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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 ... SoftwareAG FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch SoftwareAGTypeAktiengesellschaftTradedasFWB: SOWIndustryComputersoftwareFounded1969;53 yearsago (1969)HeadquartersDarmstadt,GermanyKeypeopleSanjayBrahmawar(CEOandchairmanofthemanagementboard),AndreasBereczky(Chairmanofthesupervisoryboard)ProductsDigitalTransformation&InternetofThingssoftwareandconsultingincludingARIS,webMethods,Adabas&Natural,NaturalONE,Apama,Cumulocity,Zementis,Alfabet,MashzoneNextgen,CONNX,andTerracottaRevenue€890.6million(2019)[1]Operatingincome€260.3million(2019)[2]Netincome€188.1million(2019)[3]Totalassets€2.116billion(2019)[4]Totalequity€739.79million(2019)[5]Numberofemployees4,948(FTE,2018)[6]Websitewww.softwareag.com Foundedin1969,SoftwareAGisanenterprisesoftwarecompanywithover10,000enterprisecustomersinover70countries.ThecompanyisthesecondlargestsoftwarevendorinGermany,andtheseventhlargestinEurope.[7]SoftwareAGistradedontheFrankfurtStockExchangeunderthesymbol“SOW”andpartofthetechnologyindexTecDAX.[8] Contents 1History 1.1Corruptionallegations 2Acquisitions 3Products 4Communities 5References History[edit] Thecompanywasfoundedin1969bysixyoungemployeesattheconsultingfirmAIV(InstitutfürAngewandteInformationsverarbeitung).OneofthefounderswasthemathematicianPeterSchnell,wholaterbecamechairmanoftheboardformanyyears.ADABASwaslaunchedin1971asahigh-performancetransactionaldatabasemanagementsystem.In1979,Natural,a4GLapplicationdevelopmentEnglish-likelanguage,thatwasmainlydevelopedbyPeterPagé,waslaunched.ThecompanycontinuedtoopenofficesandsubsidiariesinNorthAmerica(1971),Japan(1974),UK(1977),France(1983),Spain(1984),Switzerland,Austria,Belgium,andSaudiArabia(1985).By1987,SoftwareAGhadaround500employees,12subsidiariesinEuropeandofficesinmorethan50countries.In1999,SoftwareAGwaslistedonFrankfurtStockExchangeandsoonafterthecompanyreleasedTaminoInformationServerandTaminoXMLServer.[8] InJanuary2005,SoftwareAGacquiredSabratecLtd,aprivatelyheldlegacyintegrationvendorheadquarteredinIsrael.[9]ThiswasfollowedbytheacquisitionofitsIsraelidistributorSPLSoftwareinMarch2007[10]andtheapplicationmodernizationbusinessofanotherIsraelicompany,JacadainDecember2007,[11]whichformedthebasisforitsresearchanddevelopmentcenterinIsrael. ThecompanylaunchedCentrasiteSOAGovernanceplatformin2006andwiththe$546MacquisitionofU.S.rivalwebMethodsin2007SoftwareAGbecameoneoftheleadersinenterpriseservicebus,businessprocessmanagementandservice-orientedarchitecture(SOA)productspace.[12] InJuly2009,SoftwareAGannouncedatakeoverofferfortheGermany-basedcompanyIDSScheerAG.SinceFebruary2010,IDSScheerispartoftheSoftwareAGGroup.[13]InOctober2010,thecompanyacquiredNewJerseybasedDataFoundations,aleadingmasterdatamanagementprovider.[14] InMay2011,SoftwareAGacquiredTerracotta,Inc.andMetismoLtd. TerracottaIncisaleaderinthefieldofin-memorytechnologyforhigh-performanceapplicationsandcloudservices.EspeciallythemiddlewareplatformWebMethodsshouldbenefitfromthisacquisition.