Software AG
Encyclopedia
Founded in 1969, Software AG is an enterprise software company with over 10,000 enterprise customers in over 70 countries. The company is the second largest software vendor in Germany
, the fourth in Europe (following SAP's acquisition of Business Objects) and among the top 25 globally. Software AG is traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s TecDAX
under the symbol “SOW”.
was launched in 1971 as a high performance transactional database management system
. In 1979 Natural
a 4GL application development language was launched. The company continued to open offices and subsidiaries in North America
(1971), Japan
(1974), UK (1977), France
(1983), Spain
(1984), Switzerland
, Austria
, Belgium
and Saudi Arabia
(1985). By 1987 Software AG had around 500 employees, 12 subsidiaries in Europe
and offices in more than 50 countries. In 1999 Software AG was listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange, in the same year and starting next year the company released Tamino Information Server and Tamino XML Server.
Company launched Centrasite SOA Governance
platform in 2006 and with $546M acquisition of U.S. rival webMethods
in 2007 Software AG became one of the leader in Enterprise Service Bus
, Business Process Management
and SOA
product space.
In July 2009 Software AG announced a takeover offer for the Germany-based company IDS Scheer
AG. Since February 2010 IDS Scheer AG
is part of the Software AG Group. In October 2010, company acquired New Jersey based Data Foundations a leading Master data management
provider.
, BPMS, ESB
, etc. The below are few of their well known products in market.
Apart from educational services, the company provides consulting services
to its customers. The company has a Offshore Global Consulting Services division located in Bangalore
, India
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, the fourth in Europe (following SAP's acquisition of Business Objects) and among the top 25 globally. Software AG is traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s TecDAX
TecDAX
The TecDAX stock index tracks the performance of the 30 largest German companies from the technology sector. In terms of order book turnover and market capitalization the companies rank below those included in the DAX.The TecDax was introduced on 24 March 2003...
under the symbol “SOW”.
History
The company was founded in 1969 by a group of six young employees at the consulting firm AIV (Institut für Angewandte Informationsverarbeitung). ADABASAdabas
ADABAS is Software AG’s primary database management system.- History :First released in 1970, ADABAS is considered by some to have been one of the earliest commercially available database products...
was launched in 1971 as a high performance transactional database management system
Database management system
A database management system is a software package with computer programs that control the creation, maintenance, and use of a database. It allows organizations to conveniently develop databases for various applications by database administrators and other specialists. A database is an integrated...
. In 1979 Natural
NATURAL
NATURAL is a fourth-generation programming language from Software AG. It is largely used for building databases output in plain text form, for example. * Hello World in NATURAL WRITE 'Hello World!' END...
a 4GL application development language was launched. The company continued to open offices and subsidiaries in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
(1971), Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
(1974), UK (1977), France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
(1983), Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
(1984), Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
and Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
(1985). By 1987 Software AG had around 500 employees, 12 subsidiaries in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and offices in more than 50 countries. In 1999 Software AG was listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange, in the same year and starting next year the company released Tamino Information Server and Tamino XML Server.
Company launched Centrasite SOA Governance
SOA Governance
SOA governance is a concept used for activities related to exercising control over services in a service-oriented architecture . SOA governance can be seen as a subset of IT governance which itself is a subset of corporate governance. The focus is on those resources to be leveraged for SOA to...
platform in 2006 and with $546M acquisition of U.S. rival webMethods
WebMethods
webMethods is an enterprise software company, acquired by Software AG, focused on application integration, business process integration and B2B partner integration. Founded in 1996, the company pioneered the use of web services to connect software applications together within a single organization...
in 2007 Software AG became one of the leader in Enterprise Service Bus
Enterprise service bus
An enterprise service bus is a software architecture model used for designing and implementing the interaction and communication between mutually interacting software applications in Service Oriented Architecture...
, Business Process Management
Business process management
Business process management is a holistic management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. BPM attempts to...
and SOA
SOA
-Computers, Science, engineering and information technology:* Service-oriented architecture, type of software architecture for creating and using business processes, packaged as services...
product space.
In July 2009 Software AG announced a takeover offer for the Germany-based company IDS Scheer
IDS Scheer
IDS Scheer develops, markets, and supports Business Process Management software and is widely regarded as the founder of the BPM industry. The company was established in 1984 by current supervisory board chairman and Chief Technology Advisor, August-Wilhelm Scheer as a spin-off from the Institute...
AG. Since February 2010 IDS Scheer AG
IDS Scheer
IDS Scheer develops, markets, and supports Business Process Management software and is widely regarded as the founder of the BPM industry. The company was established in 1984 by current supervisory board chairman and Chief Technology Advisor, August-Wilhelm Scheer as a spin-off from the Institute...
is part of the Software AG Group. In October 2010, company acquired New Jersey based Data Foundations a leading Master data management
Master Data Management
In computing, master data management comprises a set of processes and tools that consistently defines and manages the non-transactional data entities of an organization...
provider.
Products
Software AG is a Business Infrastructure Software provider with products in various technologies like DBMS, Application Modernization, SOAService-oriented architecture
In software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...
, BPMS, ESB
ESB
- Organizations :*ESB Reutlingen, a business school of the Reutlingen University in Germany*ESB Customer Supply, the incumbent retail supplier of electricity in Ireland*ESB Group, a multinational energy group based in Ireland...
, etc. The below are few of their well known products in market.
