Software AG Accelerates Process Improvement, SOA Enablement and Enterprise Integration with webMethods 8.0

* With newest release of webMethods, Software AG introduces the world`s first
integrated Business Service Repository, linking SOA with Process Improvement
initiatives
* Enhanced capabilities of webMethods reduce by 25 percent or more the time and
cost of improving processes and integrating systems and partners
* New platform capabilities facilitate the Business-IT collaboration needed for
enhanced visibility into services and processes and overall company performance
* Latest release unveiled at the Gartner SOA & Application Development and
Integration Summit, June 24-25, in London, England

RESTON, Va.--(Business Wire)--
Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, today
announced the latest release of its flagship webMethods platform, webMethods
8.0. The release enhances the ability of companies to capitalize on both open
architecture and existing infrastructure investments, reduces the time and cost
to improve processes and integrate systems, and enables dramatic end-user
productivity through tighter collaboration between IT and the business.

With webMethods 8.0, Software AG continues to address the mission-critical
business infrastructure software requirements of global enterprises with an
emphasis on bringing together systems and partners and automating and improving
processes that deliver faster time to value. Enterprises with large-scale
projects can reduce time and cost by 25 percent or more, experiencing millions
of dollars in savings. And, today`s CEO is looking across all areas of the
company to reduce cost, increase productivity and align IT with the business.

"In an increasingly competitive global environment, it is important that
companies tie IT investments to business improvement, and get results quickly,"
said Dr. Peter Kuerpick, Chief Product Officer and Member of the Executive
Board, Software AG. "webMethods 8.0 enables companies to accelerate their
process improvement and SOA initiatives through improved reuse, streamlined
development, and tight alignment of business and IT services. As a direct
result, organizations can go "live" much faster and more cost-effectively, and
business users can more easily drive continuous innovation and improvement."

"With webMethods 8.0, Software AG delivers a wealth of new functionality to
satisfy customer demand, demonstrating our continued commitment to innovation
that is vital to our industry leadership and competitive advantage," Dr.
Kuerpick added.

The latest release expands on webMethod`s market-leading capabilities by
adding:

* CentraSite ActiveSOA, the world`s first integrated Business Service Repository
to uniquely tie business process management (BPM) to service-oriented
architecture (SOA), providing instant inspiration, reuse and change management
to both the business and IT teams
* Enhanced Business Process Management, with a new paradigm in end-user
productivity through collaborative personal workspaces
* webMethods Mediator, a new service mediation solution
* A unified, Eclipse-based design environment for building, deploying, and
managing projects across the SOA, BPM and Integration lifecycles
* Embedded Business Intelligence to deliver process analytics to knowledge
workers, allowing them to easily compare real-time performance against
historical trends for informed decision-making
* Business user self-service with intelligent applications and personal
workspaces

With the tight integration of CentraSite ActiveSOA, Software AG offers the
industry`s first unified repository for business and technical services. Until
now, organizations have been forced to maintain SOA assets in one registry and
keep business process assets in a separate silo, thus forcing a disconnect
between SOA and Process Improvement initiatives. webMethods 8.0, in conjunction
with CentraSite ActiveSOA, puts all assets-including web services,
integration-related services, and business process models, KPI`s and more-in a
single unified repository. This union of process and SOA governance provides
visibility for IT and business users to collaborate, linking SOA assets directly
to business initiatives - a major leap forward in the SOA and BPM markets.

According to Gartner, Inc., a leading industry analyst firm, "Service-oriented
architecture (SOA) and business process management (BPM) enable each other, but
process governance must be coordinated with SOA governance to provide visibility
and policy enforcement across multiple siloed domains."1 webMethods 8.0 focuses
on sharing actionable assets across IT and business for just these types of
benefits.

webMethods 8.0 also provides new and expanded development and business process
management capabilities. Specifically, the development interfaces have been
consolidated into a single streamlined tool for configuration across the entire
webMethods suite, greatly reducing the effort needed to go live with
Integration, B2B, SOA and BPM. Software AG estimates that companies can reduce
by 25 percent or more the time and cost to improve processes, deploy new
services and applications, and integrate systems.

Additionally, webMethods 8.0 introduces webMethods Mediator. As services
multiply and evolve, the most challenging aspect is managing change without
disrupting the ongoing use of services by the business. Built on the webMethods
ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) as a successor to webMethods X-Broker, Mediator
simplifies managing the evolving relationship between service consumers and
providers. With centralized, run-time management of heterogeneous SOA
implementations, Mediator makes it easy to adapt your services for greater
reuse.

webMethods 8.0 will launch as First Customer Ship on June 29. General
availability is slated for December. For more information visit
www.softwareag.com/webMethods8.

Software AG | 11700 Plaza America Drive| Suite 700 | Reston, VA 20190 | USA

With more than 1,000 U.S.-enterprise customers and 700 employees, Software AG's
U.S.operation contributes one third of the company's total revenue and is
Software AG's largest market presence and R&D location. Software AG has operated
nationwide in the U.S. since 1973 through a fully-owned subsidiary, Software AG
USA Inc., which is headquartered in Reston, Virginia - also an R&D hub for the
company`s core data management and integration technologies. R&D labs for the
development of Software AG`s webMethods product suite - offering SOA integration
and BPM solutions - include facilities in San José/Silicon Valley, Seattle and
Denver. For more information, visit www.softwareag.com/us.

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 40 years of global IT experience and over 3,500 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 €721 million in 2008.

Software AG - Get There Faster

1 Gartner, Inc. "Aligning SOA and Process Governance: Steps Toward Your Business
Service Repository" by L. Frank Kenney, April 3, 2009.

Software AG
Cheryl Hawkins
Senior Manager, Public Relations
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Fax +1 703-674-4061
Cheryl.Hawkins@softwareag.com
or
Norbert Eder
Vice President Corporate Communications
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Fax +49 (0) 6151-92-1444
Norbert.Eder@softwareag.com

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