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"Our customers tell us that data is what drives their businesses. As a result, they are under increasing pressure to leverage it across as many platforms as possible. At the same time, they also need to protect its integrity as maintaining 'one version of the truth' is often critical to business operations and continuity," said Dr. Peter Kurpick, Software AG's Chief Product Officer and member of the company's Executive Board. "Our latest releases respond to these needs by providing users with a 'faster, cheaper, better' way of exchanging real-time Adabas and Natural data between mainframes and other enterprise systems. This means that enterprises can use, process and manipulate information in new and more powerful ways with full confidence in the underlying integrity of the data. From an operational perspective, we've significantly improved developer productivity, which lowers development costs while ensuring that new solutions are delivered to the business faster."

Natural SQL Gateway

Designed for simplicity, reliability and speed, Natural 2006 is a powerful development platform for creating enterprise transactional systems that support Web services, open source environments and Ajax-based Rich Internet Applications. Building on this value proposition, Natural SQL Gateway is a turnkey solution that allows Natural applications running on the mainframe to easily access data from third-party relational database management systems (RDBMS), such as DB2, Oracle, Sybase and Microsoft SQL server, operating on open systems.

Natural SQL Gateway can be employed to provide users with a more comprehensive, unified view of data spanning multiple applications and databases. By consolidating access to this information within a single application, users can take full advantage of their existing Natural-based applications to analyze and leverage this data. It can also be used to shift non-mission-critical data from mainframe systems to lower cost hardware platforms.

From a developer perspective, Natural SQL Gateway eliminates the need for additional middleware, provides rapid access to targeted data using simple Natural commands, and allows users to fully leverage existing SQL syntax. This simpler approach minimizes the need for additional training while boosting developer productivity dramatically.

Event Replicator for Adabas on Open Systems

With processing speeds of over 300,000 transactions per second, Adabas 2006 is recognized for its superior reliability and ultra-high performance. Event Replicator for Adabas on Open Systems uses SQL to automatically replicate Adabas data across third-party databases and messaging systems operating on open systems.

This ensures that core business data is instantly accessible by a number of other critical operating systems, including business intelligence (BI) tools and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, so that all users are operating off of the most complete, up-to-date data possible. For example, transactional systems and data warehouses often have competing requirements, which means that data is frequently stored in separate data stores. Rather than continuing to rely on obsolete data and batch transfers, Event Replicator for Adabas on Open Systems can be used to automatically and confidently update this data, as needed.

From a technical perspective, Event Replicator for Adabas on Open Systems offers the ability to publish discrete data elements and selected content directly from the Adabas nucleus. This avoids the time consuming and costly need to replicate and process the entire Protection Log (PLOG) record. In comparison with traditional PLOG-based approaches, Event Replicator for Adabas on Open Systems is a real-time solution, more scalable, and with less data to manage, is less costly to operate as well.

"Our product development strategy is focused on a simple objective, which is helping our customers realize greater value from their existing investments," said Joe Gentry, Senior Vice President and CTO for the ETS business division of Software AG. "With our latest releases, we're working to eliminate barriers to how they utilize and leverage their data as part of our long-term commitment to standards-based interoperability. This is particularly relevant for many of our clients, where the amount of data and speed in which it needs to be processed is growing exponentially."

Gentry also notes, "this is just one of many releases that we have planned over the next two years for both Adabas and Natural. Each of these releases is designed to deliver new, customer-driven capabilities while further simplifying the ongoing management of these mission-critical systems. By doing so, customers will continue to fully benefit from the unmatched speed, performance and reliability that they offer."

Natural SQL Gateway is available now. Expected availability of Event Replicator for Adabas on Open Systems is Q3 of 2008. Pricing and additional information is available from an authorized Software AG representative.

The announcement was made at the Software AG International User Groups Conference 2008, which is taking place this week in Seville, Spain. This independent event annually brings together Adabas, Natural, webMethods and CentraSite users from around the world to share best practices and review the latest developments relating to these mission-critical systems.

About Software AG

Software AG is the world's largest independent provider of Business Infrastructure Software. Our 4,000 global enterprise customers achieve business results faster by modernizing, integrating and automating their IT systems and processes. As a result, they rapidly build measurable business value and meet changing business demands. Based on our solutions, organizations are able to liberate and govern their data, systems, applications, processes and services - achieving new levels of business flexibility.

Our leading product portfolio includes solutions for high performance data management, developing and modernizing applications, enabling service-oriented architecture, and improving business processes. By combining our technology with industry expertise and best practices experience, our customers improve and differentiate their businesses - faster.

Software AG has almost 40 years of global IT experience and over 3,600 employees serving customers in 70 countries. The company is headquartered in Germany and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW). Software AG posted total revenues of EUR 621 million in 2007.

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Gartner credited Software AG with 93.5% growth in U.S. dollar terms in the ESB market in 2007, the best performance of any vendor covered in this report. Software AG's flagship offering for this market, the webMethods ESB, is a standards-based enterprise service bus (ESB) enabling integration and interoperability of applications, services, processes and partners via a single platform.