[promotionallanguage][15] MetismoLtd.hasanextremelyflexibleandversatileplatformforthedevelopmentofdevice-independentmobileapplications.Itenablesthedesignanddevelopmentofapplicationsandtheautomatictransformationinthedifferentformatsofmobiledevices.[promotionallanguage][16] InApril2012,SoftwareAGannouncedbuyingtheBritishtechnologyprovidermy-Channels. WithMy-Channels,SoftwareAGgainedin-houseaccesstouniversalmessagingtechnologythatallowedthecompanytotransfertheirdatastreamsquicklyandsafelytothecloudandmobileapplications.[17] InMarch2013,SoftwareAGinvestedinBerlin-basedcompanymetaquark,whichisspecializedinmobilesoftware.TheaimistojointlydevelopthewebMethodsMobileSuite.[18] InApril2013,SoftwareAGboughttheUScloudplatformproviderLongJump.Theplatformasaserviceoffersmodulesandtemplatesforbuildingandrunningbusinessapplicationsinthepublicorprivatecloudsettings.[19] OnJune13,2013,SoftwareAGacquiredalfabetAG.AlfabetisasoftwareproviderofenterprisearchitectureandITportfoliomanagemen.[20] OnJune13,2013SoftwareAGannouncedpurchasedtheApamaComplexEventProcessingplatformofProgressSoftware.TheplatformprovidesanenvironmentforthedesignandoperationofCEPapplicationsprovidingtoolsandgraphicalanalysisandtestcapabilitiesforanalysts,developersandadministrators.[21] SoftwareAGacquiredJackBeinAugust2013toserveasthefoundationforitsIntelligentBusinessOperationsPlatform,whichprovidesanalyticsanddecisionmanagementforreal-timeapplications.[22] InDecember2013,SoftwareAGinvestedinbigdataanalyticscompanyDatameer,[23][24]whichoffersself-serviceBigDataAnalyticsand"tofollowcuttingedgetechnologytrends".[25] OnMarch27,2017SoftwareAGannouncedtheacquisitionofCumulocityGmbH,basedinDüsseldorf,Germany.[26] OnJune12,2018SoftwareAGacquiredtheBelgianself-serviceanalyticscompany,TrendMinerNV.TrendMinerspecializesinvisualdataanalyticsforthemanufacturingandprocessindustry.[27] Corruptionallegations[edit] InJuly2017allegationsemergedinSouthAfricathatSoftwareAGmade"kickback"paymentsbyenteringintoquestionablecommissionagreementswithaGupta-controlledcompanyinthehopeofsecuringlucrativestatecontracts.[28] "SoftwareAG[launched]aninternalinvestigationafteramediareportallegedithadpaidkickbacksaspartofawide-rangingSouthAfricanscandal..."[29] Acquisitions[edit] Companyacquired Country Date Business Reference Built.io USA November2018 IoT&CloudIntegration [30] Trendminer Belgium June2018 DataAnalytics&Visualization [31] Cumulocity USA March2017 IoT&CloudIntegration [32] Zementis USA December2017 PredictiveAnalytics&BigData [33] CONNXSolution USA August2016 TechnologyProvider [34] alfabet USA June2013 EnterpriseSoftware [citationneeded] Apama UK June2013 SoftwareProduct [35] LongJump USA April2013 CRMSoftware [36] Metaquark USA May2014 MobileSoftware [18] JackBe USA August2014 ArtificialIntelligence [37] my-Channels UK April2012 MessagingPlatformSoftware [38] Terracotta,Inc USA May2011 ComputerSoftware [39] Metismo UK May2011 MobileMiddleware [40] DataFoundations USA October2010 EnterpriseSoftware [citationneeded] RTMRealTimeMonitoring Germany April2010 TechnologyProvider [citationneeded] Teconomic Switzerland July2009 Fintech [41] itCampus Germany October2018 ITSoftware [citationneeded] IDSScheer USA July2009 CRMConsulting [citationneeded] Jacada USA December2007 ITSoftware [42] webMethods USA April2007 ecommerceSoftware [43] SPLSoftware Israel March2007 SystemIntegration [citationneeded] Products[edit] SoftwareAGmarketssoftwareproductsintechnologieslikeDBMS,applicationmodernization,SOA,BPMSandESB.