derive real-time data providing timely control of the construction process, thereby improving the overall processes efficiency for all partner companies involved in construction project.

Software AG: Hall 4, Stand D11.

The detailed press schedule and further details about our CeBIT appearance are available at www.softwareag.de/cebit2012.

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 offer our customers end-to-end business process management (BPM) solutions delivering low Total-Cost-of-Ownership and high ease of use. Our industry-leading brands, ARIS, webMethods, Adabas, Natural, CentraSite and IDS Scheer Consulting, represent a unique portfolio encompassing: 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 €1.1 billion in 2010 and has more than 5,400 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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Contact: Software AG Paul Hughes Director Media Relations Uhlandstrasse 12 64297 Darmstadt Germany Tel: +49 6151 92-1787 Fax: +49 6151 92-1623 press@softwareag.com http://www.softwareag.com

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