- ADABASAdabasADABAS is Software AG’s primary database management system.- History :First released in 1970, ADABAS is considered by some to have been one of the earliest commercially available database products...
- a high performance transactional database management systemDatabase management systemA database management system is a software package with computer programs that control the creation, maintenance, and use of a database. It allows organizations to conveniently develop databases for various applications by database administrators and other specialists. A database is an integrated... - NaturalNATURALNATURAL is a fourth-generation programming language from Software AG. It is largely used for building databases output in plain text form, for example. * Hello World in NATURAL WRITE 'Hello World!' END...
- a 4GL application development language can be used along with ADABASAdabasADABAS is Software AG’s primary database management system.- History :First released in 1970, ADABAS is considered by some to have been one of the earliest commercially available database products...
for application development. - Tamino Information ServerTaminoTamino may refer to:* the main character in the opera The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart *an XML-based database management product from Software AG...
- Information server for Internet based on XMLXMLExtensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
for the storage, management and transfer of structured and unstructured data - Centrasite - a flagship SOA GovernanceSOA GovernanceSOA governance is a concept used for activities related to exercising control over services in a service-oriented architecture . SOA governance can be seen as a subset of IT governance which itself is a subset of corporate governance. The focus is on those resources to be leveraged for SOA to...
application which provides UDDI as well as governanceSOA GovernanceSOA governance is a concept used for activities related to exercising control over services in a service-oriented architecture . SOA governance can be seen as a subset of IT governance which itself is a subset of corporate governance. The focus is on those resources to be leveraged for SOA to...
. - webMethodsWebMethodswebMethods is an enterprise software company, acquired by Software AG, focused on application integration, business process integration and B2B partner integration. Founded in 1996, the company pioneered the use of web services to connect software applications together within a single organization...
- a well known ESBESB- Organizations :*ESB Reutlingen, a business school of the Reutlingen University in Germany*ESB Customer Supply, the incumbent retail supplier of electricity in Ireland*ESB Group, a multinational energy group based in Ireland...
, BPMS, SOA EnablementService-oriented architectureIn software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...
and B2B IntegrationBusiness-to-businessBusiness-to-business describes commerce transactions between businesses, such as between a manufacturer and a wholesaler, or between a wholesaler and a retailer... - ARISARISARIS may refer to:*Advanced Research Instrumentation Ship *American Religious Identification Survey*Anti-Racism Information Service*Architecture of Integrated Information Systems...
- newly acquired business process analysis platform. A free version is available as ARIS ExpressARIS ExpressARIS Express is a free-of-charge modeling tool for business process analysis and management. It supports different modeling notations such as BPMN 2, Event-driven Process Chains , Organizational charts, process landscapes, whiteboards, etc. ARIS Express was initially developed by IDS Scheer, which...
.
Services
The company provides educational services to customers as well as individual consultants. Trainings can be availed at Software AG training centres or online. Software AG also conducts certification exams for consultants.Apart from educational services, the company provides consulting services
Information technology consulting
Information technology consulting is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives...
to its customers. The company has a Offshore Global Consulting Services division located in Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Awards and recognition
- 2010 A leader in the ForresterForrester ResearchForrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Forrester Research has five research centers in the US: Cambridge, Massachusetts; New York, New York; San Francisco, California;...
Wave for Business Process Management Suites BPMS, Q3 2010 - 2010 Placed in the GartnerGartnerGartner, Inc. is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001....
Leaders Quadrant for the Magic Quadrant for delivering service-oriented architectureService-oriented architectureIn software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...
(SOA) SOA GovernanceSOA GovernanceSOA governance is a concept used for activities related to exercising control over services in a service-oriented architecture . SOA governance can be seen as a subset of IT governance which itself is a subset of corporate governance. The focus is on those resources to be leveraged for SOA to...
technologies to the marketplace Q2 2010 - 2009 A leader in the ForresterForrester ResearchForrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Forrester Research has five research centers in the US: Cambridge, Massachusetts; New York, New York; San Francisco, California;...
Wave for Enterprise Service BusesEnterprise service busAn enterprise service bus is a software architecture model used for designing and implementing the interaction and communication between mutually interacting software applications in Service Oriented Architecture...
, Q1, 2009 - 2008 A leader in the ForresterForrester ResearchForrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Forrester Research has five research centers in the US: Cambridge, Massachusetts; New York, New York; San Francisco, California;...
Wave for Integration-Centric BPMBusiness process managementBusiness process management is a holistic management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. BPM attempts to...
Suites, Q4 2008 - 2008 Placed in the GartnerGartnerGartner, Inc. is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001....
Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for B2BBusiness-to-businessBusiness-to-business describes commerce transactions between businesses, such as between a manufacturer and a wholesaler, or between a wholesaler and a retailer...
Gateway Providers - 2008 Placed in the GartnerGartnerGartner, Inc. is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001....
Leaders Quadrant for the Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for SOA Composite Application Projects - 2008 Placed in the GartnerGartnerGartner, Inc. is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001....
Leaders Quadrant for the Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Back-End Application Integration Projects - 2008 Placed in the GartnerGartnerGartner, Inc. is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001....
Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites BPMBusiness process managementBusiness process management is a holistic management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. BPM attempts to... - 2008 Placed in the GartnerGartnerGartner, Inc. is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001....
Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Integrated SOAService-oriented architectureIn software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...
Governance Technology Sets