[44]Belowareafewoftheirproductsonthemarket. ADABAS–ahighperformancetransactionaldatabasemanagementsystem Alfabet–ITPlanning,PortfolioManagement,andEnterpriseArchitectureSoftware Apama–Platformforstreaminganalyticsandintelligentautomatedactiononfast-movingbigdata.Combineseventprocessing,messaging,in-memorydatamanagementandvisualization. ARIS–acquiredbusinessprocessanalysisplatform.AfreeversionisavailableasARISExpress. Centrasite–aflagshipSOAgovernanceapplicationwhichprovidesUDDIaswellasgovernance CONNX-DataAccess,DataMovement(ETL),StreamingAnalytics Cumulocity–anInternetofThings(IoT)platformthatprovidesservicesforconnectivityfornetworkeddigitaldevicesandsensors Natural–a4GLapplicationdevelopmentEnglish-likeprogramminglanguage NaturalONE-Eclipse-basedintegrateddevelopmentenvironmentnaturalapplications Presto–Self-service,real-timedatavisualizationandexplorationtoolcombinesdatafromdifferentapplicationstocreatemashups,whichcanbedisplayedonanydevice. TaminoInformationServer–InformationserverbasedonXMLforthestorage,managementandtransferofstructuredandunstructureddata,[45]nowcalledwebMethodsTamino Terracotta,Inc.–CompanybehindopensourceEhcache.Bigmemory,Quartzscheduleraretheirprimaryproducts.My-Channel'sNirvanamessagingisnowofferedasTerracottaUniversalMessaging. webMethods–anESB,APIManagement,BPMS,SOAenablement,MDMandB2Bintegration CumulocityIoT-anIoTproduct,providinghardware,CloudandEdgeServicesaswellasplatformsadaptabletotheSoftwareAGCloud Communities[edit] SoftwareAGusestwomaincustomercommunities:theARISCommunity,[46]fortheusergrouparoundARIS,andtheTECHcommunity,[47]forcollaborationaroundCumulocityIoT,Adabas&Natural,webMethods,Apama,Alfabet,TrendMiner. InAugust2021SoftwareAGintroduceditsvirtualplatformSoftwareAGGroupswheredevelopersandcustomerscanconnect,collaborate,learnandshareideas. TheSoftwareAGUniversityRelationsProgramorganizeseventsandfeaturesfreeeducationpackagesthatareself-explanatory,easytouseandmadeforremotelearning.Inanefforttobuiltanacademicusergroup,studentsgainfreeaccesstosoftware,videotutorialsandonlinetrainingwiththeoptiontogetcertifieduponcompletion.[48] References[edit] ^"2019AnnualReport"(PDF).2020.RetrievedDecember1,2020. ^"2019AnnualReport"(PDF).2020.RetrievedDecember1,2020. ^"2019AnnualReport"(PDF).2020.RetrievedDecember1,2020. ^"2019AnnualReport"(PDF).2020.RetrievedDecember1,2020. ^"2019AnnualReport"(PDF).2020.RetrievedDecember1,2020. ^"2019AnnualReport"(PDF).2020.RetrievedDecember1,2020. ^"Europeansoftwarevendorsranking2014".TRUFFLECAPITAL.Retrieved22May2015. ^ab"SoftwareAGO.N.(Frankfurt)StockPrice-SOW".ADVFN.2018.RetrievedMay7,2018. ^"SoftwareAGtoAcquireLegacyIntegrationTechnologyCompanySabratecLtd".Globes.9January2005. ^"SoftwareAG:USwillbeourtopmarketinfuture".JerusalemPost.2012-10-25. 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