Three Software AG Customers Recognized as Computerworld Honors Laureates

-- Florida Community College, Jacksonville acknowledged for
comprehensive online enrollment system

-- Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET) honored for groundbreaking
enhancements to information sharing network for Pennsylvania
law enforcement and public safety

-- City of Philadelphia praised for use of technology to spur
urban redevelopment
RESTON, Va.--(Business Wire)--
Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software,
today announced that three of the company's customers - Florida
Community College, Jacksonville, the Pennsylvania Justice Network and
the City of Philadelphia - were recently awarded Laureate status by
IDG's Computerworld Honors Program based on their use of Software AG
technology. For two decades, Computerworld Honors have identified
organizations from around the world whose use of information
technology has been especially noteworthy for the originality of its
conception, the breadth of its vision and the significance of its
benefit to society. In this year's competition, the program recognized
the online enrollment system developed by Florida Community College,
Jacksonville (FCCJ); the information sharing network for law
enforcement established by the Pennsylvania Justice Network; and the
City of Philadelphia's information system for real estate development.

This year's honorees were commemorated during the 20th Annual
Laureates Medal Ceremony & Gala Awards program, held on June 2, 2008
at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. The technology
achievements recognized by this program are preserved and protected
within a centralized archive accessible by scholars and the general
public alike. The material is also shared with over 350 universities,
museums and research institutions throughout the world.

"These awards are a testament to the revolutionary work that our
customers are achieving using our technology. What makes these
organizations exemplary is how they're making a difference in their
community, and we're really proud of the partnerships that we forged
with them, going back 30 years in the case of Philadelphia," said Dean
Mericka, president of ETS Americas, Software AG.

Florida Community College, Jacksonville launches online enrollment
system

Florida Community College, Jacksonville is one of the nation's
largest baccalaureate colleges, serving more than 73,000 students a
year. The college continues to experience a doubling of online
enrollment each year because of rapid growth in its online degree and
distance learning programs. To meet the increased demands of a growing
student body, FCCJ created a comprehensive online system called
Connections that enables students to enroll, select courses, complete
coursework and manage their entire educational experience through a
single Web-based portal. By doing so, they can avoid the need and
expense of visiting one of the college's five campuses or five major
centers. FCCJ intended for Connections to be flexible enough to meet
the changing technology needs of students and staff. Adopting and
implementing Software AG's service-oriented architecture (SOA)
technology has allowed the college to define and provision an
information technology infrastructure that makes it possible for
different applications to exchange data and participate in various
processes such as enrollment, billing and class registration.

"We're very pleased and somewhat humbled to be recognized by the
Computerworld Honors Program." said Dr. Rob Rennie, CIO and VP,
Technology at Florida Community College, Jacksonville.

Dennis Reiman, the college's CTO and Associate VP, Strategic &
Emerging Technology, added "this is a validation of the high quality
work being done by our talented staff, and we are excited to share
this recognition with our technology partners, who have been so
supportive of our work."

Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET) advances public safety and law
enforcement with enhancements to statewide information sharing network

The Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET) is the commonwealth's
primary public safety and criminal justice information network. It was
established under executive order in June 1999 with a mission of
enhancing public safety through the integration and sharing of
criminal justice information throughout the Commonwealth. When the
network was first established, application silos and the limitations
of point-to-point integration inhibited JNET's ability to quickly and
securely present users with a consolidated view of information. In
response, JNET has embraced an SOA as the foundation for its "Next
Generation Architecture," and successfully deployed a Federated
Warrant Search engine that compiles warrant data from across multiple
domains.

Today, JNET's integrated justice portal provides a common online
environment for authorized users to access public safety and criminal
justice information. This critical information comes from various
contributing municipal, county, state and federal agencies. JNET's
secure Web portal provides access to over 33,000 practitioners
throughout the Commonwealth's sixty-seven counties as well as federal
and state agencies. JNET also provides these practitioners with the
ability to conduct secure investigations in a Web-based environment.

"Through this award, I hope that other law enforcement and
government agencies realize how JNET has enabled Pennsylvania's public
safety agencies to be more efficient and effective through the use of
technology. We couldn't have done this without all of the hard work of
those who helped make the Federated Warrant Search a reality," said
Dave Naisby, JNET Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Justice
Network.

City of Philadelphia invigorates real estate for redevelopment

The City of Philadelphia launched its Neighborhood Transformation
Initiative (NTI) as a government-wide program to revitalize
neighborhoods citywide. The program is designed to expedite the
process of identifying, preparing and assembling potential properties
for redevelopment. By fostering new development to replace blighted
communities, the city seeks to improve job creation, public safety and
economic growth. For NTI to be successful, the city recognized the
need for a single, consolidated view of property information to aid in
planning efforts, as well as to provide a thorough and concise view of
property details for potential investors. In addressing this need,
Software AG's technology was used in the development of the Virtual
Property Management Information System (VPMIS), which provides real
estate developers, citizens, and city agencies with easy access to the
information they need to plan for re-development while eliminating
much of the red-tape and delays previously encountered.

"To be publicly acknowledged by Computerworld Honors clearly
confirms the value that VPMIS brings to the city. This level of
success was due, in part, to the support of our housing partners, who
are dedicated to strengthening the real estate market and overall
economy within our great city," said Joseph James, deputy chief
information officer of the Mayor's Office of Information Services of
Philadelphia.

To read each case study in its entirety, please go to
www.cwhonors.org.

About the Computerworld Honors Program

Founded by International Data Group (IDG) in 1988, the
Computerworld Honors Program is governed by the not-for-profit
Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation. In its 20th
year, Computerworld Honors is the longest running global program to
honor individuals and organizations that use information technology to
benefit society.

Each year, the program's Chairmen's Committee, a group of 100
Chairmen/CEOs of global technology companies, nominates individuals
and organizations around the world whose visionary application of
information technology promotes positive social and economic progress.
Nominations are evaluated by an independent board of CIO-level judges
who select Laureates, Finalists and award recipients, in 10
industry-related categories, to be honored at the Laureate Medal
Ceremony. This year's ceremony and accompanying Gala Awards Evening
took place on June 2, 2008 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in
Washington, D.C.

The technology achievements honored by this program are preserved
and protected in national archives, and in over 350 universities,
museums and research institutions throughout the world. Additional
information about the program and a Global Archive of past Laureate
case studies and oral histories can be found at the Computerworld
Honors website: www.cwhonors.org.

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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