CeBIT: Software AG Announces its Strategy for the In-memory Management of Big Data

CeBIT: Software AG Announces its Strategy for the In-memory Management of Big Data

HANOVER, Germany, March 5, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

   
    - Organizations will be able to transform their businesses by taking maximum
      advantage of the volume, velocity and variety of Big Data
    - Together, speed and scalability will support entirely new business processes
      and faster business decisions
    - Central to the strategy is a platform to provide low latency, in-memory access
      to huge volumes of data from any source
    - Through the integration of in-stream event processing, Software AG will
      provide the ability to act on business events moving at internet speeds

    Software AG today announced its strategy for the next generation of Big Data
management, up to 1,000 times faster than current technologies. This will give customers
real-time access to the huge amounts of business information in Big Data, driving faster
business decisions. Real-time visibility into operational business activities will also
enable companies to design new, innovative and highly flexible business processes. Central
to the strategy is a platform that uses Software AG's BigMemory technology to rapidly
access terabytes of data of any type and from any source. The platform will also integrate
in-stream business event processing so that customers gain maximum real-time business
intelligence from their Big Data and a unique competitive advantage.

    Software AG's Next-Generation Data Management Platform is designed to overcome the
challenges of managing Big Data using traditional data management approaches, including
the proliferation of data silos exacerbated by new database types. By integrating its
in-memory and event processing technologies into a single platform, Software AG will
provide the speed, scalability and flexibility needed to meet changing business
requirements. In addition to enabling rapid access to huge in-memory volumes, the
Next-Generation Data Management platform will interface with existing databases, a range
of new data streams and leading-edge analytic tools.

    "Immediate access to large amounts of data and its analysis in real time increases
transparency enabling quick decisions and short reaction times. This enables organizations
to respond to market changes immediately and realize significant competitive advantages.
High speed and scalability in the analysis of large volumes of data is a critical success
factor for companies," said Software AG CEO, Karl-Heinz Streibich.

    Software AG's BigMemory product is currently deployed at many large enterprise
customers for multi-terabyte in-memory use cases. The company will build on BigMemory with
capabilities that include in-flight processing of event streams and services for data
profiling and aggregation, making real-time business analytics possible. In addition, the
company will enable the processing of data from all data environments-transactional,
analytic, relational/non-relational, Hadoop/NoSQL and social-in a single in-memory store.

    "We are integrating our Business Events technology and BigMemory to perform real-time
analytics," said Software AG CTO, Wolfram Jost. "Our vision is to provide an in-memory
data management platform that bridges the needs of transactional and analytic
applications. This approach provides low latency access to huge volumes of data to both
enterprise applications and analytics and also interfaces with a range of new and legacy
data stores and analytical tools. This provides a bridge between the IT of today and
tomorrow."

    Further details about Software AG at CeBIT are available at:

    http://www.softwareag.com/cebit2012

    About Software AG

    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
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[http://www.softwareag.com/corporate/products/wm/soagovernance/default.asp ]-based
integration platform, webMethods.

    We offer our customers end-to-end business process
[http://www.softwareag.com/corporate/products/wm/bpm/default.asp ]management (BPM)
[http://www.softwareag.com/corporate/products/wm/bpm/default.asp ] solutions delivering
low Total-Cost-of-Ownership and high ease of use. Our industry-leading brands, ARIS,
webMethods, Adabas, Natural, CentraSite and IDS Scheer Consulting, represent a unique
portfolio encompassing: 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 EUR1.1 billion in 2011 (unaudited) and has more than 5,400
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).

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    Barbara Kogler <barbara.koegler@softwareag.com>
    Senior Vice President Corporate Communications
    Tel: +49(0)6151-92-1574
    Fax: +49(0)6151-92-34-1243

    Paul Hughes <paul.hughes@softwareag.com>
    Director Media Relations
    Telephone +49(0)6151-92-1787
    Fax +49(0)6151-92-1623

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