06 December 2015
Awardees recognized for using company's advanced solutions to deploy digital strategies

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Software AG, a global leader in business processes, integration and big data, revealed the winners of this year's Software AG Customer and Partner Awards held during its recently concluded first-of-its-kind Innovation Day at the Conrad Hotel in Dubai. Heike Jope, Deputy Consul General of the German Consulate in Dubai, handed over the awards to the company's customers and partners who have utilized its solutions to support the deployment of digital strategies in their business operations.

Six awards from different categories were given for the 2015 competition, namely theDigital Innovation Partner of the Year; Digital Transformation Award; Emerging Partner of the Year; Smart Government Partner of the Year; Digital Banking Partner of the Year; andDigital Transformation Leadership in Telecoms Award.

Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (HAAD) bagged the Excellence in Enterprise Architecture award for its innovative enterprise architecture project implemented using Software AG solutions. Noura Al-Meraikhi, Senior Officer - IT Service Contract Management,received the honor on behalf of HAAD.  The Digital Transformation Award went to Technology Strategies Middle East (TSME) for building a service improvement methodology using the ARIS Business Process Analysis (BPA) at the General Secretariat of the Executive Council in Abu Dhabi. TSME Operations Manager Firas Saifan accepted the recognition.

Venkatraman. A, Vice President for Enterprise Content Management of Finesse, received the Emerging Partner of the Year prize conferred to Finesse for its successful implementation of Software AG's Terracotaat AlAin Municipality to optimize service delivery. The Smart Government Partner of the Year was awarded to InfoSys for its Government Services Bus at the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA), which demonstrates advanced nationwide strategicengagement to enhance the government-to-citizen experience. The prize was received by Infosys Director Sushil Jethliya.

Cognizant Technology Solutionswas named this year's Digital Banking Partner of the Year for developing 'Intraday Liquidity Monitoring' (ILM) for the banking industry using Software AG solutions. ILM provides real-time global entity and currency visibility to multinational financial institutions along with other BASEL 3 compliance tools. The recognition was received by the team of Cognizant which includes Shishir, Rama, Ashok, Anan Kumar &Millind. Lastly, the2015 Digital Transformation Leadership in Telecoms Award went to Saudi Telecom Co. in recognition of itsdigital transformation project using Software AG technology. Saudi Telecom's Yasser Al-Rowys and Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Sultan accepted the prize.

Ghassan Darri, Channel and Alliance Director, Middle East &Turkey - Software AG, said:"At Software AG, we aim to maintain our strong relations with our customers and partners in recognition of their significant contributions and their pivotal role in the success of our operations. The Software AG Customer and Partner Awards demonstrates our appreciation for their continued trust and confidence in our innovative solutions in their bid to successfully deploy modern digital strategies. Furthermore, our collaborations reflect our common vision of supporting the ongoing 'smart' initiatives of various government entities across the region as part of their fundamental growth objectives."

The pioneering Innovation Day in Dubai was part of Software AG's EMEA Regional Innovation Day series.Considered as the first of its kind in the UAE, the event highlighted why companies are developing a digital strategy and integrating digitization into all aspects of their businesses.

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About Software AG
Software AG (Frankfurt TecDAX: SOW) helps organizations achieve their business objectives faster. The company's big data, integration and business process technologies enable customers to drive operational efficiency, modernize their systems and optimize processes for smarter decisions and better service. Building on over 40 years of customer-centric innovation, the company is ranked as a leader in 14 market categories, fueled by core product families Adabas-Natural, ARIS, Alfabet, Apama, Terracotta and webMethods. Software AG has more than 4,400 employees in 70 countries and had revenues of €858 million in 2014 - www.softwareag.com.

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