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Software AG Named in the Leaders Quadrant for Systematic Application Integration Projects

• Leading industry analyst firm recognizes Software AG as a leader
• Evaluation is based on Software AG’s family of products in its flagship webMethods platform
• The webMethods platform supports any type of integration project, including application-to-application, business-to-business and cloud-based integration projects

Darmstadt, Germany, 7/11/2012

Software AG today announced it was positioned by Gartner, Inc., a leading industry analyst firm, in the Leaders Quadrant of the recently published Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Systematic Application Integration Projects (1) . In gaining this recognition, vendors were evaluated based on their products ability to execute and completeness of vision.

“We believe recognition of this magnitude is appreciated and echoes what our customers tell us,” said Ivo Totev, Chief Marketing Officer and member of the Group Executive Board, Software AG. “We have helped those customers use our integration technology to solve a variety of challenges, delivering billions of dollars in new revenue and cost savings in the process.”

Gartner’s evaluation of Software AG was based on its family of products in its flagship webMethods platform. webMethods, which supports any type of integration, acts as a single integration backbone to connect ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), cloud-based applications and legacy systems.

“The strength of our webMethods Suite is that it is highly modular while still being tightly integrated,” added Totev. “It integrates on premise and SaaS offerings and it also works hand-in-hand to bring in data from external sources such as trading partners. Taken together, this helps customers maximize their return on investment with increased asset reuse.”

The evaluated version of the webMethods Suite was 8.2.2, released in November 2011. A new major version 9.0 will be presented in October at Software AG’s ProcessWorld in Orlando, Fla. Visit www.processworld.com.

Complimentary copies of Gartner’s report are available at www.softwareag.com/recognition.

(1) Gartner, Inc., “Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Systematic Application Integration Projects” by Jess Thompson et al, June 20, 2012

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 2011 and has more than 5,500 employees serving about 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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