Software AG Named a Leading Enterprise Service Bus Provider by Independent Research Firm

Business Wire, July 5, 2006

RESTON, Va. -- Report highlights exceptional strength in registry/repository as well as strong mainframe integration as reasons for Software AG's ESB leadership position

Software AG, Inc. today announced that it has been named a "Leader" among eight Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) vendors in a recent Forrester Research report, "The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Service Bus, Q2 2006, Forrester Research Inc. June 30, 2006." The report cites crossvision Service Orchestrator's(TM) bundled CentraSite(TM) SOA registry/repository, as well as strong capabilities for mainframe integration, as primary reasons for placing Software AG in the Leader position.

According to the report's Vendor Summary, Software AG "scored well in both the strategy and product offering categories, providing exceptional strength in registry/repository. A service repository can be very helpful for service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance." (Forrester Research, "Software AG Makes a Strong Initial Showing in ESBs," June 30, 2006.)

The Vendor Summary states that "Software AG is best when registry is the paramount requirement." Forrester describes Software AG as a "particularly good choice" for buyers that:

--Are looking for an ESB with registry/repository features now

--Are shops with a focus on SAP applications

The report gives Software AG perfect 5 out of 5 scores for Corporate Strategy, Financial Viability and Solution Cost.

"We are very pleased that Forrester Research has recognized Software AG as an Enterprise Service Bus Leader," said Dr. Peter Kuerpick, Member of the Board, Software AG and responsible for the development of crossvision. "Both crossvision Service Orchestrator and the CentraSite registry/repository are part of Software AG's new crossvision SOA suite, providing companies with a unique, standards-based approach to building, managing and governing their service-oriented architecture - whether for a single key project or as an entire organizational initiative."

About Software AG's crossvision

Software AG recently announced crossvision, a comprehensive and innovative approach to synchronizing business with IT that brings together BPM and SOA. crossvision drives a process centric approach to SOA by incorporating powerful Business Process Management that enables new business processes - from modeling through automation and management to process optimization. The crossvision SOA suite allows enterprises to rapidly and cost-effectively leverage existing assets and create new business processes. Visit http://www.softwareag.com/Corporate/products/cv/default.asp for more details about crossvision.

About Software AG, Inc. (North America)

Software AG, Inc. is based in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area and provides enterprise-class data management and integration solutions to customers in sectors such as local, state and federal government, insurance and public retirement. Software AG, Inc.'s customers include American Fidelity Assurance Company, National Gypsum Company, The California State Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS), New York City Department of Buildings, Export Development Canada and the US Export-Import Bank.

Software AG, headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, provides a full range of products and services to deliver a service-oriented architecture (SOA) IT infrastructure, based on over thirty-five years experience in high-performance databases, application development tools and integration technologies. Its technology offers process driven integration through legacy modernization and SOA based integration. Software AG helps its customers to achieve a competitive advantage through flexible and adaptive business processes based on fast and easy integration of existing IT assets. It supports the mission-critical systems of over 3,000 customers globally. Software AG is represented in around 70 countries with more than 2,700 employees. It is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW). In 2005 Software AG posted EUR 438 million in total revenue. www.softwareag.com.

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