In the BPMS market, Software AG was recognized with total software revenue of $101.1 million. These results encompass sales and maintenance fees for webMethods BPMS, Software AG's full-feature process design, execution, monitoring and management solution. In terms of actual revenue in U.S. dollars, Software AG posted the biggest gain of any vendor recognized within the BPMS market.

Gartner had previously positioned Software AG in the Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for B2B Gateway Software Vendors, 2008 (by Benoit J. Lheureux and Paolo Malinverno (June 3, 2008)); the Magic Quadrant for Integrated SOA Governance Technology Sets, 2007 (by L. Frank Kenney and Daryl C. Plummer (December 31, 2007)); and the Magic Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites, 2007 (by Janelle Hill, Michele Cantara, Eric Deitert and Marc Kerremans (December 14, 2007)).

(1) Market Share: Application Infrastructure and Middleware Software, Worldwide, 2007 (by Fabrizio Biscotti et al (June 4, 2008)), Gartner, Inc.

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About Software AG

Software AG is the world's largest independent provider of Business Infrastructure Software. Our 4,000 global enterprise customers achieve business results faster by modernizing, integrating and automating their IT systems and processes. As a result, they rapidly build measurable business value and meet changing business demands. Based on our solutions, organizations are able to liberate and govern their data, systems, applications, processes and services - achieving new levels of business flexibility.

Our leading product portfolio includes solutions for high performance data management, developing and modernizing applications, enabling service-oriented architecture, and improving business processes. By combining our technology with industry expertise and best practices experience, our customers improve and differentiate their businesses - faster.

Software AG has almost 40 years of global IT experience and over 3,600 employees serving customers in 70 countries. The company is headquartered in Germany and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW). Software AG posted total revenues of EUR 621 million in 2007.

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John Conley
Director of Public Relations
+1 703-460-5996
John.Conley@SoftwareAG.com
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Adams@MerrittGrp.com

The following panelists are scheduled to participate and discuss topics related to the benefits and potential challenges associated with existing fair value accounting and auditing standards.

9:15 a.m. - Panel One: Large Financial Institutions

* Jane B. Adams, Maverick Capital * Russell B. Mallett, III, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP * Kathy Petroni, Michigan State University * Joseph Price, Bank of America Corporation * Kurt N. Schacht, CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity * Matthew Schroeder, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. * James S. Tisch, Loews Corporation

11 a.m. - Panel Two: All Public Companies

* Leonard W. Cotton, Centerline Capital Group * Sam Gutterman, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP * Charles Holm, Federal Reserve Bank * Gary R. Kabureck, Xerox Corporation * Kenneth B. Robins, Fidelity Investments - Equity and High Income Funds * R. Harold Schroeder, Carlson Capital * Wes Williams, Crowe Chizek and Company LLC * John B. Wojcik, Bank of the West

In addition, the following individuals are scheduled to participate in both panel discussions as observers:

* Thomas J. Linsmeier, Financial Accounting Standards Board * James J Leisenring, International Accounting Standards Board * Mark W. Olson, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

The roundtable will take place on July 9, 2008, from 9 a.m. to approximately 12:30 p.m. ET at the SEC's headquarters, 100 F Street N.E., Washington D.C. The roundtable will be open to the public with seating on a first-come, first-serve basis. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. ET. Visitors will be subject to security checks.

Real-time audio and video webcasts will be available on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.

For additional information, please contact John Heine in the SEC's Office of Public Affairs at 202-551-4123. (Press Rel. 2008-130)

"Through SOA runtime governance, we can give IT departments additional options for distributing their available computing power more efficiently. In this context, CentraSite serves as the central hub with HPI's technology acting as a sentinel for the system resources. This means that users can reduce maintenance and energy costs for their hardware by consolidating resources," stated Guido Laures, Director of Product Management for SOA Governance at Software AG.

Prof. Andreas Polze, manager of HPI's Operating Systems and Middleware group, explains: "The eco-computing project is just one of our research projects in the field of operating systems. Our general focus is on new paradigms, architecture models, interfaces, and implementation technologies for supporting service-based systems. Besides resource management, our research addresses questions regarding implementation planning and charging of services."

CentraSite is a joint trademark of Fujitsu Limited and Software AG in the United States and other countries.

About Software AG

Software AG is the world's largest independent provider of Business Infrastructure Software. Our 4,000 global enterprise customers achieve business results faster by modernizing, integrating and automating their IT systems and processes. As a result, they rapidly build measurable business value and meet changing business demands. Based on our solutions, organizations are able to liberate and govern their data, systems, applications, processes and services - achieving new levels of business flexibility.

Our leading product portfolio includes solutions for high performance data management, developing and modernizing applications, enabling service-oriented architecture, and improving business processes. By combining our technology with industry expertise and best practices experience, our customers improve and differentiate their businesses - faster.

Software AG has almost 40 years of global IT experience and over 3,600 employees serving customers in 70 countries. The company is headquartered in Germany and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW). Software AG posted total revenues of EUR 621 million in 2007.

Software AG - Get There Faster

SOURCE: Software AG

Software AG
John Conley
Director of Public Relations
+1 703-460-5996
John.Conley@SoftwareAG.com
or
Merritt Group (for Software AG)
Jared B. Adams
+1 703-390-1530
Adams@MerrittGrp.com