Software AG and Fujitsu earn Intelligent Enterprise Magazine's Editors' Choice award for SOA and BPM Solutions; SOA, ESB and BPM products and expertise make the Software AG and Fujitsu partnership a ''Global Force in BPM''

Business Wire, June 13, 2006

RESTON, Va. -- Software AG, Inc. today announced that along with strategic partner Fujitsu it has been given an Editors' Choice Award from Intelligent Enterprise magazine in the category, "Companies to Watch in Business Process Management." The two companies have jointly developed CentraSite, an open SOA registry and repository, as well as aligned their Enterprise Service Bus and Business Process Management products and expertise. The award was announced in the May issue of Intelligent Enterprise.

According to the magazine's editors, "These partners have pooled their SOA, ESB and BPM products and expertise, and combined worldwide footprint and scale make them a global force in BPM."

Said Dr. Peter Kuerpick, Member of the Board at Software AG and responsible for the development of crossvision, "The Editors' Choice Award from Intelligent Enterprise gives significant recognition to the power of combining SOA and BPM, which is the future of enterprise architecture design. The award also recognizes that full Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA) management and governance can only be delivered through an open alliance culture."

About CentraSite(TM)

CentraSite is a jointly developed SOA registry and repository from Fujitsu and Software AG. CentraSite acts as a Web services and SOA asset management platform, holding all metadata assets, and offering reports on usage. As the central "SOA Store" for the enterprise, CentraSite offers greater visibility and control of information, supports better decision-making, and increases productivity. For more information, visit http://www.softwareag.com/Corporate/products/centrasite/default.asp

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. For more information, visit http://www.softwareag.com/Corporate/products/cv/default.asp

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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