Software AG promotes Mark Edwards to Chief Executive Officer Americas and Asia Pacific/Japan

Software AG, the global leader in Business Process Excellence, today announced the promotion of Mark Edwards to Chief Executive Officer Americas, Asia Pacific and Japan. In this role, Edwards will be responsible for all sales and customer relationships of Software AG and IDS Scheer in these regions. Software AG has annual revenue of more than one billion US dollars and about 6,000 employees in 70 countries. It is expected that Software AG exceeds the € 1 Billion revenue line this year. Edwards will be responsible for about 40 percent of the company's total revenue.

Edwards joined Software AG in 1999 as Managing Director of the UK operation. In 2003, he was invited to join the Executive Management Board. Edwards was most recently Chief Operating Officer for both the ETS and webMethods business divisions for Region West (North America, Latin America, Western and Southern Europe).

In addition, Edwards was named to the new top leadership team, the Group Executive Board (GEB). The GEB will serve as the operational management body of Software AG. Karl-Heinz Streibich, CEO of the Software AG group, is Chairman of the Group Executive Board.

This enhanced management structure reflects the increased size of Software AG and is adaptable to the rapid growth of the enterprise.

About Software AG

With more than 1,000 U.S.-enterprise customers and 800 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 global leader in Business Process Excellence. Our 40 years of innovation include the invention of the first high-performance transactional database, Adabas; the first business process analysis platform, ARIS; and the first B2B server and SOA-based integration platform, webMethods. We are unique in offering the world’s only end-to-end – and easiest to use – business process management (BPM) solutions, with the lowest Total-Cost-of-Ownership. Our industry-leading brands, ARIS, webMethods, Adabas, Natural and IDS Scheer Consulting, represent a unique portfolio for: process strategy, design, integration and control; SOA-based integration and data management; process-driven SAP implementation; and strategic process consulting and services.

Software AG had revenues of € 847 million in 2009 and has more than 6,000 employees serving 10,000 enterprise and public institution customers across 70 countries. Our comprehensive software and services solutions allow companies to continuously achieve their business results faster. The company is headquartered in Germany and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW).

About IDS Scheer

IDS Scheer is part of the Software AG Group and a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software, solutions and services for corporations and public organizations worldwide. With the ARIS Platform for Process Excellence, the company offers an integrated, comprehensive solution portfolio for the strategy, design, implementation and controlling of business processes, allowing companies to continuously improve their overall business performance. Utilizing the ARIS Value Engineering (AVE) approach, IDS Scheer consultants bridge the gap between corporate strategy, business processes, IT solutions and process controlling. For IDS Scheer press information, please visit www.ids-scheer.com/us/press.

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